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A man has been found dead in a wheelie bin in Coventry, police have said.A member of the public discovered the body in a Coventry City Council bin with a green lid in Cash's Park off Daimler Road at around 5pm on Friday. The victim, believed to be aged 40 to 50, has not yet been identified.West Midlands Police think he may have been hit by a vehicle before being moved to the park.The force appealed for information to establish…

A former Labour minister who was famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown has died from brain cancer aged 66.Phil Woolas was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. But his political career ended in controversy and disgrace when a court ruled he had broken electoral law by deliberately making false statements about his Liberal Democrat opponent.His TV clash with national treasure Ms…