Ambulance workers injured in assaultpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 31 August 2020
The two men are "likely to be off work for some time" after being assaulted by a patient.
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Ambulance workers injured in assaultpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 31 August 2020
Tigers agree loan deals for Coventry duopublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 31 August 2020
Leicester Tigers sign centre Andy Forsyth and fly-half Rory Jennings on loan from Coventry for the rest of the season.
Read MoreAssault charge following hotel arrestpublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 30 August 2020
Police say they were called to Coventry Hill Hotel, in Rye Hill, at 12:50 BST on Saturday.
Read MoreCoventry sign Walker from Forestpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
Championship newcomers Coventry City sign striker Tyler Walker from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.
Read MoreFurther tests on body found inside freezerpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
The man was found at a waste management centre in Warwickshire.
Read MoreRail disruption as Bank Holiday engineering work gets under waypublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsTrain passengers in the West Midlands are facing another August Bank Holiday of travel disruption and replacement bus services.
Image source, Network RailNetwork Rail is carrying out major engineering work between Rugby and Birmingham International from midnight tonight, closing all lines.
There will be no trains in or out of Coventry with buses being used instead across the route, National Rail Enquiries says, external.
'We need that message' - workplace campaign welcomedpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsBusiness leaders in the West Midlands have welcomed a government campaign aimed at encouraging people to return to their workplaces.
Image source, Coventry City CouncilEmployers will be asked to reassure staff it is safe to return by highlighting measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Trish Willetts, manager of the Business Improvement District (BID) organisation in Coventry, said the city needed people back in their workplaces.
"We absolutely need that message, that clear directive that it is OK to come out," she said.
"I do appreciate people that have been shielding, people that haven't the confidence but we are really trying as a team in Coventry to make the city inviting."
Business leaders have warned of damage being done to the local economy as people stay away from city centre offices.
Jonathan Bellamy, chair of Hanley BID in Stoke-on-Trent, said: "Self-isolation is not healthy and people need to engage with other people."
He said encouraging people to return to offices would benefit both them and the local economy.
Paraplegic woman 'heartbroken' over funding refusalpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
BBC CWRA paraplegic woman from Coventry says she's heartbroken after being turned down for a grant to help turn her bungalow into a safe and accessible home.
Media caption, Anya Darlow was refused financial support to make her home m ore accessible.
Anya Darlow uses a wheelchair and was told recently she wasn't eligible for the grant despite spending the last year waiting for adaptations worth about £14,000.
The city council said it can’t comment on individual cases, but applications for Disabled Facilities Grants can be refused for a number of reasons and are subject to a means test.
'Getaway driver' sought after doorman attackpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
The doorman was left seriously injured when a brick was hurled.
Read MoreYour photos: Dark clouds dominate the morningpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
We've had a morning of ominous looking clouds rolling in over the West Midlands, at least from the look of these photos from our local BBC Weather Watchers.
These are from users DaveA in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Beefy in Halesowen, Dudley and Videoman in Leek, Staffordshire:
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Image source, VideomanRally car smashes into lamp-postpublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 28 August 2020
A driver has escaped uninjured after a performance car crashed into a lamp-post in Leamington Spa last night.
Image source, Warwickshire PolicePolice said the Subaru Impreza came off the road on Europa Way, first crashing into a hedge and then the lamp-post.
Officers from Warwickshire Police, who shared images of the crash on Facebook, said the driver "didn't quite have the driving skills of the Rally driver Richard Burns".
RSC cancels programme and announces job cutspublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 27 August 2020
The Royal Shakespeare Company says social distancing prohibits it opening its theatres this year.
Read MoreWoman's son and ex in court accused of murderpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 27 August 2020
Balvinder Gahir was found with serious head injuries at a property in Leamington Spa on Monday.
Read MoreCovid-19 leaves hospice group facing £1m shortfallpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 27 August 2020
A hospice group is predicting a shortfall in its budget of £1m due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Image source, The Myton HospiceMyton, which has three hospice - in Coventry, Rugby and Warwick - said the deficit was due to the impact of Covid-19 on its ability to raise funds.
The organisation said it was now drawing up plans to make sure it was sustainable in the future.
Myton also said it would be reopening its inpatient unit in Warwick by the end of September having previously given it to the local NHS trust as part of the response to the pandemic.
Around the web: Armed police swoop on flatspublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 27 August 2020
Coventry LiveThe Coventry Live website's headlines today include:
Brighton's Ostigard loaned to Coventrypublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 27 August 2020
Coventry sign defender Leo Ostigard on loan from Premier League side Brighton for the 2020-21 season.
Read MoreTwo charged with murdering womanpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 26 August 2020
The two men, aged 57 and 23, will appear at Coventry Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Read MoreMan and woman charged with stabbing murderpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 26 August 2020
Patrick McDonagh and Daniella Hill are charged after a 22-year-old man died in hospital on Tuesday.
Read MoreSuspect arrested over body in freezer is bailedpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 26 August 2020
A man arrested after a body was found in a freezer has been bailed, police say.
The remains of an elderly man were found inside the appliance at a waste management centre near Coventry.
West Midlands Police said the 50-year-old man had been released pending further inquiries into the discovery at a recycling centre in Exhall.
The suspect, who is believed to be known to the victim, was detained on suspicion of murder in the Derby area on Tuesday, police said.
Image source, GoogleAround the web: Lockdown mural under threatpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 26 August 2020
Coventry LiveThe Coventry Live website is covering these stories today:
