[22 DEC 00] GRANDMOTHER PUNCHED AND
                ROBBED OF PENSION
                
                  A Coventry grandmother
                  was punched in the face as a robber stole her Christmas
                  pension money.  MORE
                
                [22 DEC 00] CITY YOUTH HUNTED AFTER
                STRING OF ROBBERIES
                
                  A youth with a dog is
                  being hunted in Coventry in connection with three vicious
                  street robberies all carried out in the same road. 
                  MORE
                
                [21 DEC 00] CORDON THROWN AROUND
                COVENTRY MACHETE MAN
                
                  Police cordoned off an
                  area of Coventry early today after a machete-wielding man
                  threatened officers and barricaded himself in his house with
                  his partner and young child.  MORE
                
                [21 DEC 00] WOMAN'S TOOTH BROKEN IN
                STREET ATTACK
                
                  A masked robber pushed
                  a woman to the ground as he took more than £300 from her in a
                  street struggle in Coventry.  MORE
                
                [21 DEC 00] SHEEP WORRIED AS DOG
                SAVAGES EWES
                
                  An investigation is
                  under way to trace a dog responsible for savaging sheep on a
                  farm.  MORE
                
                [20 DEC 00] PENSIONER ATTACKED IN HER
                OWN HOME
                
                  An 86-year-old
                  Coventry woman was attacked in her home as she grappled with
                  two men who had bluffed their way in.  MORE
                
                [20 DEC 00] CHIPS ARE DOWN FOR COVENTRY
                KEBAB THIEVES
                
                  Police are appealing
                  for people to be on the look-out for dodgy kebabs following a
                  bizarre raid on a Coventry chippy.  MORE
                
                [20 DEC 00] ARMED RAIDER THREATENS POST
                OFFICE
                
                  A man armed with a
                  sawn-off double-barrelled shot gun pointed it at a postmaster
                  and his wife as he tried to hold up a post office
                  yesterday.  MORE
                
                [20 DEC 00] LANDLORD FINED FOR NOISY
                PUB
                
                  A pub landlord must
                  pay more than £2,500 after being convicted of pestering
                  residents with persistently loud music. 
                  MORE
                
                [19 DEC 00] ROCKET LAUNCHER SEIZED AT
                COVENTRY AIRPORT
                
                  Customs officers at Coventry Airport
                  were amazed when they found a rocket launcher that had been
                  posted from America.  MORE
                
                [19 DEC 00] BRAVE ASSISTANT FOILS
                ROBBERS
                
                  Three offenders grappled with a shop
                  assistant at a Coventry supermarket as they tried to steal her
                  till yesterday.  MORE
                
                [19 DEC 00] SHOPPERS ASKED FOR THUMBS
                UP TO FRAUD FIGHT
                
                  Shoppers in Coventry are to be asked to
                  give their thumbprints when they buy goods by credit card or
                  cheque to try and cut fraud. 
                  MORE
                
                [19 DEC 00] EVEN FATHER CHRISTMAS CAN
                BE BREATHALYSED
                
                  A tough warning has
                  been sent out by road safety officers to people considering
                  drinking and driving over Christmas. 
                  MORE
                
                [18 DEC 00] TWO KILLED IN ROAD
                ACCIDENTS
                
                  Two men in their 90s
                  were killed at the weekend when they hit by cars in separate
                  accidents. 
                  MORE
                
                [18 DEC 00] ARMED ROBBERS ATTACK
                COVENTRY PUB
                
                  Staff at a Coventry
                  pub were confronted by robbers armed with a gun and two knives
                  earlier today. 
                  MORE
                
                [18 DEC 00] TAXI DRIVER SUFFERS RACIST
                ATTACK
                
                  A taxi driver was
                  racially abused and head-butted by a violent passenger who
                  refused to pay his fare. 
                  MORE
                
                [18 DEC 00] MAN RESCUED AS FLAT TORCHED
                BY ARSONISTS
                
                  A 62-year-old man had
                  to be rescued by firefighters when he was overcome by fumes
                  after a flat was set alight by arsonists yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [15 DEC 00] OFFICER KILLED BY ARMED
                ROBBER REMEMBERED
                
                  A Coventry policeman
                  who was murdered when he was shot at point-blank range by a
                  robber with a sawn-off shotgun is to be remembered next
                  week. 
                  MORE
                
