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Swim coach quits in pool despair
Birmingham's head swimming coach leaves for Coventry in frustration over the lack of an Olympic-size pool, promised for the city by 2012.
Birmingham's head swimming coach leaves for Coventry in frustration over the lack of an Olympic-size pool, promised for the city by 2012.
Rare animals trader pleads guilty
A Coventry man admits a string of offences relating to buying and selling protected species including the loggerhead turtle.
A Coventry man admits a string of offences relating to buying and selling protected species including the loggerhead turtle.
Passport service in 'data breach'
Concerns are raised about data breaches at the passport office when a Coventry man receives two strangers' birth certificates in the post with his new passport.
Concerns are raised about data breaches at the passport office when a Coventry man receives two strangers' birth certificates in the post with his new passport.
MPs meet Gove over school scheme
A delegation of Coventry MPs and councillors are to meet the education secretary to try to get a school building programme reinstated.
A delegation of Coventry MPs and councillors are to meet the education secretary to try to get a school building programme reinstated.
Man and woman charged with murder
Two people are charged with murder after a man is found stabbed in Coventry.
Two people are charged with murder after a man is found stabbed in Coventry.
Tendulkar's brilliant double ton seals series for India
Sachin Tendulkar hit a record unbeaten double century as India scripted an emphatic 153-run win over South Africa in the second one-day international ODI at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium here Wednesday and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Tendulkar's 200 not out in 147 deliveries, with 25 fours and three sixes, guided India to 401 for three in 50 overs. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for 248 runs in 42.5 overs as A.B. de Villiers remained unbeaten on 114. Sreesanth bagged three wickets while Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja and Yusuf Pathan got two wickets each. Man of the Match Tendulkar was unstoppable right from the start and carried his bat through to score the first ever double century in this form of cricket. En route to his double century, Tendulkar went past the previous best of Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry 194 not out and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar 194. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a cameo of 68 off 35 balls while Dinesh Karthik made 79. After being run out cheaply in the first ODI in Jaipur, Tendulkar looked set for the big innings right from the start. His innings was studded with a dazzling array of his trademark boundaries, the wristy shots. He got to his 50 off only 37 balls with his ninth boundary and then hammered five more to reach his 46th ODI century in 90 deliveries. Karthik and Dhoni provided able support to Tendulkar. Karthik smashed four boundaries and three sixes in his 85-ball 79-run knock. He fell after he mistimed a pull shot to Herschelle Gibbs. Yusuf Pathan then stepped on the accelerator with 36 off 23 balls, before Dhoni's onslaught. Dhoni was remarkable in his strokeplay and displayed some power hitting with his four sixes and seven fours. South Africa, who hold the world record of the highest ODI chase, started the reply in a poor way as they lost Herschelle Gibbs 7 in the third over and there on kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Pinch-hitter Roelof van der Merwe 12 and Hashim Amla 34 also did not last long before being picked up by Sreesanth. Skipper Jacques Kallis 11 dragged a Ashish Nehra delivery onto his stumps while Alviro Petersen 11 was bowled by Jadeja and Jean Paul Duminy was trapped in front by Pathan. De Villiers played a brave innings but hardly got any support from the other end. He hit 13 fours and two sixes in his 101-ball innings but not enough to get South Africa through. With Wayne Parnell 18, De Villiers put up some resistance with the 77-run stand for the eight wickets but it was little too late. India and South Africa will play the third and now inconsequential ODI in Ahmedabad Saturday.
Sachin Tendulkar hit a record unbeaten double century as India scripted an emphatic 153-run win over South Africa in the second one-day international ODI at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium here Wednesday and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Tendulkar's 200 not out in 147 deliveries, with 25 fours and three sixes, guided India to 401 for three in 50 overs. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for 248 runs in 42.5 overs as A.B. de Villiers remained unbeaten on 114. Sreesanth bagged three wickets while Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja and Yusuf Pathan got two wickets each. Man of the Match Tendulkar was unstoppable right from the start and carried his bat through to score the first ever double century in this form of cricket. En route to his double century, Tendulkar went past the previous best of Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry 194 not out and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar 194. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a cameo of 68 off 35 balls while Dinesh Karthik made 79. After being run out cheaply in the first ODI in Jaipur, Tendulkar looked set for the big innings right from the start. His innings was studded with a dazzling array of his trademark boundaries, the wristy shots. He got to his 50 off only 37 balls with his ninth boundary and then hammered five more to reach his 46th ODI century in 90 deliveries. Karthik and Dhoni provided able support to Tendulkar. Karthik smashed four boundaries and three sixes in his 85-ball 79-run knock. He fell after he mistimed a pull shot to Herschelle Gibbs. Yusuf Pathan then stepped on the accelerator with 36 off 23 balls, before Dhoni's onslaught. Dhoni was remarkable in his strokeplay and displayed some power hitting with his four sixes and seven fours. South Africa, who hold the world record of the highest ODI chase, started the reply in a poor way as they lost Herschelle Gibbs 7 in the third over and there on kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Pinch-hitter Roelof van der Merwe 12 and Hashim Amla 34 also did not last long before being picked up by Sreesanth. Skipper Jacques Kallis 11 dragged a Ashish Nehra delivery onto his stumps while Alviro Petersen 11 was bowled by Jadeja and Jean Paul Duminy was trapped in front by Pathan. De Villiers played a brave innings but hardly got any support from the other end. He hit 13 fours and two sixes in his 101-ball innings but not enough to get South Africa through. With Wayne Parnell 18, De Villiers put up some resistance with the 77-run stand for the eight wickets but it was little too late. India and South Africa will play the third and now inconsequential ODI in Ahmedabad Saturday.
