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Oasis to play the Ricoh Arena

By Alan Poole ROCK superstars Oasis will play the Ricoh Arena next summer - backed by local heroes The Enemy. The concert held on Tuesday July 7, is the only Midlands date on the Manchester band's biggest-ever stadium tour....

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 27, 2008 8:56 AM

Win a meeting with A Team star Dirk Benedict

MEET A-Team icon Dirk Benedict - the star who played the suave Faceman. That's the celebrity prize offer from the Sunday Mercury today. It's your chance to chat with one of TV's most popular stars in person. Dirk, who played...

Posted by Paul Cole on October 25, 2008 4:05 PM

A non-runner's guide to irony, greenery, Motown and Jamie Oliver

I've become nervous about using the word 'ironic'. I blame Ed Byrne. Since he famously trashed the Alanis Morrisette song of the same name it has put the fear in me. What if I get it wrong? In case you...

Posted by Paul Flower on October 21, 2008 4:03 PM

Coventry Not Good Enough but Pretty Good Anyway

Coventry's trip to Leeds on Sunday was one that filled me with foreboding. As if the disparity between the two teams wasn't enough in financial terms - this was only underlined by the army of clip-boarders doing market research on...

Posted by Brian Dick on October 20, 2008 12:28 PM

In memory of soldiers who died in Coventry city blast

By Staff Reporter STANDARD bearers and city dignitaries will met in Coventry on saturday for the unveiling of a plaque in memory of a bomb disposal team. The event at Whitley Common at 3pm was organised by Whitley Local History...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 20, 2008 9:26 AM

Earlsdon's Ron Newby - Founder of Global Care dies at 64

By Helen Thomas A MAN who dedicated his career to helping thousands of children across the world has died aged 64. Ron Newby, who was awarded the MBE in 1999, was the founder and chief executive of Coventry charity Global...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 20, 2008 9:13 AM

Jon Gaunt still thinks Coventry is the best

By Sandish Shoker COVENTRY'S big mouth Jon Gaunt is a controversial man not afraid to speak his mind. But whatever your opinion of him, he loves his hometown, and uses every opportunity in his latest book to tell us. Jon...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 16, 2008 1:30 PM

Geek Files gets recognition it deserves

As if having the honour of being named Garlic Bread's first ever blog of the week (what ever happened to that feature? - ed) wasn't enough, the author of The Geek Files has only gone and bagged a big one!...

Posted by David Higgerson on October 8, 2008 11:03 PM

Lottery ticket sales surge in Coventry

By Warren Manger SALES of lottery tickets have surged in Coventry and Warwickshire before tonight's EuroMillions draw with punters hoping to win a share of the record £100 million jackpot. If one lucky player scoops the whole jackpot tonight they...

Posted by Esh Capelo on September 26, 2008 8:39 AM

Plans to scrap wardens across Coventry is put on hold

by Fiona Scott, Political Editor CONTROVERSIAL plans to scrap 19 of Coventry's 75 neighbourhood wardens were kicked into touch. Tories running the city council backed down from making £173,000 savings after a revolt from an influential cross-party group. Scrutiny board...

Posted by Esh Capelo on September 25, 2008 10:08 AM

Plans to scrap wardens across Coventry is put on hold

by Fiona Scott, Political Editor CONTROVERSIAL plans to scrap 19 of Coventry's 75 neighbourhood wardens were kicked into touch. Tories running the city council backed down from making £173,000 savings after a revolt from an influential cross-party group. Scrutiny board...

Posted by Esh Capelo on September 25, 2008 9:52 AM

Doctor Who theme music creator honoured at city arts festival

THE LIFE and work of Doctor Who theme music creator Delia Derbyshire is being celebrated at a three-day arts festival this weekend in the UK city of Coventry, where she was born. The audio-visual festival, A Thing About Machines...

Posted by David Bentley on September 18, 2008 11:36 AM

Radford has a great community spirit

In this edition of her blog Jo Vitols describes what it's like to live in the Radford area of Coventry. It's history, the ever changing shops and the great community spirit....

Posted by Esh Capelo on August 21, 2008 9:46 AM

Jimena and her friend Beth meet Bex in Coventry

Jimena Beesley and Beth Murray, of Foleshill, are pictured meeting Bex from Big Brother....

Posted by Esh Capelo on August 21, 2008 9:40 AM

Volunteers needed for Cruse Bereavement Care

By Cara Simpson A plea for more volunteers is being made by Cruse Bereavement Care in Warwickshire. The charity, which has branches in Coventry and Rugby, is celebrating 50 years of support work and is planning to reorganise it's structure...

Posted by Esh Capelo on August 14, 2008 12:44 PM

Queen Bex back among her people!

BIG Brother housemate Rebecca Shiner was queen of Coventry as she returned to the city yesterday to meet her adoring public. Hundreds of starstruck shoppers stopped, stared and waved as they saw the carnival procession make its way through the...

Posted by Esh Capelo on July 29, 2008 8:58 AM

It's so nice to be back home

By Marion McMullen "THANK you Coventry Telegraph, thank you Coventry," screams Big Brother housemate Rebecca Shiner. The 21-year-old from Coundon has been in big demand since she became the sixth housemate to leave the Channel 4 reality show on Friday...

Posted by Esh Capelo on July 28, 2008 9:02 AM

Binley's view of Coventry

Val Cringles sent in this photo of St Barts Church looking over Coventry City....

Posted by Esh Capelo on July 26, 2008 8:47 AM

The Waiting Game

I went to the hospital today. Nothing serious, I'm sure you'll all be uninterested to hear. I'm actually just trying to get on a waiting list. A few years back I was told I had a torn cartilage. It took...

Posted by Paul Flower on July 22, 2008 1:38 PM

Grounds for concern

Having managed to work Bob Dylan into a cricket piece here a couple of weeks ago, let's maintain the sport and music motif, shall we? And let's talk about rugby grounds. I spent last weekend in Wales and the West...

Posted by Martin Warrillow on June 17, 2008 3:46 PM