Sir Peter Rigby, chairman of the LEP, said the grants were a "massive show of faith" in the region's growth plans.

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Sir Peter Rigby has been asked to be the chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), a fellow board member has said.

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Prayers will be said on Sunday morning at a service dedicated to Drummer Rigby at St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, in Woolwich, as well as during a service at the town's St Mary Magdalene Parish Church.

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