A man is found stabbed to death at an address in Coventry.
Mother wounded by air gun pellet
A pellet misses a baby by inches but injures its mother in an air gun attack in Coventry.
A pellet misses a baby by inches but injures its mother in an air gun attack in Coventry.
Brit motor racing boss dies after 'intense sex session' with dominatrix
London, June 25 ANI: A Brit motor racing boss has died after an 'intense sex session' with a woman who calls herself "Europe's most perverted dominatrix". Robert Mortimer, 58, reportedly collapsed in the shower after a gruelling session with Mistress Lucrezia and her assistant, Mistress Juno, at their Belgian villa near Brecht. The two women, whose website says they specialize in administering "extreme pain", called an ambulance after Mortimer fainted on Tuesday afternoon. Lucrezia, 46, and Juno, 37, were both taken into custody and charged with assault and battery leading to death, without intent to kill. According to the Antwerp prosecutor, Mortimer could have died after being given nitrous oxide, used as an anaesthetic to prolong sadistic sex sessions. Detectives who searched the property say they found some of the most extreme sadomasochistic equipment they had ever come across. This included a vacuum machine for wrapping clients in airtight clingfilm. Mortimer, from Coventry, Warwickshire, was founder of RPM Motorsport, a British touring car team, and leaves behind wife Bridget and motor racing driver son Alex. A spokesman for the Antwerp prosecutor's office said the results of a full autopsy on Mortimer's body "will be known within the coming days." Lucrezia, who runs her "dungeon" in an isolated house in the quiet village of Sint-Job-in-Goor, is also a much sought after mistress in British bondage clubs. Her website claims she has "performed" at Club Rub and Club Subversion in London, and also holds sessions at a studio described as Mistress Katya's in Warwickshire. Lucrezia's website informs potential customers that she offers "bondage, humiliation, torture, education and cross-dressing". She adds: "Sessions can last from one hour, and even up to three days. "I specialise in extreme medical and long sessions. Beware, I am not a softie. "I'm sadistic, intelligent and perverse. In my nature, I'm a sadist of the worst kind." ANI
London, June 25 ANI: A Brit motor racing boss has died after an 'intense sex session' with a woman who calls herself "Europe's most perverted dominatrix". Robert Mortimer, 58, reportedly collapsed in the shower after a gruelling session with Mistress Lucrezia and her assistant, Mistress Juno, at their Belgian villa near Brecht. The two women, whose website says they specialize in administering "extreme pain", called an ambulance after Mortimer fainted on Tuesday afternoon. Lucrezia, 46, and Juno, 37, were both taken into custody and charged with assault and battery leading to death, without intent to kill. According to the Antwerp prosecutor, Mortimer could have died after being given nitrous oxide, used as an anaesthetic to prolong sadistic sex sessions. Detectives who searched the property say they found some of the most extreme sadomasochistic equipment they had ever come across. This included a vacuum machine for wrapping clients in airtight clingfilm. Mortimer, from Coventry, Warwickshire, was founder of RPM Motorsport, a British touring car team, and leaves behind wife Bridget and motor racing driver son Alex. A spokesman for the Antwerp prosecutor's office said the results of a full autopsy on Mortimer's body "will be known within the coming days." Lucrezia, who runs her "dungeon" in an isolated house in the quiet village of Sint-Job-in-Goor, is also a much sought after mistress in British bondage clubs. Her website claims she has "performed" at Club Rub and Club Subversion in London, and also holds sessions at a studio described as Mistress Katya's in Warwickshire. Lucrezia's website informs potential customers that she offers "bondage, humiliation, torture, education and cross-dressing". She adds: "Sessions can last from one hour, and even up to three days. "I specialise in extreme medical and long sessions. Beware, I am not a softie. "I'm sadistic, intelligent and perverse. In my nature, I'm a sadist of the worst kind." ANI
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