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• How Wolverhampton and Coventry drifted apart on youth employment - The Guardian

  02-09-2016 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
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  How Wolverhampton and Coventry drifted apart on youth employment
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  Jaguar Land Rover's engine manufacture centre in Wolverhampton. Experts identified a comparative lack of training in the city. Photograph: Jaguar Land Rover. Phillip Inman Economics correspondent. Friday 2 September 2016 15.01 EDT Last modified on ...
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• A Coventry man who granted his wife's dying wish has died just a few weeks after the event - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 17:51 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  A Coventry man who granted his wife's dying wish has died just a few weeks after the event
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  A man who honoured his wife's dying wish by holding a charity fundraiser, has himself died. Mike Rowland, 65, from Cheylesmore, helped organised a family fun day in July for Zoe's Place baby hospice at Copeswood Sports and Social club. Susan died in ...
  
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• Lyons' share of Jaguar's history up for auction

  02-09-2016 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 1961 Jaguar car once owned by the company's founder is due to be sold at auction.
  
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• Murder probe over 'significant head injuries' death

  02-09-2016 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man found in a Coventry home died from "significant head injuries", a post-mortem examination finds.
  
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• Coventry murder inquiry launched after man dies of head injuries - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 16:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry murder inquiry launched after man dies of head injuries
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  A murder investigation has been launched after a man found with serious head injuries in Coventry later died. The 36-year-old was found with life-threatening injuries and taken to hospital after officers were called to a disturbance at a property in ...
  Police charge two Coventry men with attempted murder after Hugh Road killingCoventry Observerall 3 news articles »
  
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• 'Another Coventry institution goes' - Readers react as city pet shop to ... - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 16:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  'Another Coventry institution goes' - Readers react as city pet shop to ...
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  Telegraph readers have their say as Hobdays closes after half-a-century of trading.and more »
  
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• 'Another Coventry institution goes' - Readers react as city pet shop to close after nearly 50 years - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 16:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  'Another Coventry institution goes' - Readers react as city pet shop to close after nearly 50 years
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  Coventry's Hobdays pet shop at Ball Hill, Stoke, is closing down after nearly 50 years of service. Pictured shopkeeper Andrew Hobday. Coventry readers have reacted to the news that one of the city's best known shops is to close after half-a-century of ...and more »
  
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• 'Provocative extravaganza' burlesque show heads to Belgrade Theatre in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 15:23 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  'Provocative extravaganza' burlesque show heads to Belgrade Theatre in Coventry
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  An Evening of Burlesque is heading to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, it has been announced. The producers of the UK's biggest touring burlesque show are set to bring the traditional art form up to date with an all-new theatre show. Fifty Shades of ...
  
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• Persistent shoplifter stole clothes from shop at Coventry's University Hospital - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 14:41 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Persistent shoplifter stole clothes from shop at Coventry's University Hospital
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  A persistent thief who stole clothes from a shop at Coventry's University Hospital has been a given a community order by the courts. Karen Marie George took £260 worth of clothing from the Stock Shop at the hospital in Walsgrave in March this year.
  
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• Coventry families wanted for new holiday TV show - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 14:31 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry families wanted for new holiday TV show
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  Producers at 7Wonder, a television production company, are after city residents for a brand-new show, How To Holiday Better. The series - which will focus on families across the UK, including Coventry, who are set to go on holiday in October and ...
  
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• Coventry man who had sex with underage girl loses jail sentence appeal - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 14:21 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry man who had sex with underage girl loses jail sentence appeal
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  A Coventry man who was locked up for having sex with an underage girl has failed in a bid for freedom. Decklan James Flowers, 21, of Caradoc Close, Henley Green, was just 12 when he was first in front of a court, Mrs Justice Thirlwall told London's ...
  
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• Premiership: Wasps v Exeter Chiefs

  02-09-2016 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team news as Wasps host Exeter in Sunday's Premiership fixture at the Ricoh Arena (15:00 BST).
  
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• Frank Turner show at The Empire in Coventry sells out in MINUTES - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 13:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Frank Turner show at The Empire in Coventry sells out in MINUTES
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  Tickets for the forthcoming Frank Turner show at The Empire, in Coventry, have sold out within minutes. The singer-songwriter, who is set to bring his Get Better Tour across the country later this year, will perform at the city's newest live music ...
  
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• Coventry man charged with possessing fighting dog - BBC News - BBC News

  02-09-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  A man is charged with possessing a firearm, cannabis and a fighting dog after two dogs are shot dead in Coventry.
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• Coventry man charged with possessing fighting dog - BBC News

  02-09-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Coventry man charged with possessing fighting dog
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  A man has been charged with possessing a fighting dog along with a firearm and cannabis. Adam Bickley, aged 24, from Harnall Lane East, Hillfields in Coventry is due to appear before magistrates in the city later. Police shot dead two dogs after being ...
  'They were just doing their job protecting their owners' - Coventry reacts as police shoot two dangerous dogs deadCoventry Telegraphall 4 news articles »
  
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• Coventry man charged with possessing fighting dog

  02-09-2016 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is charged with possessing a firearm, cannabis and a fighting dog after two dogs are shot dead in Coventry.
  
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• Coventry city centre businesses back UK City of Culture 2021 bid - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 10:31 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry city centre businesses back UK City of Culture 2021 bid
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  Businesses in the heart of Coventry have pledged to be at the heart of the city's bid to be crowned UK City of Culture 2021. Shopping centres, restaurants and professional services firms based in the city centre have lent their support to the bid ...and more »
  
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• Coventry sporting charity boosted by two major appointments - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 10:24 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Coventry sporting charity boosted by two major appointments
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  A Coventry sports and leisure provider has boosted its offering to the city with two senior appointments. University graduate Neelam Rani, from North Coventry, has joined the Foundation as lifestyles membership manager and Emily Wornum, from Fleckney, ...
  
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• More than half of Coventry 11-year-olds below expected standard in new school tests - Coventry Telegraph

  02-09-2016 06:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  More than half of Coventry 11-year-olds below expected standard in new school tests
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  More than half of Coventry 11-year-olds didn't meet the expected standard for their age in controversial new tests. Just 47 per of pupils in the city reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths in key stage two tests. The pupils took the ...
  
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