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New Reformer Pilates studio adds to hotel’s wellness offering
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New Reformer Pilates studio adds to hotel’s wellness offering

Photo by Janus Photography. Health and wellbeing continues to be an important focus at Stratford Park Hotel & Golf Club…
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Review: Tales After Dark, Coventry
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Review: Tales After Dark, Coventry

Coventry’s St Mary’s Guildhall has long been a jewel of English heritage, but on the last Friday of each month,…
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Review: Sunday Lunch-inspired Afternoon Tea, Coombe Abbey
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Review: Sunday Lunch-inspired Afternoon Tea, Coombe Abbey

Coombe Abbey has never been a venue that does things by halves. Its Sunday Lunch-Inspired Afternoon Tea is yet another…
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Holistic therapist vies for national award 18 months after walking away from  career to launch her business
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Holistic therapist vies for national award 18 months after walking away from career to launch her business

A local holistic beauty therapist is vying for her first national business award just 18 months after opening her clinic…
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Review: Cogs, Hotel Indigo, Coventry
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Review: Cogs, Hotel Indigo, Coventry

Cogs Bar and Kitchen restaurant at Hotel Indigo Coventry feels like a destination. Set within the city’s stylish boutique hotel,…
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Summer of fun unveiled at The Fleur
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Summer of fun unveiled at The Fleur

The Fleur de Lys pub in Lowsonford is preparing to welcome in the summer holidays with a host of special…
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Appeal as Foodbank levels fall to almost record low
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Appeal as Foodbank levels fall to almost record low

Canon Gavin Kibble MBE at the Halo Warehouse. Coventry Foodbank have issued an urgent warning: ‘Donate food now or fewer…
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Review: Tallinn – A place that unexpectedly stole my heart
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Review: Tallinn – A place that unexpectedly stole my heart

Tallinn is a city that feels like it’s been sketched from two different dreams: one medieval, one modern. Its Old…
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Review: Helsinki – The capital city that quietly earns your affections
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Review: Helsinki – The capital city that quietly earns your affections

There are cities you visit, and cities you feel. Finland's Helsinki is the latter. It is one of those rare…
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FleurFest hailed huge success
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FleurFest hailed huge success

Emma Woodhouse with Andy OBrien from K9 Club who judged the dog show. Hundreds of revellers soaked up the sun…
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Plenty of spoilers here. . .
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Plenty of spoilers here. . .

This summer The British Motor Museum is inviting visitors to return to the golden age of hot hatches in their…
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Giant Peach, Big Heart: Local dancers perform for Nepalese orphaned children
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Giant Peach, Big Heart: Local dancers perform for Nepalese orphaned children

The evil aunts Spike and Sponger. Two local dance schools bring James and the Giant Peach to the Leamington this…
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Award-winning beauty entrepreneur celebrates latest of 13 accolades in less than three years
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Award-winning beauty entrepreneur celebrates latest of 13 accolades in less than three years

A passionate Italian entrepreneur who once gave massages to royalty has transformed her lifelong dream into one of the West…
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Win a coveted guest spot on Chat With Chalmers radio show – plus Vibe25 merch bundle!
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Win a coveted guest spot on Chat With Chalmers radio show – plus Vibe25 merch bundle!

Ever secretly fancied yourself as a guest on Desert Island Discs? Now, one lucky person can be just that (well,…
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AMANDA’S MISSIVES: The importance of networking for small business owners
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AMANDA’S MISSIVES: The importance of networking for small business owners

For small business owners, networking is often framed as a “nice to have” – something you squeeze in between client…
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AMANDA’S MISSIVES: Avoid small business burnout to achieve sustainable success
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AMANDA’S MISSIVES: Avoid small business burnout to achieve sustainable success

Burnout has become a familiar headline in corporate life, but for small business owners, it’s a quieter, more dangerous threat….
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Father’s Day Cocktail Recipe from Warwickshire Gin Company: Cuba Libre
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Father’s Day Cocktail Recipe from Warwickshire Gin Company: Cuba Libre

Distilled using a small batch method in Leamington Spa and using a traditional copper pot, the inspiration behind the award-winning…
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New community radio station making big waves to expand to Warwickshire
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New community radio station making big waves to expand to Warwickshire

Chicane and Big Shoresy. A charity-led community radio station which launched in February is celebrating early success by expanding into…
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Original Calendar Girl makes a ‘date’ with local ladies on eve of special birthday
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Original Calendar Girl makes a ‘date’ with local ladies on eve of special birthday

Tricia meets some of the local Calendar Girls, Amanda Chalmers, Sue Cressman, Tracey McAtamney and Bianca Rodrigues-Perry. Photo by Janus…
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Youngest End-to-End Ireland runner smashes £50,000 for local children’s charity
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Youngest End-to-End Ireland runner smashes £50,000 for local children’s charity

Twenty-one-year-old Samuel Attwell has completed an extraordinary 10-day run from the very top to the bottom of Ireland, becoming possibly…
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