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• Macklemore fall-out sees Ed Sheeran ticket prices plummet amid protests

  18-09-2026 20:42 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Ed Sheeran said it wasn't hist decision to drop Macklemore from his tour
  
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• Solihull Coronation Street icon dies after battling health condition 'for years'

  18-09-2026 18:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The actress Stephanie Cole was most fondly known as Sylvia Goodwin in Coronation Street
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor who ran sham Coventry modelling agency arrested in Spain

  18-09-2026 18:05 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Philip Foster was arrested in Alicante, Spain on Thursday
  
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• Face of Coventry man who helped steal £30k SUV from unsuspecting homeower

  18-09-2026 16:27 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Warren Lee-Smith and Liam Kelly broke into a property to steal the keys for the CUPRA Formentor
  
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• Trio jailed for £160k fake notes plot as message warned 'I do not deal with no one else'

  18-09-2026 15:29 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Dominic Licursi, Daniel Fitzpatrick and James Hales were behind a network distributing counterfeit currency across the UK
  
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• Coventry shops selling illegal £4 tobacco for a tenth of real price

  18-09-2026 13:55 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Illegal tobacco was found for sale in 18 of the 28 independent tobacco shops visited in the city
  
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• Nottingham Forest to make late call as Oliver Glasner issues triple injury update for Coventry City

  18-09-2026 12:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City take on Nottingham Forest in a Premier League clash at the City Ground this weekend
  
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• Coventry city centre footfall drops 220,000 a month as Reform blames masked e-bikers

  18-09-2026 12:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The number of people visiting Coventry city centre has fallen by 5.9 per cent in 2025/26, according to the council's One Coventry Plan, with Reform UK councillors blaming masked e-bikers for making shoppers feel unsafe
  
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• Fly-tippers fined £1,000 after dumping waste in Astley

  18-09-2026 11:49 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Both individuals admitted to illegally dumping waste on Howe Green Lane
  
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• Coventry West Orchards Subway slapped with one-star hygiene rating

  18-09-2026 11:37 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It was inspected in August and a number of concerns were raised
  
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• Warwickshire Reform leader George Finch avoids leadership challenge after wrangle

  18-09-2026 11:29 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  A vote of no confidence was anticipated at Warwickshire County Council
  
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• Doug King issues statement as he addresses Coventry City's Premier League start under Frank Lampard

  18-09-2026 09:28 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry are rock bottom of the table after losing their first four matches of the season
  
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• Moment Coventry man who led people-smuggling ring is arrested and says 'not me'

  18-09-2026 08:18 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Quang Van Nguyen helped lead a ring that arranged illegal journeys for Vietnamese nationals into the UK
  
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• The big question for Coventry bus users as services to move into public ownership

  18-09-2026 06:55 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  New operations are set to be in place by the end of next year
  
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• Council to review Coventry appointments in charge of £60m funding over 'serious concerns'

  18-09-2026 06:47 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The recruitment process for projects to improve three areas of the city is to be scrutinised following claims of political influence
  
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• Scarecrows to take over Nuneaton town centre this weekend for a special reason

  18-09-2026 06:39 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It will include a free trail
  
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• The university in Coventry that's been officially crowned the best in the Midlands

  18-09-2026 06:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It is also within the top ten across the country
  
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• New pizza restaurant and takeaway plan for part of Nuneaton petrol station shop

  18-09-2026 06:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It will see part of the shop converted
  
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• Nuneaton and Bedworth council leader George Finch confirms plans to publish HMO register

  18-09-2026 06:24 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The council leader said the register could be released as soon as next week if final legal checks are approved
  
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• Council reopens airport redevelopment site amid claims it 'shut for no reason'

  18-09-2026 06:14 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City Council has confirmed it will open up the former Coventry Airport development site to other businesses after no manufacturer committed to building a battery gigafactory on the land
  
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• Wedding venue buyer accused of '£1m fraud and £700k champagne spend'

  18-09-2026 06:10 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Andrew Perrins is accused of around £1m in fraudulent spending between July 2018 and November 2022
  
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• Opening date of new Grayson campus in Nuneaton revealed

  18-09-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It also includes the college's bistro which will be open to the public
  
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• Coventry taxi fares to rise despite opposition from cabbies

  18-09-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The increase is set to come into effect from the end of this month once the city's taxi meters have been altered to reflect the changes
  
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• Coventry driver sentenced over dangerous police chase which saw passenger die in flood water

  17-09-2026 19:38 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Adrian Osiecki has been jailed after he rammed police cars and drove in the middle of the road - all while towing a caravan
  
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• Teenagers stabbed youth to death outside library

  17-09-2026 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Ababio died after he was attacked in Coventry in February.
  
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• Driver jailed after police pursuit in which man died

  17-09-2026 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adrian Osiecki, from Coventry, stole a caravan and crashed into flood water, where his passenger later died, police say.
  
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• Nuneaton schools scramble for alternative transport as bus company 'collapses'

  17-09-2026 17:53 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Arrangements have had to quickly be made this morning
  
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• Blocked paths in Coventry woodlands cleared by council after residents' campaign

  17-09-2026 17:23 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  There are worries that removing the obstructions could allow easier access to illegal off-road bikers
  
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• Faces of Coventry student Michael Ababio's killers revealed

  17-09-2026 17:11 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  One of them fled to Pakistan to try and escape police
  
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