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• Gang unleash baseball bat beating after chasing down victims - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 20:25 via
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  Gang unleash baseball bat beating after chasing down victims
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  Two men had to be treated in hospital after being chased down and beaten by a gang of men with baseball bats. The victims - one in his 40s, the other in his 20s - were attacked on Duke Street, in Nuneaton in the early hours of Saturday morning. Drones ...and more »
  

• Vehicle lease firm has 100 jobs at risk

  04-04-2016 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the biggest vehicle leasing companies in the UK is to scrap two of its West Midlands bases, putting 98 jobs at risk.
  
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• New boys Vladimir Gadzhev and Bilal Sayoud impress on Coventry City debuts as Under-21s beat Premier League ... - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 19:32 via
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  New boys Vladimir Gadzhev and Bilal Sayoud impress on Coventry City debuts as Under-21s beat Premier League ...
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  Vladimir Gadzhev took a step nearer to a Coventry City first team debut after helping the Sky Blues Under-21s to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Premier League Watford at the Ricoh Arena. The 28-year-old Bulgarian international midfielder played an hour ...and more »
  

• Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: April 4, 2016 - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 17:58 via
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  Five things you might have missed in Coventry today: April 4, 2016
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  A Stratford man on a British Airways flight had to go to hospital after being bitten as he stepped in to help crew members subdue a “violent passenger”. Christopher McNerlin was flying back to Heathrow from Dubai on Friday when he went to the aid of a ...and more »
  

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• VIDEO: Midlands police crack down on car cruising

  04-04-2016 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than a hundred cars have been targeted by police forces in the West Midlands since February, as part of a major crack down on car cruising.
  
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• Jury in university rape trial discharged

  04-04-2016 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The jury in the trial of four men, including one from Stratford, accused of raping a woman at a university summer ball is discharged.
  
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• Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards: Guide dogs fundraiser is transforming lives - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 16:57 via
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  Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards: Guide dogs fundraiser is transforming lives
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  Frank Lynn has been the chairman of a Coventry group raising money for Guide Dogs for the Blind on and off for about 15 years and in that time it has raised more than £350,000. Now 66 and retired, Frank said he wanted to help because it gives him the ...
  

• Passenger bitten by 'nutter at 40,000ft'

  04-04-2016 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man needs hospital treatment after being bitten while helping crew members on a British Airways flight subdue a passenger.
  
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• From the Tic Toc to the Kasbah: A history of the Coventry nightclub - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 15:59 via
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  From the Tic Toc to the Kasbah: A history of the Coventry nightclub
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  The venue that we currently know and love as The Kasbah is more than 100 years old and is one of the oldest and most enduring entertainment rooms in the city. Situated at 51 Primrose Hill Street this incredibly proud looking building first opened as ...
  

• Fifty jobs threatened by closure of Lex Autolease in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 15:59 via
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  Fifty jobs threatened by closure of Lex Autolease in Coventry
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  Lex Autolease is to close its Coventry car remarketing and sales operation as part of a move which threatens more than 50 jobs in the city. The closure comes less than two years after the opening of the multi million-pound Coventry site on the corner ...and more »
  

• Backbeat: Coventry's musical talent never fails to impress - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 15:30 via
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  Backbeat: Coventry's musical talent never fails to impress
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  Coventry has a real wealth of music talent and many local artists are currently producing some amazing sounds. The Ellipsis will play at Noel Gallagher's official aftershow party later this month at the O2 Academy in Liverpool and Emma McGann is making ...
  

• King's Lynn Stars' clash against Coventry Bees postponed - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

  04-04-2016 11:14 via
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  King's Lynn Stars' clash against Coventry Bees postponed
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  Mads Korneliussen and King's Lynn Stars have a free night on Monday after their meeting at Coventry was postponed. Picture: Ian Burt. Archant. King's Lynn Stars will not take to the tapes tonight after their home meeting with Coventry Bees was postponed.
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• Frankie Boyle: 'Coventry is the only place I've seen a man chased by a man with a plank of wood - twice!' - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 10:03 via
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  Frankie Boyle: 'Coventry is the only place I've seen a man chased by a man with a plank of wood - twice!'
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  Frankie Boyle: 'Coventry is the only place I've seen a man chased by a man with a plank of wood - twice!' 08:57, 4 Apr 2016; Updated 12:57, 4 Apr 2016; By James Rodger. Controversial Scottish comedian appeared on talk show on Saturday night. Shares ...and more »
  

• Driver in Coventry given 131 parking tickets - and pays off huge £5490 bill - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 06:47 via
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  Driver in Coventry given 131 parking tickets - and pays off huge £5490 bill
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  One Coventry motorist has spent a staggering £5,490 on parking fines after being handed 131 parking tickets. The unnamed driver - who has paid every penny of his fines - is one of Coventry's most ticketed motorists after first being caught out in 2010.
  

• Coventry second worst city in the country outside London for abuse or neglect of children - Coventry Telegraph

  04-04-2016 06:47 via
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  Coventry second worst city in the country outside London for abuse or neglect of children
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  More than one in 20 Coventry children need social services protection from abuse or neglect - according to new figures. The shocking statistics place Coventry as the second worst city outside of London in England for the number of children who require ...
  

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