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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 21 h

Surgeon retires after helping 15,000 patients bbc.in/44U3Tgs

BBCCWR's tweet card. Stephen Young is retiring in August after working as an orthopaedic consultant for 36 years.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 3 h

The teenager who wanted to be a teacher but now leads a council bbc.in/45ipD72

BBCCWR's tweet card. George Finch, the UK's youngest council leader at 19, had thought he would become a history teacher.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 6 h

Mum to launch water safety charity in son's memory bbc.in/44VJSpH

BBCCWR's tweet card. Rebecca Hinde says she wants to prevent other families from feeling the "devastation" she does.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 17 h

County lines arrests and seizures in rail operation bbc.in/4eZFVox

BBCCWR's tweet card. Police visit stations in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry to disrupt county lines operations.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 21 h

Steven Knight backs West Midlands growth plan bbc.in/45c13ER

BBCCWR's tweet card. The screenwriter, producer and director backed the £17bn plan to kickstart the West Midlands economy.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 22 h

Pubs close suddenly after parent company folds bbc.in/4o2d8nv

BBCCWR's tweet card. The closures come as the pubs' parent company, Oakman Inns, goes into administration.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 23 h

Teenager voted in as UK's youngest council leader bbc.in/4lE7eXY

BBCCWR's tweet card. The teenager was voted in as leader following a tie with the Liberal Democrat nominee, Jerry Roodhouse.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · 23 h

Here's how Hannah Hampton from Warwickshire became a keeper for England. bbc.in/46ThM0V

BBCCWR's tweet card. Hannah Hampton on overcoming a serious eye condition to rise to become England's number one goalkeeper at Euro 2025.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 22

Coventry's Business Improvement District has installed a sixth defibrillator and bleed control kit in the city centre. bbc.in/4lJGTbg

BBCCWR's tweet image. Coventry's Business Improvement District has installed a sixth defibrillator and bleed control kit in the city centre. bbc.in/4lJGTbg

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 22

Children to cheer on Hampton from hospital beds bbc.in/46WSMWD

BBCCWR's tweet card. England goalie Hannah Hampton is an ambassador for Birmingham Children's Hospital after treatment there.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 22

No repeat of last year's long queues, airport says bbc.in/4lObBjC

BBCCWR's tweet card. Birmingham Airport says it has done a lot of work "to ensure that we're not in that position" again.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Here's how Hannah Hampton from Warwickshire became a keeper for England. bbc.in/3IUgXLi

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Agent 'no idea' Hampton in conference when he rang bbc.in/4lKMC0y

BBCCWR's tweet card. Paul Crockford says he was calling Hampton after the match to tell her how proud he is.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Here's how Hannah Hampton from Warwickshire became a keeper for England. bbc.in/3IUgWXK

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Mayor plans to create 100,000 jobs across region bbc.in/46gEhN6

BBCCWR's tweet card. Mayor Richard Parker says his new plan will help the economy grow by more than £17bn.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Farmer sets out to sell meat weeks after GCSEs bbc.in/40Ztjb9

BBCCWR's tweet card. Oscar Mardell is spending his summer working out how he can one day supply meat to local pubs.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

Why HS2 was doomed to be a mess before it began, according to insiders bbc.in/4kPDJl2

BBCCWR's tweet card. "There's a fundamental problem in the UK with the cost of building anything," says one insider. Then there are questions about the planning system

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

'Missing meals to feed my children is the norm' bbc.in/44WWtcq

BBCCWR's tweet card. Users of The Grub Hub in Coventry describe the social supermarket as a "lifeline".

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 21

The leader of Reform UK's accusing Warwickshire County Council officials of 'obstructing' the work of elected councillors. Tap pic to read: bbc.in/3TRCUNv

BBCCWR's tweet card. The Reform leader tells the BBC his councillors are being "hamstrung" by existing bureaucracies.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire@BBCCWR · Jul 20

England call in police over racist abuse of Carter bbc.in/3Ut8DVj

BBCCWR's tweet card. England defender Jess Carter says she will take a step back from social media after experiencing "a lot of racial abuse" during Euro 2025, with police called in to investigate further.

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