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• Police hunt for thieves after Coral raid

  Simon Gilbert 16/05

  CCTV images have been released showing men who stole money from a bookmakers after they threatened staff with knives and an axe. Police hope the ...»

• Benefit fraud mum jailed

  Court Reporter 16/05

  BENEFIT cheats will face custodial sentences, a judge warned as he jailed a mother of two for 15 months. Between May 2001 and June 2006 ...»

• Lager spillage holds up traffic

  Simon Ward 16/05

  A LORRY carrying extra strong lager overturned on the M1 this morning (Thursday), spilling cans all over the motorway. The driver was unhurt in the ...»

• Silver celebration of lifting up VS silverware

  PS 16/05

  THE 25th anniversary of VS Rugby lifting the FA Vase at Wembley was celebrated at a special players' reunion on Saturday. Former boss Jimmy Knox ...»

• Young entrepeneurs have sights on national prize

  Simon Gilbert 16/05

  BUDDING young entrepreneurs from three different schools have joined forces in a bid to clinch a national business prize. Sixth form students from Rugby High, ...»

• Plan to tackle pupil numbers

  Simon Ward 16/05

  WORK has started on a masterplan to determine how Rugby will cope with the demand for secondary school and sixth form places amid concerns that ...»

• Arrest after pub arson attack

  Chris Smith 16/05

  WALKABOUT in the town centre was the target of an arson attack during the early hours of yesterday (Wednesday) morning. One man has been arrested ...»

• Bid for Fairtrade status

  Chris Smith 16/05

  A BID to get Fairtrade status for Rugby has been launched. The group of campaigners started canvassing shops and cafes on Saturday - World Fairtrade ...»

• Judge urges career burglar to retire

  Court Reporter 16/05

  CAREER burglar Anthony Nicholson has been told he ought to be considering retirement – after he has completed an enforced absence from work. The 49-year-old ...»

• Mr & Miss Rugby are crowned

  Simon Gilbert 16/05

  THEY say beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and this lucky pair seem to fit the bill perfectly after wowing judges in ...»

• £2.5 million of cocaine dumped in driveway

  Simon Ward 16/05

  A COCAINE haul with a street value of £2.5million was seized by police after being found dumped on the driveway of a rural village home. ...»

• Rail companies fined £600,000

  Chris Smith 16/05

  THREE rail companies who were responsible for an incident more than four years ago when a worker suffered horrific injuries have been fined £200,000 each. ...»

• Site identified for rugby attraction

  Simon Ward 14/05

  A TOWN centre site has now been officially earmarked for the World of Rugby tourist attraction - after more than ten years of talking. The ...»

• Man charged with Kevin's murder

  13/05

  A MAN from Birmingham has been charged with the murder of Kevin Wright. Carlton Ashman-Samuels, 28, from the Handsworth area of Birmingham, has also been ...»

• Dust deposit was not Cemex

  Pete Squires 13/05

  DUST which fell over large areas of the county over the weekend could be a 'natural phenomenon' and nothing to do with Rugby's cement works, ...»

• Night out ends in tragedy

  Chris Smith 13/05

  MY WORST nightmare - that is how the mother of the young man who died after being stabbed in the town centre on Monday described ...»

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