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West Midlands Ambulance Service gearing up for busy weekend with England and the heatwave

People are expected to be out celebrating tomorrow night and the extreme heat poses other problems.

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Pollen peril: millions of Britons brace for hay fever misery as Met Office sounds the alarm – here's what you need to do...

Parts of England are experiencing high and very high pollen counts this summer, according to the Met Office, with grass pollen identified as the main culprit.

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Murder Investigation Launched After Ann Widdecombe Found Dead at Home - NATIONAL NEWS

Police say the former minister, 78, sustained serious injuries. Detectives are searching for a white male in connection with her death.

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Warwickshire families invited to turn up the volume on reading this summer

Warwickshire Libraries has launched its 2026 Summer Reading Challenge, Read to the Beat!

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The Sign-Up Perks Shoppers Are Chasing This Summer

Retailers have found a new battleground for summer spending: the sign-up prompt.

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Water bosses call for care as demand rockets in heatwave

The heatwave and England's World Cup matches are putting pressure on supply say Severn Trent.

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Young voices help shape funding decisions across the region

Two members of Warwickshire's Youth Council are now helping decide how funding is used to support children and young people, after being appointed as Associate

The Coventry Observer

RUGBY UNION - Coventry teenager raising funds to represent Jamaica on international stage

Luke Wilson, who plays for Barkers Butts RFC, has been selected in the Jamaica squad for the international competition.

The Coventry Observer

International students worth more than £1billion to Coventry

The figures, from a new report by London Economics, consider first-year international students living in the city and the impact they have across the duration of their studies.

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Pupils swap the classroom for a market stall

They harvested and sold their produce to shoppers, putting their new gardening, teamwork and marketing skills into practice while learning more about where food comes from.

The Coventry Observer

NHS Trust Honours Staff Who Have Given Over 3,000 Years of Combined Service

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) has paid tribute to 117 members of staff who between them have clocked up more than 3,180 years of servic

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Coventry cannabis farm with 90 fully grown plants dismantled

Officers were called to Mayors Croft in Canley on Wednesday

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Coventry business says air conditioning stock is running out due to demand

People across the region have been trying to find ways to stay cool

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CCTV of missing elderly man issued as public urged to call 999

Victor was reported missing in the early hours of this morning (July 10)

The Coventry Observer

FOOTBALL - Coventry City 'keen' on signing Everton goalkeeper Mark Travers

According to Sky Sports, the Sky Blues hold a 'keen' interest in the goalkeeper who did not make a single Premier League appearance for the Toffees last term.

The Coventry Observer

Work begins this month on major upgrade of A46 Walsgrave junction

Drivers using the A46 on the outskirts of Coventry will see preparatory work getting under way from Monday, as National Highways starts overnight works ahead of

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Review amid reports of 'sexist culture' after players leave rugby club in Coventry

A series of complaints have been raised but the club has defended its position

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Coventry and Bedworth drone-drop duo jailed for 'smuggling package into prison'

Reece Dhaliwal, from Coventry, and Jamie Simpson, from Bedworth, were jailed at Nottingham Crown Court

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Coventry University helps West Midlands foundry turn recycled aluminium into high-grade material

Coventry University is working with an award-winning West Midlands aluminium foundry to find out whether recycled aluminium can be turned into the ultra-high...

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ICE HOCKEY - Coventry Blaze to start season with Challenge Cup games before Elite League opener at Dundee Stars as 2026/27 fixtures revealed

Blaze saw their fixtures revealed for the upcoming 2026/27 campaign with Coventry to travel to Sheffield Steelers on September 12 in the Challenge Cup to begin their season.