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Mike Lockley

Reporter · GB

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  1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Mike Lockley

    Coventry boxer who came within minutes of a world title but had a tragic end (opens the original)

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    The demons that haunted Richard Evatt first made him a formidable boxer, before ultimately consuming him entirely. Those same inner demons, which once led one observer to label him the hardest puncher in the world, replaced his success with addiction, left him destitute and drove him towards life on the streets. Boxing is no stranger to heartbreak. Yet few stories are as sorrowful as Evatt's dramatic downfall. Read more: What going to school in Coventry was like in the 1950s On a memorable night

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Mike Lockley

    Adders officially confirmed extinct in Warwickshire (opens the original)

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    Sadly, it's now official – the adder, Britain's sole truly venomous reptile, is effectively history in Warwickshire. Its disappearance from a county once regarded as a stronghold has been reluctantly confirmed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. And the adder may well have vanished for quite some time: there have been no verified sightings since the 1990s. Read more: What going to school in Coventry was like in the 1950s People continue to claim they've spotted them, some even ringing newsdesks

  3. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Mike Lockley

    Warwickshire's 'ritual killing' and the detective who never gave up the hunt (opens the original)

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    To this day, the gruesome murder of crippled hedgecutter Charles Walton, with its simmering links to Satanic ritual, remains a mystery. It is a famous case that turned even hardened detectives into believers in dark forces. Walton, considered by some to possess supernatural powers, suffered a violent death. That is beyond dispute.On a cold, mist shrouded February evening, the 74-year-old was found on the slopes of Meon Hill, in the rural, isolated parish of Upper Quinton, Warwickshire. He was im

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Mike Lockley

    Was Lady Godiva's famous naked ride through Coventry ever real? (opens the original)

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    Lady Godiva's tale – one of the most colourful chapters in history and arguably the most widely recognised – is built on fabrication. That, in essence, is the crux of the matter. A noblewoman, moved by the suffering of Coventry's oppressed residents, pleads with her influential husband to lift the taxes that have left his people in financial ruin. He consents, on the condition that she rides unclothed through the town's streets. She obliges, her flowing hair protecting her dignity. One man, know

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Mike Lockley

    The Warwickshire tombstone murder that still baffles police after 70 years (opens the original)

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    In the land of Shakespeare, in the shadow of his grave and during a celebration of the great man's legacy, Olive May Bennett's body was hauled from the Avon's deep, cold waters. The 45-year-old had met a grisly end befitting the violence conjured in the Bard's most blood-drenched tragedies. Olive, described as an "inoffensive little soul", had been strangled, then weighed down by a headstone wrenched from Holy Trinity churchyard – Shakespeare's last resting place - to ensure she remained to rot

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