                [15 DEC 00] POLICE
                TO PATROL A&E DEPARTMENT
                
                  Police are to be
                  stationed in an A& E Unit at a hospital this weekend to
                  prevent staff being attacked and to encourage victims of
                  violence to report their crimes.  MORE
                
                [15 DEC 00] GUNS FOUND IN COVENTRY
                HOUSE
                
                  A man was helping
                  police with their enquiries today after two guns were found at
                  a house in Coventry. 
                  MORE
                
                [14 DEC 00] PEDESTRIAN AGED 20 DIES
                FROM CRASH INJURIES
                
                  A Coventry woman who
                  was hit by a car as she crossed the road has died from her
                  injuries. 
                  MORE
                
                [14 DEC 00] MOTORIST BOUNCES OFF BONNET
                AS CAR IS STOLEN
                
                  A motorist was hurled
                  across his bonnet as he tried to stop a thief stealing his car
                  last night. 
                  MORE
                
                [14 DEC 00] FINGERS
                WAGGED AT PARENTS OF TRUANTS
                
                  Nearly 50 children
                  were stopped by police and social workers during a clampdown
                  on truancy, and parents were often to blame for the youngsters
                  being out of school.  MORE
                
                [13 DEC 00] ARMED ROBBERS STRIKE AT
                CLUB
                
                  A steward and a barman
                  were forced into a cellar by armed robbers who struck at a
                  club last night. 
                  MORE
                
                [13 DEC 00] WARNING AS PILLS THAT COULD
                KILL ARE STOLEN
                
                  Hundreds of
                  potentially lethal tablets are at risk from falling into the
                  hands of young children after they were stolen from a house
                  yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [12 DEC 00] MOTORIST KILLED AFTER
                LOSING CONTROL OF CAR
                
                  A motorist died
                  yesterday after he suddenly lost control of his car while
                  driving down a busy dual carriageway. 
                  MORE
                
                [12 DEC 00] MAN STABBED IN STOMACH IN
                STREET ATTACK
                
                  A Coventry man is in a
                  serious condition in hospital after he was stabbed in a city
                  street yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [12 DEC 00] KNIFE THREATS MADE AT CITY
                STORE
                
                  A man threatened a
                  shop assistant in a Coventry department store with a knife
                  before stealing money from the till. 
                  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
                
                [12 DEC 00] LORRY DRIVER SET ON BY
                ATTACKERS
                
                  Two robbers tried to
                  force a man to hand over the keys to his lorry in Coventry
                  yesterday, and attacked him when he refused. 
                  MORE
                
                [11 DEC 00] FOOTBALL FANS KILLED IN
                MOTORWAY TRAGEDY
                
                  Nuneaton Borough's FA
                  Cup run ended in tragedy at the weekend when three fans
                  returning from the game were killed in a motorway
                  accident. 
                  MORE
                
                [11 DEC 00] CYCLIST DIES IN ROAD CRASH
                
                  A woman was killed
                  when she collided with a car as she cycled with a group of
                  friends yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [11 DEC 00] 11-YEAR-OLD ROBBED OF SHOES
                AT GUN POINT
                
                  A young boy was robbed
                  of money and his trainers at gun-point in Coventry city centre
                  yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [11 DEC 00] NAKED DRIVER EXPOSES
                HIMSELF TO HORSE RIDER
                
                  A man followed a woman
                  riding a horse down a road in his car and then got out to
                  expose himself to her. 
                  MORE
                
                [08 DEC 00] COVENTRY PETROL THIEVES
                PUMPED DRY
                
                  A flood of drive-off
                  thefts from a Coventry petrol station has been reduced to a
                  trickle after police moved onto the forecourt. 
                  MORE
                
                [07 DEC 00] WOMAN KILLED IN CAR
                COLLISION
                
                  A 35-year-old woman
                  was killed yesterday after her car collided with another
                  vehicle. 
                  MORE
                
                [07 DEC 00] SECURITY GUARD STABBED IN
                TUSSLE
                
                  A security guard was
                  slashed in the face as he struggled with an alleged shoplifter
                  in a street yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [07 DEC 00] BOY AGED TEN ATTACKED BY
                MEN
                
                  Police are still
                  hunting for two men who attacked a ten-year-old Coventry boy,
                  punching and robbing him in a city street. 
                  MORE
                
                [06 DEC 00] SHOT FIRED IN PUB CAR PARK
                
                  Police are appealing
                  for witnesses after a gun was fired at a man in a Coventry pub
                  car park. 
                  MORE
                
                [06 DEC 00] RAMPANT MOB MARAUDES
                THROUGH CITY CENTRE
                
                  A mob rampaged through
                  Coventry city centre, punching and hitting people and damaging
                  property in a series of unprovoked attacks. 
                  MORE
                
                [06 DEC 00] KNIFEMAN HOLDS UP CITY
                STORE
                
                  A man armed with a
                  knife forced a cashier at a Coventry store to hand over money
                  from the till. 
                  MORE
                
                [06 DEC 00] MYSTERY AS WHITE VAN MAN
                FOUND INJURED
                
                  Detectives are trying
                  to solve the mystery of man found in his van on a country road
                  with head injuries. 
                  MORE
                
                [05 DEC 00] FORMER CITY PLAYER CLEARED
                OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
                
                  Former Coventry City
                  player and Southampton manager David Jones has been cleared of
                  indecent abuse of children. 
                  MORE
                
                [05 DEC 00] BOYS
                AGED TEN IN ALLEGED BAG SNATCHING SPREE
                
                  Two ten-year-old boys
                  were arrested yesterday after pensioners were hurt by thieves
                  trying to grab their handbags.  MORE
                
                [05 DEC 00] BUNGLING
                ROBBER STRIKES FOUR TIMES
                
                  A bungling robber
                  tried to hold up four banks and post offices before finally
                  getting some money, but was arrested minutes later. 
                  MORE
                
                [05 DEC 00] NO ESCAPE FOR THE TERRIBLE
                TWENTY
                
                  The worst shoplifters in Rugby, known as
                  the 'Terrible Twenty', are facing a torrid time if they
                  continue to pilfer because of a new crackdown in the town.
                   MORE
                
                [04 DEC 00] SAWN-OFF
                SHOTGUNS BRANDISHED IN CLUB RAID
                
                  Masked robbers
                  threatened a Coventry rugby club stewardess with sawn-off
                  shotgun before raiding the till and safe.  MORE
                
                [04 DEC 00] GUN
                POINTED IN OFF LICENCE RAID
                
                  A man threatened a
                  shop assistant with a gun in a Rugby off licence before making
                  off with the contents of the till.  MORE
                
                [04 DEC 00] GANG
                STRIPS TEENAGER OF JEWELLERY
                
                  An 18-year-old had
                  £1,000 of jewellery stolen from him when he was set upon in
                  the street in Coventry yesterday.  MORE
                
                [04 DEC 00] PC
                PLOD BECOMES PC PEDAL
                
                  Police in Coventry are
                  resorting to pedal power as a quick and quiet way of catching
                  crooks.  MORE
                
                [04 DEC 00] GAs
                MAIN RUPTURED AS CAR HITS HOUSE
                
                  Roads had to be sealed
                  off while emergency repairs were carried out after a car
                  crashed into a gas main on the side of a house.  MORE
                
                [01 DEC 00] BOY
                HELD AT KNIFEPOINT BY BIKE ROBBERS
                
                  A boy had his bicycle
                  robbed from him at knifepoint after it was grabbed as he rode
                  down a Coventry street.  MORE
                
                [01 DEC 00] FLASHER
                GRABS WOMAN AND EXPOSES HIMSELF
                
                  Police are hunting for
                  a flasher who followed a woman in Warwick, grabbed her, and
                  indecently exposed himself..  MORE
                
                [01 DEC 00] FESTIVE
                TRAP SET FOR CITY BURGLARS
                
                  Houses left empty over
                  the Christmas period in Coventry are being fitted with
                  surveillance equipment to try and snare burglars. 
                  MORE
                
                [30 NOV 00] WOMAN's
                LEGS BROKEN IN CITY CRASH
                
                  A 20-year-old woman
                  suffered two broken legs and serious head injuries when she
                  was hit by a car in a busy Coventry street yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [30 NOV 00] POLICE
                GET PROTECTIVE VESTS TO CUT STABBINGS
                
                  Police in Coventry are
                  to be issued with protective vests as a matter of course after
                  almost 1,000 officers were assaulted with knives or other
                  weapons.  MORE
                
