Summary

  • Updates on Monday 4 April 2016

  1. Call for greater City of Culture scrutinypublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 18 July 2023

    "Monitoring regimes" should be boosted, says an MP amid a new report into what went wrong for Coventry.

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  2. Fighting dog Tasered and contained in bin by policepublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 13 July 2023

    The animal was put inside a wheelie bin to keep people nearby safe, West Midlands Police say.

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  3. Lioness returns to first football clubpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 12 July 2023

    Laura Bassett returns to her first football club to encourage more girls to take part in the sport.

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  4. Passengers urged to avoid train track shortcutpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 11 July 2023

    People have been crossing lines to access platforms amid station redevelopment works.

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  5. Improvements praised at hospital emergency unitpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 7 July 2023

    The health watchdog upgrades its rating for the George Eliot hospital emergency department.

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  6. Gigafactory £500k outlay backed despite concernspublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 7 July 2023

    The extra funds will be spent on preparing the site for development and marketing it to investors.

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  7. Motorists advised of M42 closures for HS2 workpublished at 06:19 British Summer Time 6 July 2023

    The M42 will be shut in both directions between junction nine and 10 this weekend.

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  8. Million pound appeal for girl with leukaemiapublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 3 July 2023

    Hallie, from Coventry, needs treatment which her family say cannot be provided by the NHS.

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  9. The walled garden offering 'peace and tranquility'published at 06:14 British Summer Time 30 June 2023

    New volunteers are being sought to help grow flowers and vegetables in a Warwickshire garden.

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  10. Gigafactory bid to get extra £500k from councilpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 29 June 2023

    The money would be matched by Coventry Airport and aims to attract an investor for the scheme.

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  11. Sun cream appeal to help struggling parentspublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 26 June 2023

    Hope Community Projects says they see getting sunscreen donations as a priority in the hot weather.

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  12. Museum's walls become artworks in new installationpublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 22 June 2023

    Artists create murals based on collections at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

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  13. Pupils to recreate first ever rugby matchpublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 21 June 2023

    Students at Rugby School will re-enact the first rugby match which folklore says took place in 1823.

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  14. Private school teachers strike in row over paypublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 14 June 2023

    Union members at the Coventry School Foundation say their latest pay offer is a real-term pay cut.

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  15. Ticket overselling blamed for Wembley trains chaospublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2023

    A train operator pledges to work with rail ticket sellers to learn lessons of football fans' matchday woe.

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  16. MPs urge rethink on cuts to BBC local radiopublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 8 June 2023

    In a letter to director general Tim Davie, 13 MPs say they are "dismayed" at programme-sharing plans.

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  17. New shelter can house families with dogspublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 7 June 2023

    St Benedict's House will be the first in the borough to house families with pets, the council says.

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  18. Closed hotel building given Grade II listed statuspublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 6 June 2023

    The landmark, 19th Century Chace Hotel was originally the home of a "prominent figure" in Coventry's past.

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  19. Speedway housing plan refusal to be reviewedpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 5 June 2023

    The decision to turn down a housing plan for a derelict sports stadium is being appealed.

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  20. Family criticise sentence of hit-and-run driverpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 2 June 2023

    Driver Daniel McGonigle briefly stopped to check on Jennifer Chilton and then drove away.

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