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Promotion set to return in Super League revamp
Saturday 11 May 2013
Two leagues may be split into three in mid-season in RFL restructuring proposals
Coventry begin search for new stadium for next season
Friday 03 May 2013
The League One club moved to the 32,000-capacity Ricoh Arena in 2005
Man arrested in London after woman's body found in Coventry house
Tuesday 30 April 2013
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was discovered inside a house.
Coventry taps into mineral wealth for UK’s tastiest water
Monday 29 April 2013
The debate about which British region boasts the tastiest tap water has finally been settled with an unlikely winner: it comes not from “hard” northern or “soft” southern waters but from the middle of Britain – in Coventry.
Hospital wards will have to ask for marks out of five
Monday 01 April 2013
Anyone admitted to hospital will soon be able to see what former patients thought of the care they received on a ward-by-ward basis, the NHS will announce today.
'My beloved Uncle Monty': Tributes pour in for Withnail And I actor Richard Griffiths following death at 65
Friday 29 March 2013
Born in North Yorkshire, Griffiths was famous for his roles in the Harry Potter series, Withnail And I, and The History Boys
Mark Halsey will not referee Premier League game this weekend following Callum McManaman incident
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Ref failed to spot the Wigan player's challenge on Newcastle defender Massadio Haidara
Swindon promotion push entrusted to Kevin MacDonald
Thursday 28 February 2013
Swindon have appointed former Republic of Ireland assistant Kevin MacDonald as their new manager. The 52-year-old, who was caretaker manager at Aston Villa in 2010, takes over at the County Ground after Paolo Di Canio resigned last week.
Black cab maker to take on 100 staff and restart output under new Chinese owner
Tuesday 26 February 2013
The maker of London's black cabs, which was rescued from administration by the Chinese car company Geely, is to double its workforce as it aims to restart production of the taxis in a matter of months.
Postgraduate diary: 'I was out of my comfort zone'
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Ask around undergraduate bars and common rooms and one major complaint about doing a postgraduate course is that it'll increase the size of your overdraft. But with a little bit of ingenuity, it doesn't have to.
New Huddersfield manager Mark Robins says it was tough to quit Coventry
Thursday 14 February 2013
Robins had transformed Coventry's season after being installed in September
British National Party 'so poor it should sell scrap metal'
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Nick Griffin, leader of the cash strapped far-right BNP, once fed his family on a rabbit that had been killed on the road.
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