                [29 NOV 00] PENSIONER
                KILLED IN COVENTRY RUSH HOUR
                
                  A pensioner was killed
                  in the rush hour in Coventry as he tried to cross a busy road
                  leading out of the city.  MORE
                
                [29 NOV 00] ELDERLY
                WOMAN DIES IN COUNTRY ROAD CRASH
                
                  An elderly woman died
                  today after the car in which she was travelling crashed near
                  Rugby.  MORE
                
                [29 NOV 00] HUNT
                ON FOR RAIL BEER KEG VANDALS
                
                  Yobs put the lives of
                  rail passengers in Coventry at risk when they put a beer
                  barrel on the track and caused the train’s brakes to seize
                  up.  MORE
                
                [29 NOV 00] BOY
                HIT AS MOBILE PHONE STOLEN
                
                  A 15-year-old boy was
                  assaulted as he walked down a road in Earlsdon, Coventry when
                  he refused to hand over his mobile phone to a gang of
                  youths.  MORE
                
                [29 NOV 00] TILL
                TAKEN BY ARMED GANG
                
                  Three men armed with a
                  baseball bat ran off with a till from a Coventry shop
                  yesterday.  MORE
                
                [28 NOV 00] MAN
                DRAGGED FROM BED AND KIDNAPPED
                
                  A man was dragged from
                  his bed, driven to a quarry and attacked when he was kidnapped
                  by two men.  MORE
                
                [28 NOV 00] YOUTH
                THREATENED WITH CROWBAR IN ROBBERY
                
                  A 17-year-old lad was
                  threatened with a crowbar by a gang before being robbed of his
                  wallet and mobile phone.  MORE
                
                [27 NOV 00] FIVE
                TEENAGERS KILLED IN HORRIFIC CRASH
                
                  Five teenage friends
                  were killed when their car was in a head-on collision with a
                  lorry on a country road.  MORE
                
                [27 NOV 00] STUDENTS
                WEEP AS THEY RECALL DEAD FRIENDS
                
                  Friends of the five
                  teenagers killed in Friday’s tragedy clung to each other and
                  wept today as they tried to describe what the loss meant to
                  them.  MORE
                
                [27 NOV 00] DRIVER
                IN MIRACLE MOTORWAY ESCAPE
                
                  A driver had a
                  miraculous escape when he was thrown from his van and landed
                  in the middle lane of the M6.  MORE
                
                [27 NOV 00] BOY
                SPRAYED WITH PAINT IN HAMMER ATTACK
                
                  A 15-year-old boy was
                  sprayed with paint and attacked with hammer as two men robbed
                  him and his friend.  MORE
                
                [27 NOV 00] MAN
                KICKED IN STREET ROBBERY
                
                  A man was pushed to
                  the floor and kicked by two robbers who stole money from him
                  early on Saturday morning.  MORE
                
                [24 NOV 00] HOT
                PURSUIT FOLLOWS SCREWDRIVER ATTACK
                
                  Five youths are in
                  police custody today following a motorway chase which started
                  after a woman was hit on the head with a screwdriver in an
                  attempted robbery.  MORE
                
                [24 NOV 00] KEBAB
                MAN CONFRONTED WITH BASEBALL BAT
                
                  A kebab delivery man
                  was greeted by two masked men wielding a baseball bat when he
                  tried to deliver his order at a house early this
                  morning.  MORE
                
                [23 NOV 00] DEAD
                MAN'S BODY FOUND IN PUBLIC TOILET
                
                  A body was discovered
                  in public toilets in a car park in Rugby yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [23 NOV 00] TEENAGER
                THREATENED WITH KNIFE IN STREET
                
                  A 13-year-old boy was
                  threatened at knife point as he walked down a Coventry street
                  by a robber who demanded his mobile phone.  MORE
                
                [23 NOV 00] FOOTBALL
                FANS COULD HOLD KEY TO VIOLENCE
                
                  Football fans are
                  being urged to come forward as witnesses after a gang marauded
                  through a railway station, attacking staff and passengers and
                  smashing windows.  MORE
                
                [23 NOV 00] MAN
                ARRESTED AFTER ROOFTOP CHASE
                
                  A man was in custody
                  awaiting interview today after a rooftop chase through
                  Nuneaton finally ended in his arrest.  MORE
                
