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• Reading Well for Long Term Conditions Collection launch

  06-07-2017 14:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Van on fire: Body of unknown man found inside as murder probe launched

  05-10-2026 12:28 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Fire crews were called to Gas Works Lane, Prestatyn after reports of a van on fire
  
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• 'I was an absolute mess living in a tent in Coventry - one Google search changed my life'

  05-10-2026 12:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  At one point, he found himself sleeping rough in a tent in a local park in the middle of winter
  
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• Coventry sex offender who abused two girls and tried to rape woman jailed 24 years

  05-10-2026 12:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Jawhir Kasir has been jailed for 24 years after being convicted of a string of sex offences against children and a woman in Coventry
  
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• Coventry City 'monitoring' Norwegian goal scorer impressing in Swedish top flight

  05-10-2026 11:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as the Sky Blues are said to be looking at a 25-year-old centre-forward making a name for himself in Sweden
  
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• Coventry pub to temporarily close as Stonegate issues update on its future

  05-10-2026 11:37 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It follows concerns that it would shut completely
  
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• Man seriously injured and rushed to hospital after Coventry crash

  05-10-2026 11:06 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Part of Dunsmore Avenue and St James Lane was closed last night
  
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• Coventry shop 'sold beer and cigarettes to an 11-year-old boy'

  05-10-2026 10:48 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  My Local Mini Market on St James Lane could lose its licence after Trading Standards found illegal tobacco and alleged underage sales to an 11-year-old. A meeting will be held to discuss the store's future today (Monday)
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can take police to court over his arrest

  05-10-2026 10:38 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The former prince's legal team will take part in a hearing at the High Court, as his legal troubles rumble on
  
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• Yellow signs warn of Nuneaton town centre road closure for 'come-back' event

  05-10-2026 08:25 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It has not been held for nine years
  
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• New 'multiple sightings of Catfoot' as Beast of Binley Woods seen 'darting around'

  05-10-2026 08:20 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It has its own nickname
  
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• 'Save the green belt' plea as 700 Coventry campaigners battle to stop industrial development

  05-10-2026 06:15 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  More land is set to be removed from the green belt so it can be used to meet employment targets
  
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• 'Terms agreed' for Nuneaton food hall but council tight-lipped on 'national name'

  05-10-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It comes as a planning application has to be approved for extra works
  
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• Nuneaton mum claims disabled children ended up ill due to cold swimming pool

  05-10-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  But the council has said it is at regulation temperature and it would cost a whopping £7,000 to heat it up
  
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• Final decision looms on homes plan for former Coventry EON HQ amid outcry

  05-10-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  There have been objections and a petition submitted to the city council
  
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• Coventry balaclava ban urged to stop 'sinister' city centre riders causing alarm

  05-10-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Campaigners say masked cyclists are creating an "oppressive" presence in the shopping precincts and want all face coverings banned quickly
  
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• All the Coventry road closures you need to know about this week

  05-10-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  There are a number to keep an eye out for
  
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• Paralysed man living in dad's garage says he cannot access a toilet or shower

  05-10-2026 05:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  John Bonsor, 38, says he cannot access a toilet or shower while living in his dad's converted garage in Bedworth. He is awaiting adaptations to a home he has bought; the council says officers and contractors have visited and adaptation proposals are progressing.
  
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• Warwickshire SEND respite care gaps risk crisis, parent warns

  04-10-2026 20:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Warwickshire parent carer Elissa Novak has warned in a written statement that gaps in overnight respite care could push families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) into crisis. Joint scrutiny of respite provision is scheduled for November.
  
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• Crime gang transported £30 million of cash to Dubai in suitcases

  04-10-2026 19:01 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Heather Jeffrey, 58, and her daughter Lamara Noel, 34, were part of a network that smuggled almost £30 million out of the UK to the United Arab Emirates
  
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• 4,000 homes masterplan fears 'This has been going on for nearly 20 years'

  04-10-2026 18:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Live readers have raised traffic and green belt concerns over the King's Hill masterplan at Stoneleigh, between Kenilworth and Finham on Coventry's outskirts
  
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• Coventry's cheapest street in sale-price analysis averaged £50,000

  04-10-2026 18:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  A road in Aldermans Green recorded two property sales at £50,000 each, ranking lowest among Coventry streets with at least two sales in the three-year period analysed by Brickview.ai using Land Registry data. With only two to four sales per street in the ranking, averages can shift sharply.
  
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• Reason you'll see a lot of green in Coventry market's £1.25m make-over

  04-10-2026 17:51 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The outside of the historic market will be changed first and the colour chosen is for a special reason
  
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• 'Trainee shaman' had drugs from Peru 'medicine man' posted to his Midland home

  04-10-2026 16:05 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Border Force officers at Coventry's now-closed airport intercepted packages
  
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• Full Reform statement on Nuneaton and Bedworth council's 'housing scandal'

  04-10-2026 15:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The government's Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has said that there are 'serious failings' within council housing
  
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• Urgent 'call 999' plea for missing Coventry man last seen more than a week ago

  04-10-2026 15:34 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The 27-year-old still has not been found
  
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• Major Warwickshire landfill blaze as locals urged 'close doors and windows'

  04-10-2026 15:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Firefighters have warned there will be 'there all day'
  
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• Warwickshire SEND transport delays explained as frustrated parents left without provision

  04-10-2026 15:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Councillors from three different groups highlighted complaints from frustrated parents who filed applications five months ago only for delays to leave them without home-to-school transport provision from the start of the new school year in September
  
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• Batman fans at Coventry's lost Theatre One Cinema in 1989 - fabulous archive pictures

  04-10-2026 13:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Fans queued at Coventry's Theatre One Cinema on Ford Street to see Tim Burton's Batman in 1989, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. The cinema was demolished in 2014 for student flats.
  
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• Coventry Very Light Rail: Council starts planning first route

  04-10-2026 12:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City Council says it is starting to develop the first Very Light Rail route and its business case. A December update is expected on the Mile Lane demonstrator, the regional funding settlement and the business case work plan.
  
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