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[14 DEC 00] HELPING HAND FOR WANNABE
AUTHORS
Coventry authors are being offered the
chance to get their work in print thanks to the city's library
service. MORE
[13 DEC 00] GRAVE WARNING OVER CEMETERY
WASHOUT THREAT
People visiting cemeteries in Coventry
are being warned to take care as some of the graves have
become waterlogged. MORE
[12 DEC 00] FRAUD TRICKSTER JAILED FOR
£40,000 SCAM
A Coventry benefit fraudster has been
sent to prison after admitting swindling almost £40,000 in
false claims. MORE
[07 DEC 00] GALA ADMITS DEFEAT IN
HIPPODROME FIGHT
Major
demolition work is to start to prepare Coventry city centre
for the Phoenix Initiative next month after the owners of
Hippodrome conceded defeat in their legal battle against the
scheme. MORE
[06 DEC 00] COUNCIL TAX FEARS AS
SPENDING PLANS MADE
Council tax in Coventry could be forced
up because the city has received the lowest increase
government grant increase in the West Midlands. MORE
[06 DEC 00] COVENTRY'S CABINET TO FACE
THE PUBLIC
Coventry City Council's cabinet is
taking to the road next week when it hold a special session a
school. MORE
[01 DEC 00] STREET NAME DESIRE LEADS TO
BOOK OF ROADS
People
who have wondered why their road is called what it is can find
out in a book on the origins of Coventry street names.
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[01 DEC 00] HIPPODROME CAMPAIGNERS
CONTINUE FIGHT
Campaigners
battling to save Coventry’s Hippodrome have pledged to
continue their fight as long as the building is still
standing. MORE
[30 NOV 00] CITY FOREIGN BEEF WARNING
FOLLOWS BSE SCARE
People in Coventry have been warned
against buying imported beef after a crackdown on illegal meat
was launched in the city. MORE
[30 NOV 00] MOIRA'S WET FISH TO BE
FRESHENED UP
One
of Coventry’s oldest buildings is to get a new lease of life
after an agreement was signed to transform the medieval
eyesore into a community facility.
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[29 NOV 00] BEACON LIGHTS UP WRITE
STUFF FOR CITY BOYS
A Coventry school is to share its secret
of how to improve children’s writing after being given
Beacon status by the government. MORE
[23 NOV 00] LOWER PRECINCT MURALS ON
THE MOVE
Preserved
murals depicting Coventry’s history are to be taken out of
the city centre shortly to make way for the Lower Precinct
development. MORE
[23 NOV 00] SKYDOME SIGNS NEW DEAL TO
HOST BASKETBALL
Coventry is to be the home of English
basketball for the next three years in a deal that will also
promote the sport to youngsters in the city.
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[21 NOV 00] JOBS TO COME TOGETHER IN
ELECTRONICA DREAM
New jobs are to be lured to Coventry by
piggy-backing off Marconi’s new investment in the
city. MORE
[21 NOV 00] PHOENIX CAMPAIGNERS
'DEVASTATED' AT DEFEAT
The
leader of campaigners battling to save Coventry’s Hippodrome
said he is “devastated” that the High Court has paved the
way for the city council to demolish it. MORE
[21 NOV 00] LOAD OF OLD COBBLES FORM
PATHWAY TO PAST
Unique old
cobblestones will be laid in a Coventry road tomorrow to bring
back the feeling of 600 years of the street’s history.
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[20 NOV 00] FREE FOOD SAFETY ADVICE FOR
CITY FIRMS
Small businesses in
Coventry that are struggling to keep up with food regulations
are being offered free advice on how to stay on the right side
of the law. MORE
[17 NOV 00] HIPPODROME TO BE
DEMOLISHED, JUDGE RULES
A High Court judge has
given the go-ahead to Coventry City Council to demolish the
Hippodrome as part of the Phoenix Initiative. MORE
[17 NOV 00] CRACKS PAPERED OVER TO BOWL
TOILETS THROUGH
Toilets
will be built in the ground floor of the library building,
despite last-minute pleas from library staff for councillors
to change their minds. MORE
[17 NOV 00] JOHN AND ANTHONY TO FLY
FLAG FOR CITY'S YOUTH
Two Coventry teenagers will soon be
rubbing shoulders with the country’s movers and shakers as
the city’s representatives in the new UK Youth
Parliament. MORE
[15 NOV 00] LAWYERS TAKE PHOENIX TO
COURT RECOUNT
Coventry’s
Phoenix Initiative will rise in its full glory or be consigned
to the ashes of history following a High Court challenge by
the owners of the old Hippodrome this week. MORE
[15 NOV 00] EXTRA LOLLY FOR LOLLIPOP
PATROLS
Extra lolly is being found for lollipop
staff and 100,000 bags are to be distributed across the city
advertising for new recruits to man school crossing
patrols. MORE
[15 NOV 00] COVENTRY'S NANNIES TO HOOK
UP IN NETWORK
Nannies in Coventry could be missing out
on vital support and training and a new network is being set
up to ensure that they get any help they might need.
