Summary

  • Updates on Monday 4 April 2016

  1. Lotus to create technology centre at uni campuspublished at 06:55 British Summer Time 23 July 2020

    More than 100 engineers are expected to move to the site, the car maker says.

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  2. 'My hotel is losing about £40,000 a month'published at 11:36 British Summer Time 22 July 2020

    Despite restrictions being eased, many firms have been unable to fully restart operations.

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  3. Coventry to host Rugby League World Cup 2021 matchpublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Coventry's Ricoh Arena has been chosen to host a Rugby League World Cup game next year.

    Ricoh ArenaImage source, Getty Images

    Organisers anticipate that the tournament will be the biggest ever staged in the event's 67-year history.

    Coventry is set to host the current men's World Cup holders, Australia, in a match against Scotland planned for October 2021.

    The council says it'll be a great opportunity to showcase the city.

  4. Railings installed at Coventry parkpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    New railings have been installed at a Coventry park just a day after an unauthorised traveller encampment left.

    FenceImage source, Councillor Allan Andrews

    The railings at Top Green park in Earlsdon were put up by Coventry City Council.

    An unauthorised encampment was on site for most of last week and left on Sunday.

  5. Shakespeare's birthplace to reopen to visitorspublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    People must wear face masks and book online from 1 August, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust says.

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  6. Coventry re-sign Wolves defender Gilespublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Championship-bound Coventry City agree to re-sign versatile Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Ryan Giles on a season-long loan.

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  7. Coventry announce new stadium planspublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Coventry City announce plans for a new stadium on land owned by the University of Warwick on the south-west edge of the city.

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  8. Tributes paid to girl, 3, hit by carpublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    The family of Briya Kaur Gill say she "touched the hearts" of everyone she met.

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  9. Your photos: County viewspublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    BBC Weather Watchers

    Here are some of the great photos our local BBC Weather Watchers have been taking across the West Midlands.

    These three are from users Poetic Verse at The Roaches, Staffordshire, Skye in Clee Hill, Shropshire and Alison S in Warwick:

    The Roaches, StaffordshireImage source, Poetic Verse
    Clee HillImage source, Skye
    WarwickImage source, Alison S
  10. Woman jailed for spitting blood on police officerspublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    The "unacceptable" attack put the officers at risk of coronavirus, Warwickshire Police said.

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  11. Firm has 15,000 applications for 10 jobspublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    They will be in Birmingham, where 30,000 more are claiming unemployment benefits than in February.

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  12. Archaeological finds made in back gardens during lockdownpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    A medieval silver coin in Stoke-on-Trent and prehistoric tools in Shropshire are some of the archaeological finds made in back gardens during lockdown, the Press Association has found.

    Inscribed rockImage source, British Museum/PA Media

    With metal detecting banned out and about for several weeks, people turned to "digging up their flowerbeds", according to one expert.

    Peter Reavill, a finds liaison officer for Shropshire, told PA he'd seen tobacco pipes, pieces of pottery and prehistoric flint tools from people's gardens.

    While they may not be valuable treasure, they often say something "very interesting about the local history", he said.

    Snake-like strap fitting discovered in a garden in HerefordshireImage source, Birmingham Museum Trust/PA Media

    As well as the coin, tools, pipes and pottery, other finds included a rock with script in Coventry, thought to be from the 4th Century, and a post-Medieval snake-form belt hook in Herefordshire.

    The British Museum said people should get in touch with their Portable Antiquities Scheme about objects they find.

  13. Driver released after girl, 3, dies after being hit by carpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 20 July 2020

    A woman arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a three-year-old girl died in Leamington Spa, has been released under investigation, police say.

    Scene of crash

    The girl suffered serious head injuries when she was hit by a Skoda Citigo in Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, on Friday evening. She died on Saturday.

    A woman, 32, from the town was arrested at the scene, Warwickshire police said.

    Officers are appealing for the driver of a silver or blue Mazda and urged any witnesses to the crash at about 17:45 to contact them.

  14. Girl, 3, dies after being hit by carpublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 19 July 2020

    A driver is arrested after the girl died having suffered serious head injuries in Leamington Spa.

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  15. Three arrested and drugs seized after raidpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Three people have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after officers raided an address in Nuneaton.

    Class A drugs were seized from the property on Atherstone Road on Wednesday, said Warwickshire Police., external

    A 16-year-old boy was charged with supplying heroine and crack cocaine as well as possession of criminal property and threatening a person with a blade.

    A 59-year-old man from Nuneaton was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and an 18-year old man from West Bromwich was arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of drugs.

  16. Theatre drops use of 'outdated' term BAMEpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    The theatre says it has listened to local black artists who want to see the term eradicated in the industry.

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  17. Pair deny petrol station murderpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 17 July 2020

    Pavandeep Daudher, 19, died from a stab wound to his thigh after the March attack in Coventry.

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