Coventry Telegraph
HOMES PLAN TO ‘TRANSFORM’ AREA OF COVENTRY
A MASTERPLAN has been unveiled for new homes to be built on the former EON HQ in Coventry. It would see 100 homes, along with a children’s play area and public green space built at Westwood Business Park. The site has stood empty since EON moved to...
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17-BED HMO APPROVED FOR OLD HOTEL AND PUB
A COVENTRY pub is to reopen with the addition of a restaurant on the ground floor and a large HMO on the upper floors. The city council says the idea of a 17-bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on the rundown site is “acceptable.” The Grapes pub...
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Former councillor reveals hopes of becoming an MP
A SENIOR Coventry councillor who lost his seat in last week’s local elections has spoken of his hopes of becoming an MP. Jim O’boyle has served as a Coventry City councillor since 2007 and most recently served as the Cabinet member for jobs,...
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MAN SHOT IN CHEST FIGHTS FOR LIFE
POLICE have arrested three men following a shooting in Coventry that left two men seriously injured. Robert Mountford Way and James Green Road in Tile Hill were cordoned off following the incident on Wednesday evening. Medics were dispatched to the...
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FAMILY FLEE HOME AFTER FIRE HORROR
A MUM has told of her devastation after her new kitchen was destroyed in a fire at her Midlands home. Billie-jo Osborne had just finished renovations at her home in Coventry when the blaze broke out on April 23. The 25-year-old had been vacuuming the...
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‘WE MUST DO BETTER’ SAYS MP AFTER ELECTIONS
A COVENTRY MP has pledged to ‘win back people’s trust’ after a ‘disappointing’ local elections result in the city. Labour lost control of Coventry City Council for the first time since 2010 in last week’s local elections. While still the biggest party...
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BROTHERS WHO STOLE £8K CASH AND GOLD LOCKED UP
TWO brothers who broke into a Coventry home and stole cash and gold jewellery have been jailed. Patrick and Gerry Connors took more than £8,000 worth of valuables from the property in Earlsdon. Patrick and Gerry, both of Dovecote Drive, Nuneaton,...
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NEW PLANS FOR FLATS FEATURED IN TV CRIME DRAMA
A MASTERPLAN of what will replace an iconic block of flats in Tile Hill has been revealed. The Ferrers Close residential tower was immortalised in an episode of Silent Witness. Their demolition has long been on the cards after they were branded ‘not...
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‘SLOW PROGRESS’ GETTING JUSTICE FOR TRAGIC KEATON
A COVENTRY mum says she ‘feels like her son is crying’ whenever it rains as she continues to fight for justice. Keaton Slater was killed in a hitand-run on Radford Road nearly two years ago. Young Sky Blues fan Keaton died on June 14, 2024, after...
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HUGE RISE IN DOG ATTACKS ACROSS THE REGION
MORE than 500 dog attacks were reported in Warwickshire in 2025 more than one a day. The figures are an astonishing 181 per cent rise since before the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, just 178 dog attacks were reported. Figures for Coventry alone are...
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FEARS OVER COV MARKET DEVELOPMENT
COVENTRY Market traders say the city council’s redevelopment plans are “too minimal” and are taking far too long to happen. There has also been some worry and confusion among stallholders after the latest news that the council will be officially...
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THE DAY CITY WILL NEVER FORGET
IT’S the indie anthem that Coventry City fans have made their own - and none more so than at Coventry City’s victory celebration that saw 50,000 fans singing along with local band The Enemy at the War Memorial Park. These were the scenes at the...
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LET’S GET THE SKY BLUE PARTY STARTED!
TRIBUTES have been paid to the late Coventry man who drove Coventry City’s heroic 1987 FA Cup winning team on an open top bus parade through the streets of the city. Barry Mapperson worked at the Coventry Transport Museum for nearly thirty years and...
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MAJOR OP UNDERWAY FOR DAY OF CELEBRATION
IT has been confirmed that there will be high visibility policing at the Coventry City promotion celebration. An open top bus parade is due to start at the CBS Arena at 1pm, making its way through the city’s streets to Hearsall Common. West Midlands...
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NEW PARKING RULES FOR 42 COV STREETS
NEW parking rules are to be introduced in 42 streets in Coventry. Coventry City Council has approved the changes for dozens of locations. The wards affected are Bablake, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Foleshill, Henley, Holbrook, Longford, Lower Stoke,...
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AIRPORT’S £2.5bn PLAN TAKES BIG STEP FORWARD
COVENTRY Airport’s new £2.5 billion Greenpower Park is to keep the city ‘on the cutting edge of innovation’ after winning approval in a major step forward that’s set to deliver up to 6,000 jobs. Detailed planning permission has been granted by Warwick...
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KEATON’S FAMILY WELCOME ROAD SAFETY CHANGES
A GRIEVING family has welcomed long-awaited safety measures after their son died in a hit-and-run on a busy Coventry road. Louise and Clint Slater say they feel relieved that steps are being taken to improve safety in Radford, where their son Keaton...
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PLANS ALL SET TO TURN THE CITY SKY BLUE
THE route for Coventry City’s open top bus parade has been revealed by the club. Part of the WE ARE BACK: LIVE celebrations, the route has been designed “to reach deep into the community”. In partnership with Coventry City Council, the whole of...
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PARKING BAN PLANNED NEAR STADIUM
PARKING is set to be banned on streets next to Coventry’s CBS Arena under new proposals being drawn up by the city council. The authority has scrapped an earlier plan that would have stopped all parking on Judd’s Lane and Rowley’s Green Lane as well...