                [22 NOV 00] SNOOKER
                CUE USED IN GANG ATTACK
                
                  A 20-year-old man was
                  repeatedly kicked and punched in the head and attacked with a
                  snooker cue by a gang outside a pub.  MORE
                
                [22 NOV 00] LOBBY
                BOBBY IN ANT-CRIME PUSH
                
                  Police in Nuneaton are
                  going on a Christmas offensive to stop people becoming festive
                  victims of crime.  MORE
                
                [22 NOV 00] TAKING
                THE GROT OUT OF GROTTOES
                
                  A different kind of
                  little helper will be visiting Santa’s grottoes in
                  Warwickshire this Christmas to make sure that small children
                  aren’t being given dangerous presents.  MORE
                
                [21 NOV 00] PENSIONER STUCK UNDER
                WHEELS OF BUS
                
                  A Coventry pensioner
                  was trapped under the wheels of a bus after an accident at a
                  busy junction in the city.  MORE
                
                [21 NOV 00] PEDESTRIAN SENT FLYING
                THROUGH WINDOW
                
                  A pedestrian was sent
                  flying through a shop window after he was hit by a car which
                  crashed in Warwick town centre yesterday.  MORE
                
                [20 NOV 00] TEENAGER DIES IN ROAD SMASH
                
                  A teenager was killed
                  as he tried to negotiate an accident blackspot near Coventry
                  at the weekend.  MORE
                
                [20 NOV 00] PENSIONER KILLED IN HOUSE
                FIRE
                
                  A Coventry pensioner
                  died in a fire in her house in Walsgrave early today. 
                  MORE
                
                [20 NOV 00] COVENTRY YOUTH THREATENED
                WITH STABBING
                
                  A teenager was grabbed
                  around the neck and told he would be stabbed if he did not
                  hand his expensive mobile phone over.  MORE
                
                [18 NOV 00] ROBBERS HIT COVENTRY
                KWIKSAVE
                
                  A
                  worker at a Coventry branch of Kwiksave was forced at gunpoint
                  to return to his store to open it for robbers who stole
                  £5,000 of goods.  MORE
                
                [18 NOV 00] ARMED ROBBERY AT BULKINGTON
                STORE
                
                  Armed
                  robbers threatened a shopkeeper with a gun and hit him on the
                  head several times as they raided a store in Bulkington. 
                  MORE
                
                [17 NOV 00] MAN PLUMMETS TO DEATH FROM
                FARM ROOF
                
                  A man working on a
                  farm near Leamington plummeted to his death after falling
                  through a roof in mysterious circumstances yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [17 NOV 00] NAKED MAN EXPOSES HIMSELF
                TO RUGBY WOMAN
                
                  A Rugby woman was
                  startled by a naked man who exposed himself while she was
                  walking her dog yesterday.  MORE
                
                [17 NOV 00] CROC'S AWAY AS SNAKE LEFT
                HOME ALONE
                
                   The
                  RSPCA is calling for tighter controls on the trade an
                  ownership of exotic pets after a crocodile was found in a shed
                  in Rugby and househunters found an abandoned snake in Nuneaton. 
                  MORE
The
                  RSPCA is calling for tighter controls on the trade an
                  ownership of exotic pets after a crocodile was found in a shed
                  in Rugby and househunters found an abandoned snake in Nuneaton. 
                  MORE
                  
                
                [17 NOV 00] GUN POINTED IN OFF-LICENCE
                RAID
                
                  Armed robbers pointed
                  a gun at a shop assistant in Coventry off-licence before
                  escaping with cash from the till yesterday.  MORE
                
                [17 NOV 00] MUGGERS FLOOR PENSIONER IN
                PURSE SNATCH
                
                  A pensioner was pushed
                  to the ground by muggers who stole her purse containing £500
                  in Coventry yesterday.  MORE
                
                [16 NOV 00] BOY AGED 13 KILLED IN
                COVENTRY CAR SMASH
                
                  A 13-year-old boy was
                  killed and several others injured in a horrific rush hour
                  crash in Coventry yesterday.  MORE
                
                [16 NOV 00] POST OFFICE ROBBED AT GUN
                POINT
                
                  A sub-postmistress was
                  bound and hit unconscious by armed robbers who raided her safe
                  yesterday.  MORE
                
