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• Concerns grow over 'developer's charter' to build homes on Coventry's Greenbelt - Coventry Observer

  01-03-2017 18:22
  Concerns grow over 'developer's charter' to build homes on Coventry's Greenbelt
  Coventry Observer
  COUNCIL plans to develop greenbelt land across Coventry are a 'step closer to reality' after a public inquiry lasting months, say opposition councillors. A 'warning' that it amounts to a 'developer's charter' comes from opposition Tory councillors who ...
  
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• Britain's Got Talent's Leeroy Bailey from Coventry not guilty of child cruelty - Coventry Observer

  01-03-2017 18:05
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  Britain's Got Talent's Leeroy Bailey from Coventry not guilty of child cruelty
  Coventry Observer
  A jury has taken less than 45 minutes to clear a former Britain's Got Talent finalist of child cruelty after a 15-year-old boy got so drunk at his home that an ambulance had to be called. Leeroy Bailey, a member of the Britain's Got Talent 2007 ...and more »
  
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• Coventry City player ratings - just how low did they go at Bury? - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 17:54
  
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  Coventry City player ratings - just how low did they go at Bury?
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City slipped to their 19th League One defeat last night, going down 2-1 at a resurgent Bury. It was a fairly typical game of two halves for the Sky Blues who were well off the pace in the first 45 and made a fist of the game in the second. But ...and more »
  
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• Coventry City digest: Former Sky Blues boss claims first win in new role - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 17:06
  
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  Coventry City digest: Former Sky Blues boss claims first win in new role
  Coventry Telegraph
  Former Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray claimed his first win as Blackburn boss last night, as Rovers overcame Derby County 1-0 at Ewood Park. Mogga - as he is commonly known - resigned from his post as City boss in September after failing to guide ...and more »
  
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• Your stunning photos of February in and around Coventry - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 16:59
  
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  Your stunning photos of February in and around Coventry
  Coventry Telegraph
  What a difference a month makes! February might have been short but it was certainly sweet by the looks of our readers' photographs. Glorious sunsets and frosty mornings made way for dramatic Storm Doris skies and, eventually, the appearance of ...
  
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• After 110 years, it's last orders for landmark Coventry pub The Albany - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 16:01
  
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  After 110 years, it's last orders for landmark Coventry pub The Albany
  Coventry Telegraph
  The Albany pub in Earlsdon is one of the birthplaces of Ska and Two Tone music, but will shut its doors in just over two weeks because the lease is up. It will also be the end of an era for landlady Lizzi Maxsted, who landed her very first job at The ...
  
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• Pioneer of electronic music celebrated at Coventry Cathedral show - Leamington Courier

  01-03-2017 15:36
  
  Pioneer of electronic music celebrated at Coventry Cathedral show
  Leamington Courier
  Coventry will celebrate one of the pioneers of electronic music in May – on what would have been her 80th birthday. Deliaphonic will commemorate the life and achievements of Coventry-born Delia Derbyshire, whose work on the Doctor Who theme tune is ...
  
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• Man dies after snooker hall attack in Coventry

  01-03-2017 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 68-year-old man was punched to the floor and suffered a fatal head injury.
  
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• Coventry City chairman Tim Fisher to face questions from fans - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 15:23
  
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  Coventry City chairman Tim Fisher to face questions from fans
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City chairman Tim Fisher will face questions from supporters during the next meeting of The Sky Blue Trust. Mr Fisher will attend the next meeting of the supporters' group on Monday, March 20, at The Albany Social Club in Earlsdon from 7.30pm.
  
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• BGT finalist Leeroy Bailey not guilty of child cruelty

  01-03-2017 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kombat Breakers dancer Leeroy Bailey, 35, had been accused of plying a teenage boy with alcohol.
  
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• Coventry City Academy update on talks over Higgs Centre future - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 14:33
  
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  Coventry City Academy update on talks over Higgs Centre future
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry City's Academy still has an uncertain future with no deal yet agreed for the club to continue to use the Alan Higgs Centre. Talks are still ongoing between Higgs Centre operators Coventry Sports Foundation and the Sky Blues as work continues ...
  
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• Coventry University claim varsity spoils with narrow win over Warwick - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 13:25
  
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  Coventry University claim varsity spoils with narrow win over Warwick
  Coventry Telegraph
  Coventry University claimed the local varsity bragging rights with an impressive 17-15 victory against a strong Warwick side at a windy Ricoh Arena. Centre Ollie Kitto was Coventry's star, scoring all their points through two converted tries and the ...
  
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• Education secretary Michael Gove performs 'Wham Rap!'

  01-03-2017 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education secretary demonstrates rapping ability to pupils
  
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• YARN Film screening and Knit in

  01-03-2017 12:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Scratch the Surface Mental Health Arts Festival 2016

  01-03-2017 12:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Tickets on sale TODAY for star-studded Coventry 80s gig - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 12:34
  
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  Tickets on sale TODAY for star-studded Coventry 80s gig
  Coventry Telegraph
  Tickets for a hotly anticipated revival gig featuring leading stars of 80s music go on general sale TODAY. The StepBack gig will see top stars of the decade take to the stage at the Ericsson Indoor Arena on Saturday, October 14. Tony Hadley, Jason ...
  
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• Community rallies behind FarGo Village café mistakenly targeted in hate campaign - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 11:52
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Community rallies behind FarGo Village café mistakenly targeted in hate campaign
  Coventry Telegraph
  The community has rallied behind an independent cafe that was the target of abuse after being mistaken for controversial bubble tea chain,MooBoo. Neil and Kristin McCoy-Ward, owners of Bubble Boba, were left devastated after passersby began hurling ...
  
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• SAVE OUR BEES: Campaign calls on Coventry City Council to step in to help support axed Bees - Coventry Observer

  01-03-2017 11:12
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  SAVE OUR BEES: Campaign calls on Coventry City Council to step in to help support axed Bees
  Coventry Observer
  THE OBSERVER'S Save Our Bees campaign is today calling on Coventry City Council leaders to say what they can do to help the traditional speedway club which bears the city's name. Although the Bees have been traditionally domiciled just outside the city ...and more »
  
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• Man dies after snooker hall attack in Coventry - BBC News

  01-03-2017 10:38
  
  BBC News
  Man dies after snooker hall attack in Coventry
  BBC News
  A man has died after being punched to the floor at a Coventry snooker hall. Patrick Redmond, 68, from Coundon, Coventry, was assaulted at Rileys, in Hertford Place, just before 23:00 GMT on Monday. He was taken to hospital with a serious head injury ...
  Tributes to 'British gentleman' killed in Coventry snooker club attackCoventry Telegraph
  Coventry snooker hall death: Tributes to pensioner Patrick Redmond killed by single punchEv
  
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• Birmingham Airport flight's dramatic landing sparks emergency response - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 10:10
  
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  Birmingham Airport flight's dramatic landing sparks emergency response
  Coventry Telegraph
  A departing flight from Birmingham Airport sparked a full-scale emergency response as it developed a wheel problem as it came in to land. The Flybe service was travelling to Edinburgh - but was met by emergency vehicles as it touched down at about 7pm ...and more »
  
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• How warm will spring be in Coventry this year? - Coventry Telegraph

  01-03-2017 09:44
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  How warm will spring be in Coventry this year?
  Coventry Telegraph
  Overall temperatures for the season have been increasing during the last century and this spring is likely to be one of the warmest. Mean temperatures in spring have risen dramatically from 7.5C in 1977-1986 to 9C in 1997-2006, the hottest decade since ...
  
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