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• Coventry woman stole costumes worth £95 from Jokers Corner fancy dress shop - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 20:03
  
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  Coventry woman stole costumes worth £95 from Jokers Corner fancy dress shop
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  Jason Box, 34, of Bruce Road, Radford, admitted stealing toiletries worth £267 and Playstation games worth £196 from Morrisons, stealing eight handbags worth £1,129 from TK Maxx and committing an offence while subject to a conditional discharge. He was ...
  
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• Wasps academy boss hoping Coventry Rugby relationship builds - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 18:29
  
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  Wasps academy boss hoping Coventry Rugby relationship builds
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  Three on-loan Wasps shone on their Coventry debuts last weekend - is this a significant development? Share; Comments. Get daily news by email. Wasps dual-registration Tom Howe scores on his Coventry debut against Fylde. Since Wasps arrived in ...
  
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• Exhausted blue parakeet found in Coventry garden - 80 miles from home - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 17:04
  
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  Exhausted blue parakeet found in Coventry garden - 80 miles from home
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  Did Oscar fly all the way from Manchester to Allesley - or did he hitch a ride in the back of a lorry? Share; Comments. Get daily news by email. Broad Lane Vets. Oscar the parakeet who escaped and flew from Manchester to Coventry. An exotic blue ...
  
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• Knife-wielding 'killer clowns' chase terrified children across Coventry park - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 17:01
  
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  Knife-wielding 'killer clowns' chase terrified children across Coventry park
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  Two knife wielding 'killer clowns' left a group of children terrified in Willenhall after chasing them across a park, according to residents. Reports suggest two people wearing clown masks and brandishing fake knives chased a group of children across ...
  
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• Coventry University looking for three young couples to have sex on film - Daily Mail

  20-10-2016 16:50
  
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  Coventry University looking for three young couples to have sex on film
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  A new project by a university is asking couples to have sex on film in order to promote the use of condoms to young people. Three couples aged between 18 and 25 will be filmed having sex in 'natural settings', including a student room and a car - and ...
  
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• Coventry City fan flies 5000 miles from USA - to NOT watch his team play - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 15:34
  
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  Coventry City fan flies 5000 miles from USA - to NOT watch his team play
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  A Coventry City fan based in the USA has spent more than $1,000 and travelled almost 5,000 miles - to NOT watch his team play on Saturday. Stewart Craner, 50, has flown from Portland, Oregon, to take part in a planned supporter-led boycott of the ...
  
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• Coventry RFC second row Tom Poole joins the 100 club in win over Fylde - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 15:33
  
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  Coventry RFC second row Tom Poole joins the 100 club in win over Fylde
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  Emotions ran high for Tom Poole last Saturday as he entered the ranks of players to make 100 appearances for Coventry – a club he calls his home. The 28-year-old second row joined Cov at the start of their second campaign in National League One and ...
  
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• Popular Emmerdale star set to be killed off in shocking storyline - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 15:15
  
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  Popular Emmerdale star set to be killed off in shocking storyline
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  A top Emmerdale star is to be killed off next week in the hit soap's No Return Week with speculation it will be one of Emmerdale's best-known characters, Charity Dingle. Viewers will see an overjoyed Charity, played by Emma Atkins, getting ready to ...and more »
  
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• Nuneaton hit and run puts woman in hospital - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 14:48
  
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  Nuneaton hit and run puts woman in hospital
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  The pedestrian was hit by a car in Duke Street, at the junction with Manor Court Road, at around 7.30pm on Tuesday evening. It is understood that the driver did not stop at the scene. Ban on fire engines using weak Bedworth bridge 'will put lives at risk'.
  
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• Derelict Bedworth pub to be bulldozed making way for new jobs - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 13:32
  
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  Derelict Bedworth pub to be bulldozed making way for new jobs
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  A derelict pub near Bedworth is set to be bulldozed and replaced by a scaffolding storage unit. Concerns over traffic and the store's appearance were outweighed by the need for jobs, and for the site to be used in some way, as councillors approved ...and more »
  
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• New sixth form college in Coventry is charging £25k A YEAR and recruiting pupils from the Far East - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 13:23
  
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  New sixth form college in Coventry is charging £25k A YEAR and recruiting pupils from the Far East
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  A new £25,000 a year sixth form college is up and running in Coventry with a mission to get overseas pupils on to science, engineering and maths courses in top universities in the UK and US. The National Mathematics and Science College, in a converted ...
  