                [16 NOV 00] PROSTITUTES HIT IN KERBSIDE
                SEX TRADE CRUSADE
                
                  Kerb-crawlers and
                  prostitutes have been targeted by a special police unit in a
                  crackdown on vice in Coventry.  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] GANG CONS ITS WAY INTO
                PENSIONERS' HOMES
                
                  Pensioners in Coventry
                  and Rugby were conned out of their pensions and savings by a
                  gang on a confidence trick marathon yesterday.  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] KNIFE MAN BRUSHES OFF WOMAN
                TO STRIKE AGAIN
                
                  A knife-wielding
                  robber struck for the second time in a week when he threatened
                  a shopkeeper defending herself with a broom in Leamington. 
                  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] TEENAGE BOY SUFFERS
                FRACTURED SKULL
                
                  A 15-year-old boy had
                  his skull fractured when a gang of children set about him near
                  a Rugby school.  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] SHOTGUNS STOLEN FROM CITY
                SHOP
                
                  Eight new shotguns are
                  now thought to be circulating among Coventry’s criminal
                  fraternity after they were stolen from a city gun shop. 
                  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] WOMAN MUGGED IN COVENTRY
                STREET
                
                  A woman was shoved
                  against a wall and had her handbag wrenched from her in a
                  daylight attack in a Coventry street.  MORE
                
                [15 NOV 00] VANDALS COVER HOUSE AND CAR
                IN PAINT
                
                  Tins of decorator’s
                  paint were hurled over a car and a house in Tile Hill causing
                  extensive damage in an apparently motiveless attack. 
                  MORE
                
                [14 NOV 00] SLASHING VICTIM APPEALS FOR
                WITNESSES
                
                  A Good Samaritan
                  student who suffered horrific injuries when he was slashed in
                  the face with a bottle has appealed for witnesses to come
                  forward.  MORE
                
                [14 NOV 00] PENSIONER KILLED IN RUGBY
                ROAD CRASH
                
                  A 78-year-old Rugby
                  died yesterday when he lost control of his car and hit a tree
                  just yards from his home.  MORE
                
                [14 NOV 00] CIGARETTES SWIPED IN
                NUNEATON GRAB AND CARRY
                
                  Cigarettes and phone
                  cards worth £800 were grabbed from a cash and carry
                  supermarket as staff were unloading goods.  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] PARACHUTIST HURT IN HORROR
                FALL
                
                  A parachutist was rescued from Coventry
                  Airport on Saturday after he crash-landed on a hangar. 
                  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] KNIFE MAN HOLDS UP PETROL
                STATION
                
                  A petrol station in Warwick was held up
                  by a knife-wielding robber who threatened a teenage
                  cashier.  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] CAR CRASH ESCAPEES BEING
                HUNTED
                
                  Police are trying to trace the driver of
                  a car who fled the scene after crashing into another vehicle
                  in Coventry.  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] YOUNG BOY SET UPON BY GANG
                IN PARK
                
                  A 12-year-old boy was attacked by a gang
                  of children, some of whom were as young as seven, as he played
                  in Coventry’s War Memorial Park.  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] POLICE AND CHILDREN GET
                WHIPLASH IN CRASHES
                
                  Three police officers suffered whiplash
                  injuries as they crashed while on the way to deal with another
                  car accident near Atherstone.  MORE
                
                [13 NOV 00] RUGBY
                IS FUEL'S PARADISE FOR CONVOY STOPOVER
                
                  Fuel protestors were
                  cheered from bridges as they drove through the West Midlands
                  yesterday, but support for their convoy is dwindling. 
                  MORE
                
                [10 NOV 00] DRUGS WARNING AFTER HEROIN
                USER DIES
                
                  Drug users are being warned to be on
                  their guard after a woman was found dead in a Hillfields house
                  yesterday.  MORE
                
                [10 NOV 00] FUEL
                PROTESTORS TOLD TO KEEP ON MOVING
                
                  Fuel protestors have
                  been warned that police in Warwickshire and the West Midlands
                  will clamp down hard on any slow-moving convoys moving through
                  the area.  MORE
                
                [10 NOV 00] GARDEN CREATED IN MEMORY OF
                LOUISA
                
                  Pupils at a Leamington School are to
                  create a garden in memory of a classmate who died in a car
                  accident last year.  MORE
                
                [09 NOV 00] COVENTRY MAN FACES SPANISH
                AIR RAGE CHARGES
                
                  A Coventry man is being extradited to
                  Spain to face allegations that he slashed a stewardess with a
                  bottle in an air rage attack.  MORE
                
