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The group, which includes Coventry-based Evtec, Solihull-based Artifex and the Confederation of British Metal Forming, said suppliers faced rising energy costs, growing overseas competition and increasing pressure from vehicle manufacturers sourcing components abroad.David Roberts, chairman of Evtec, said manufacturers believed high-volume car production in the UK was entering a decade of decline.Speaking on Politics Midlands, he said: “We want to take action today rather than wait for that to happen.”Roberts argued there was a “very big opportunity” for manufacturers to redirect skills, factories and investment into the UK’s expanding aerospace and defence sectors.The letter said automotive suppliers already possessed many…

After planning for an attendance of 60,000, Wembley was about half full at 46,523, with some ticketholders moved to the bottom tier to keep the top tier empty.Although there were some big plays, the game was not as entertaining as anticipated as ASU claimed a 24-17 win that flattered Kansas.Music acts played throughout the game and there was a light show in the third quarter. It gave UK fans a flavour of college football, but it lacked the pomp and circumstance of regular games in the US.There were fewer band members and cheerleaders than normal, and the crowd was not…

A new episode of the Sounds series Hidden Manchester explores how the venue represents the city’s history with classical music. Bolt explained that the Hallé had played a particularly important role in the hall’s origin.”When it was decided that a new home (for the Hallé) was something important to put together, the building was constructed as part of an urban redevelopment project,” he said.”We’re delighted to have such a close relationship. We look forward to another 30 years!”Musicologist Stacy Jarvis has studied Manchester’s musical history. She said artists had been travelling to the city to perform since as early as…

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While the evidence suggests things have to get pretty bad for a club to change manager early in the season, a few bosses are feeling the heat.Manchester United Simon StoneThere are ways of losing games of course, but I don’t see the trip to Fulham as being ‘make or break’ for Carrick in the sense of his job.Carrick says it would be “ridiculous” to think that way – and I agree.He got enough credit in the bank last season by steering Manchester United into the Champions League to ride out a poor start to the season.I think the issue is…

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Hear’Say were top of the pops, a mobile phone game called ‘Snake’ was all the rage and Tony Blair was Prime Minister.Wind the clock back to April 2001 and things looked rather different.It was also the last time Coventry City tasted victory in English football’s top flight.That came courtesy of a 1-0 win over Sunderland – John Hartson heading in the winner for Gordon Strachan’s side in front of 20,946 fans at Highfield Road.Much has happened in the life of Coventry since that moment 9,287 days ago. A rollercoaster journey might be understating it.They were relegated at the end of…

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World champion Luke Littler beat Nathan Aspinall in a dramatic finale to reach the last eight of the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.Littler, 19, trailed 9-8 in a best-of-19 contest that had been close throughout and he held throw in the 18th leg to force a decider.Needing to break Aspinall’s throw to win, Littler started the leg with his seventh 180 of the match and checked out 58 for a match-clinching 12-darter.The two Englishmen had been involved in a World Matchplay classic in July, when Littler threw a nine-darter in the opening leg of an 11-8 victory.”The pace…

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