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[14 NOV 00] COVENTRY REMEMBERS ITS
DARKEST HOUR
A
poem written by a nine-year-old girl shortly after bombs
rained on Coventry in 1940 provided an emotional return to the
past today as the city remembered those who died in the
Blitz. MORE
[09 NOV 00] TOILETS ROW ALL OVER BAR
THE SHOUTING
Gavels
were banged, voiced raised and accusations thrown, but
Coventry City Council is no nearer deciding where its city
centre toilets will go. MORE
[09 NOV 00] VIGIL TO SAVE INFORMATION
CENTRE
Staff from Coventry’s Central Library
are holding a vigil today in a last ditch effort to
persuade councillors to stop public toilets being installed in
place of the information centre. MORE
[08 NOV 00] 'ANTI-SOCIAL' WOOD END MEN
TOLD TO BEHAVE
Two Coventry men have become the first
in the city to be served with orders cracking down on their
anti-social behaviour on an estate. MORE
[08 NOV 00] TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR DAY
CARE CENTRE
A day centre for elderly people in
Coventry that is earmarked for closure has been given a
temporary stay of execution. MORE
[08 NOV 00] LIBRARY STAFF PAN COUNCIL'S
TOILETS PLAN
Library staff in Coventry have launched
a scathing attack on Coventry’s council leader in the row
over public toilets replacing the information centre.
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[07 NOV 00] HOMEWORKERS TOLD TO GET
WHAT THEY'RE OWED
People who work from home in Coventry
are being urged to take part in a national survey to make sure
they are being paid the minimum wage. MORE
[07 NOV 00] PARADE TO START REMEMBRANCE
SERVICE
A parade to remember Coventry’s war
dead will be held on Sunday before a commemoration service at
the Memorial Park. MORE
[06 NOV 00] STAFF SIT TIGHT OVER
TOILETS PLAN
Staff working at Coventry central
library have refused to give their views about the proposed
relocation of the information centre in protest at the lack of
consultation over the scheme. MORE
[06 NOV 00] NEW BOOK OPENS UP BLUE COAT
SCHOOL HISTORY
New
pictures of Coventry’s historic Blue Coat school and Lych
Gate Cottages have been uncovered and published in a new book
detailing the history of the buildings. MORE
[06 NOV 00] ARTY ADVICE HELPS NICOLA
GET GALLERY GOING
Unique textiles, jewellery, glass and
ceramics from Coventry and the Midlands have gone on show at a
new gallery designed to showcase local talent. MORE
[03 NOV 00] BEWARE OF TREES, WARNS
COUNCIL
Residents living near damaged trees in
Coventry are being urged to stay away from them until they are
dealt with by experts as they could be dangerous.
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[02 NOV 00] TOILET PROTESTORS GET THEIR
PETITION OUT AGAIN
Protestors campaigning against the plans
for public toilets in Coventry’s central library building
are to re-launch their petition. MORE
[02 NOV 00] CAMPAIGNERS MUSTER TO SAVE
DAY CENTRE
Residents, traders and socialist
councillors have combined forces to urge a re-think on the
planned closure of a Coventry old people’s care centre.
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[02 NOV 00] RETAILERS REMEMBER RULES
FOR 5 NOVEMBER
Retailers across Coventry refused to
fall for the bait when underage children tried to buy
fireworks from them in a sting operation by trading standards
officers. MORE
[01 NOV 00] LIBRARY TOILET ISSUES
FLOATS UP AGAIN
Library staff angry at the proposed
replacement of the information centre with toilets staged a
protest in Coventry city centre today. MORE
[01 NOV 00] STORMY WEATHER FORCES
COOMBE TO CLOSE
Storm damage has forced the closure of
Coombe Country Park after a large number of trees were blown
over in the recent high winds. MORE
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