                [09 NOV 00] MAN'S LUNG PUNCTURED IN
                FOLESHILL STABBING
                
                  A gang tracked a Coventry man down and
                  stabbed him in his abdomen and lung in a street brawl in
                  Foleshill yesterday.  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] POLICE HOME IN LORRY THAT
                KILLED MOTORCYCLIST
                
                  Police hunting a lorry driver who only
                  stopped after hitting a motorcyclist to remove the wreckage
                  from under his wheels say they have made good progress in
                  their search.  MORE
                
                [07 NOV 00] BIG
                FINE FOR 'LETHAL' CANCER MACHINE CLAIMS
                
                  Directors of a firm
                  which claimed that a machine could help relieve a Rugby man’s
                  terminal cancer when it was dangerous to use and have been
                  fined £14,500.  MORE
                
                [07 NOV 00] MASKED
                RAIDERS HIT COVENTRY PUB
                
                  Masked men forced
                  their way into a Coventry pub and forced the manger to hand
                  over a large sum of money.  MORE
                
                [06 NOV 00] STABBING
                IN FOOTBALL STREET FRACAS
                
                  A man was taken to
                  hospital with stab wounds after a fracas broke out following
                  Coventry’s game with Manchester United yesterday. 
                  MORE
                
                [06 NOV 00] MORE
                FLOOD WARNINGS AS HEAVENS OPEN AGAIN
                
                  Rivers in Warwickshire
                  were put on flood alert today as more heavy rain caused
                  several stretches of water to swell and roads to close. 
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                [06 NOV 00] DROWNED
                MAN FOUND IN CITY RIVER IS NAMED
                
                  A body that was
                  discovered floating in the River Sherbourne last week has been
                  identified.  MORE
                
                [05 NOV 00] FAMILY
                IN FIREWORK NEAR MISS
                
                  A family had a narrow escape from serious
                  injury yesterday when a firework flew through their car window
                  when they were watching a display.  MORE
                
                [03 NOV 00] RUGBY
                RAIDER IN £60,000 JEWELLERY HEIST
                
                  An armed raider
                  threatened staff at a Rugby jewellers with a gun and made off
                  with goods worth £60,000 yesterday.  MORE
                
                [03 NOV 00] BOY
                HURT BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER
                
                  A Coventry teenager
                  narrowly avoided death when a motorist mounted a pavement and
                  hit him with his car before driving off.  MORE
                
                [03 NOV 00] BOBBIES
                ON THE BEAT IN SPON END AND RADFORD
                
                  Police in Coventry are
                  taking to the streets of Spon End and Radford next week to try
                  and reduce crime and disorder in the area.  MORE
                
                [03 NOV 00] INCIDENT
                ROOM SET UP AS DRIVER HUNT GROWS
                
                  Police in Warwickshire
                  are launching a major investigation into the death of a
                  motorcyclist who was killed on the M40 on Monday. 
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                [02 NOV 00] STOLEN
                GARDEN ANTIQUES ON WEB PARADE
                
                   Police
                  have set up a special website to try and trace the owners of
                  stolen antique garden furniture.  MORE
Police
                  have set up a special website to try and trace the owners of
                  stolen antique garden furniture.  MORE
                  
                
                [02 NOV 00] POLICE
                STEP UP CAR CRIME PATROLS
                
                  Police in Coventry are
                  cracking down on car crime in the run-up to Christmas as the
                  number offences has bucked regional trends and risen. 
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                [02 NOV 00] SUBMARINE
                'ATTACKER' FACES RETRIAL
                
                  A former Warwick
                  University student and Coventry peace campaigner will have to
                  face a jury again over damage she caused to a nuclear
                  submarine.   MORE
                
                [01 NOV 00] MOTORCYCLIST
                KILLED IN RUSH HOUR CRASH
                
                  A Bedworth
                  motorcyclist was killed on a busy Coventry road yesterday when
                  he hit a kerb and fell off.  MORE
                
                [01 NOV 00] NUNEATON
                THUGS SLAUGHTER SMALL ANIMALS
                
                  Thugs killed chickens,
                  gerbils and guinea pigs when they set a cage of ferrets on
                  them at a small-holding near Nuneaton.  MORE
                
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