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• Four more charged over meth lab discovery

  23-10-2026 17:45 via BBC News
  
  Five Mexican nationals are already set to face trial after denying producing the drug at the lab.
  
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• Solihull town centre regeneration faces £148,000 funding gap

  27-10-2026 12:46 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  A major scheme to revitalise Solihull town centre's public spaces remains stalled as the project faces a £148,000 funding shortfall, with West Midlands Combined Authority and Solihull Council working to secure the cash needed to progress.
  
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• Person swept out to sea as emergency services search through the night

  27-10-2026 12:46 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The search has been ongoing since just after midnight on Tuesday
  
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• North Wales Police renew appeal one month after baby Ceri found dead on Bangor shoreline

  27-10-2026 12:26 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The body of baby Ceri was discovered on the Menai Strait shoreline near Bangor in September
  
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• Latest Pollcheck results show what would happen in Coventry if a General Election was called

  27-10-2026 12:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Labour retain a comfortable hold after a surge in support
  
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• CCTV caught care worker stealing jewellery worth thousands from patient's home

  27-10-2026 11:20 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The victim's family became suspicious of the care worker and decided to set up secret CCTV
  
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• Two British nationals charged over suspected Iran-linked plot at RAF Fairford

  27-10-2026 11:17 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act
  
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• Sunderland hoping for double injury boost but no return for play-offs hero for trip to Coventry City

  27-10-2026 11:12 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Opposition injury news from CoventryLive as Sunderland hopeful of two returns for Saturday's trip to the CBS Arena
  
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• Poundland 'faces collapse risk within days' in blow to Andy Burnham's Greater Manchester

  27-10-2026 11:01 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Poundland is facing a heightened risk of collapse as the directors recruited to lead the retailer through a sale process are on the brink of resigning, it has been claimed.
  
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• Final section of HS2 viaduct installed over M6

  27-10-2026 10:54 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Engineers installed the final section of HS2's 4,750-tonne west deck viaduct above live M6 traffic near Chelmsley Wood using hydraulic jacks, completing a nine-hour operation without closing the motorway
  
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• Joe Lycett blasts 'morally wrong' council over Children's Hospital parking fines

  27-10-2026 09:54 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Joe Lycett received a parking fine when he took his unwell son to hospital
  
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• Heartbreak as mother dies at Cornwall beach where son, 18, was found dead six years earlier

  27-10-2026 09:47 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Her death is not being treated as suspicious, and a full inquest is expected next year.
  
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• Fire breaks out at Warwickshire recycling centre

  27-10-2026 09:39 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  A fire broke out at Kenilworth's Cherry Orchard household waste recycling centre on after a member of the public disposed of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in a black bag with other household waste
  
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• Jesy Nelson reportedly pulls out of I'm A Celebrity to care for twin daughters with SMA

  27-10-2026 09:14 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has reportedly withdrawn from a six-figure deal to appear on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, with insiders revealing she has pulled out to remain with her unwell twin daughters
  
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• Why today could be the best day to visit Drayton Manor and Alton Towers this October half term

  27-10-2026 07:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  If you're considering a day out at a theme park this October half-term, experts at AttractionTickets.com have predicted the quietest day to visit.
  
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• Solihull residents urged to have their say on draft local plan for 23,091 homes to 2043

  27-10-2026 07:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Solihull's draft local plan, outlining housing and development proposals including 23,091 new homes through to 2043, opens for public consultation on October 26.
  
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• West Midlands speeding drivers recorded at 120mph in worst cases of the year

  27-10-2026 06:44 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Drivers reaching speeds of up to 120mph — nearly double the 70mph motorway limit — feature among the worst West Midlands speeding cases this year, uncovered by a freedom of information request to police
  
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• Roadside rescue piglet Tom named 'real-life Babe' after being saved hours after birth

  27-10-2026 06:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Tom the piglet was found barely a day old on the side of the road with his umbilical cord still attached – believed to have fallen from a trailer during transport
  
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• Property experts say it's the right time to buy a flat in Coventry as rent rises by 44%

  27-10-2026 06:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The cost of an average flat in Coventry has risen almost 11% since 2016 - but rent has risen over four times that much over the same period
  
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• Latest Coventry Telegraph death and funeral notices as tributes paid to loved ones

  27-10-2026 06:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Our thoughts are with all those who have lost a loved one
  
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• Coventry City striker banging them in to top the Belgian scoring charts, Rapha regular starter and two out injured

  26-10-2026 17:25 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City loan news from coventryLive as we take a look at how Sky Blues' players are doing out at other clubs
  
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• George Finch expected to be cleared in third conduct probe over 'burglar' post

  26-10-2026 17:08 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch of Reform UK is expected to be cleared by a third standards investigation over social media posts that depicted Conservative rival Councillor Jan Matecki as a burglar – with the investigator weighing the complaints against Finch's right to freedom of expression under laws that Reform UK has sought to abolish.
  
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• Ryanair flight bound for Spain makes emergency landing after alert sent

  26-10-2026 15:55 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The jet had left Glasgow and was bound for Spain when it declared an emergency
  
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• Leamington Spa named best place to live in Warwickshire - not Stratford

  26-10-2026 15:26 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Residents across the West Midlands were surveyed on their opinions of living in their respective towns and cities, with Leamington Spa coming out on top
  
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• Frank Lampard explains Ellis Simms' matchday omission ahead of big Sunderland decision

  26-10-2026 15:19 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Frank Lampard admits 'hardest' bit of his job is to leave players out of the matchday squad
  
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• The 203 Coventry streets targeted by car thieves as vehicle crime figures published

  26-10-2026 15:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  We've taken a look at the latest vehicle crime statistics from West Midlands Police
  
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• Mum and daughter, 4, killed on nursery run after street-racing drivers crashed into them

  26-10-2026 14:50 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Justyna Hulboj, 27, and her daughter Lena Czepczor, four, were walking to nursery when they were struck and killed
  
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• CCTV appeal after woman 'hit with a glass and scratched in Stratford assault'

  26-10-2026 14:12 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Police said the incident happened on Sheep Street
  
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• 'I lost my NHS job of 28 years and became a baker'

  26-10-2026 14:02 via BBC News
  
  Tracey Hayes, from Nuneaton, has been running her own business since being made redundant in 2020.
  
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• Two men charged after 'delivery drivers threatened in Coventry robberies'

  26-10-2026 13:35 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  William and Daniel McDonagh have appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court today (October 26)
  
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