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• Former Premier League star Peter Odemwingie set to face Coventry City next month - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 13:04
  
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  Former Premier League star Peter Odemwingie set to face Coventry City next month
  Coventry Telegraph
  Free agent Peter Odemwingie is understood to be having a medical with Bolton Wanderers as he prepares to sign for the League One club. The veteran striker, who may well have caught the eye of Coventry City boss Mark Venus who is looking for ...and more »
  
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• Asda hair bobble turns schoolgirl's golden locks RED - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 12:57
  
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  Asda hair bobble turns schoolgirl's golden locks RED
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  Her golden flowing locks were one five-year-old girl's crowning glory – until an Asda bobble turned her hair RED. Ella Brannigan was forced to have her barnet chopped off after dye from the hairband leaked as she played in a pal's paddling pool. She ...and more »
  
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• Warning over fake memory foam mattresses being sold from vans in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 12:18
  
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  Warning over fake memory foam mattresses being sold from vans in Coventry
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  Are mattress sellers knocking on doors near you? Think before you buy say consumer experts. Share; Comments. Get daily news by email. Scammers sell fake mattresses from vans Video loading. The video will start in 8s Cancel. Click to play Tap to play ...
  
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• 'I'm ashamed to be English after Polish shop arson' - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 12:18
  
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  'I'm ashamed to be English after Polish shop arson'
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  A retired teacher has offered financial support to a Polish shop owner who saw his business destroyed by arsonists. Chris Penny, 59, has said the attack on Norbert Krupa's Miodzio store in Willenhall left him feeling 'ashamed to be English' and he has ...
  
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• Peter Kay is coming to Coventry for a charity disco party - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 11:30
  
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  Peter Kay is coming to Coventry for a charity disco party
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Dance For Life “dance-a-thon” sees the Phoenix Nights star and stand-up comic turn into DJ PK as he spins four decades of top tunes for three hours. On March 3-4 the Ericsson Indoor Arena - the new name for the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh ...and more »
  
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• Sophia McDonald death: Crowds gather for candlelit vigil in Riley Square - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 09:38
  
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  Sophia McDonald death: Crowds gather for candlelit vigil in Riley Square
  Coventry Telegraph
  Crowds gathered in Riley Square, Bell Green , last night to pay tribute to the seven-year-old to died on Tuesday during a collision with a skip wagon. Dozens of balloons bearing Sophia's name had been tied to the railings outside of the shopping ...and more »
  
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• Sophia McDonald death: Crowds gather for candlelit vigil in Riley ... - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 09:38
  
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  Sophia McDonald death: Crowds gather for candlelit vigil in Riley ...
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  Mourners have been visiting the site ever since the seven-year-old died on Tuesday afternoon.and more »
  
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• When will Diwali 2016 be celebrated in Coventry? - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 09:31
  
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  When will Diwali 2016 be celebrated in Coventry?
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry is set to celebrate Diwali in style just days before Halloween and Bonfire Night. Diwali is a five-day festival of lights, held in autumn between October and November. It is commonly associated with Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and ...and more »
  
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• Live: Breaking news, sport, weather and travel from Coventry and Warwickshire on October 20 - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 07:47
  
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  Live: Breaking news, sport, weather and travel from Coventry and Warwickshire on October 20
  Coventry Telegraph
  Greetings everyone! Simon Gilbert here taking you through the early stages of today's live news blog. I'll be keeping you up to date with the latest news, weather, travel and sport until 9am. You can get in touch in the meantime. Contact us via Twitter ...
  
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• "I want to stay," insists rising Coventry City star Ben Stevenson - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 06:45
  
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  "I want to stay," insists rising Coventry City star Ben Stevenson
  Coventry Telegraph
  The 19-year-old signed a new four-year deal with the Sky Blues last week and appears to be growing in stature with every performance, not least a man-of-the-match display against Oxford United on Tuesday night which was topped by a stunning first ...
  
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• Coventry author to speak about life in the city during First World War - Coventry Telegraph

  20-10-2016 06:01
  
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  Coventry author to speak about life in the city during First World War
  Coventry Telegraph
  A Coventry author will be giving a talk on life in the city during the First World War at Waterstones book shop today (Thurs). Former Telegraph journalist Peter Walters, who lives in Earlsdon, will also be signing copies of his new book, Great War ...
  
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