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COUNCIL TO TACKLE PROBLEM PARKING
COVENTRY City Council is to ‘review’ city streets hit by persistent parking abuse. There are ongoing issues with residents taking disabled spaces provided for householders with mobility issues. A meeting of the Cabinet Member for City Services agreed...
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CALL TO CLEAR ‘BLOCKED’ WOOD PATHS
CONCERNS have been raised over ‘blocked, overgrown and unsafe’ access to treasured woods in Coventry. Campaigners say that the state of the paths within the ancient Ten Shilling Wood and Park Wood in Canley means some people simply cannot access them...
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ABANDONED PETS CRISIS LEADS TO PLEA
nation’s largest animal welfare charity has called on families to think about rehoming a pet after disclosing that its rescue centres were “overwhelmed”. The RSPCA revealed that a significant increase in mass abandonments - cases involving ten or more...
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HUGE BOOST FOR COV AS CITY BUZZING
COVENTRY City Council has issued a message to the Sky Blues after their long-awaited return to the Premier League was confirmed. Promotion to the top flight was sealed with a 1-1 draw against Blackburn on Friday (April 17). Councillors described the...
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DUMPED ON THE STREET
AN angry resident is pleading with others to take their household waste to the tip after the same spot was subjected to flytipping within a week. Photos shared with us show discarded settees, mattresses and other items strewn across a street in the...
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GOING UP!
Coventry City fan John Mullaney held up a home made banner on a scrap of wallpaper proclaiming “We’ll be back!” when relegation was confirmed at Villa Park in 2001, it ended 34 years of top flight football. Few envisaged it would take a quarter of a...
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MISUSE OF DISABLED PARKING SPACE ANGER
A ROW has erupted over the misuse of disabled parking spaces in Coventry streets, with calls for penalties to be imposed. A petition with 125 signatures has asked Coventry City Council to introduce waiting restrictions on the bays and issue fines to...
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20MPH SPEED*JUST LIMIT ZONE TRIAL TO START
A NEW 20mph ‘speed limit zone’ trial is set to hit four streets in Coventry in just days. It will see the speed limit changed for parts of Bush Close, Loder Close Shepherd Close and Jardine Crescent. It is set to come into force on Thursday, April 16...
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CONCERNS OVER CITY STUDENT HOMES
COVENTRY City Council has admitted there is an “oversupply” of student accommodation in the city centre. Officers looked at complaints from residents about too many student blocks dominating the city as councillors considered a new scheme that will...
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POLICE TARGET ‘HIGH LEVELS OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’
‘HIGH levels of anti-social behaviour’ had led to action in these four areas in Coventry. The Stoke and Wyken Policing Team has reported that targeted activity is underway in four parts of their patch. “We are continuing our targeted guardian patrols...
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RESIDENTS HIT OUT AT ‘DANGEROUS’ PAVEMENTS
LOCALS who live in nine streets around Coventry say they fear ‘poor quality and dangerous’ pavements. They say that the poor condition of the public paths are causing difficulties for residents of all ages. This includes the elderly, the very young...
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Five new speed camera locations on major routes
CAMERAS targeting speeding drivers in Coventry are set to be installed, with the locations now confirmed. Areas included in the new traffic scheme are the A444, Hawkesbury and Eastern Green. We previously reported that a number of city roads would be...
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THOUSANDS OF CITY DRIVERS HIT BY FINES
MORE than half a million fines have been dished out to drivers for bus lanes, parking and unsafe driving in Coventry. That is according to latest figures that show a breakdown of all of the penalty notices that have been given out since 2019. It...
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MORE CCTV CAMERAS PLAN FOR CITY ROUTE
more CCTV cameras could be installed along Coventry city centre’s ‘red route.’ A bid has been made to pay for the new cameras in the areas where parking, stopping and loading is banned at all times. Only taxis, Blue Badge holders, and emergency...
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‘SIGNIFICANT’ ENQUIRIES OVER COV GIGAFACTORY
THE Coventry Gigapark is set to be a ‘national player’ with ‘significant’ numbers of enquiries already coming through to those behind it. The comments were made at a meeting of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee as...
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YOU SPEAK OUT OVER SPEED CAMERA PLAN
READERS have had a mixed response to the news that several new speed cameras are set to be installed on key routes in Coventry. Councillors say the move is aimed at improving road safety, which they describe as a top priority. We asked the council...
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Cov man found guilty of manslaughter of mum
THIS is the face of a Coventry man found guilty of the manslaughter of Reanne Coulson. Mohammed Durnion ‘attacked’ the mum of two at his home and then buried her body in woodland. He has been convicted of manslaughter. Mohammed Durnion had taken...
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Indoor padel club plan for industrial estate in Coventry
INDOOR padel club plans have been revealed for a Coventry industrial estate. A proposal asks for the green light to change the use of a warehouse unit 19, Lifford Way on the Binley Industrial Estate. Under the plans, the ground floor of the warehouse...
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CONCERN OVER NEW FOOD WASTE COLLECTION
COUNCILLORS have slammed plans for Coventry’s delayed food waste collections, predicting chaos and with hundreds of thousands of plastic caddies ending up in landfill. The roll-out across the city will be in September, five months after the...
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CALL FOR MORE CITY SPEED LIMITS
SAFETY bosses believe extending 20mph limits will help stop reckless, speeding motorists ruining lives in the West Midlands. The region’s Road Safety Commissioner, Mat Macdonald, says evidence gathered from other parts of the UK shows 20mph was the...
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PLANS TO EXPAND CITY SCHOOLS
OVERCROWDED classes should be a thing of the past for Coventry’s primary schools as education chiefs have outlined plans to expand several schools across the city. A report on the city council’s education capital programme up to 2029 will be reviewed...
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DOZENS OF DRIVERS CAUGHT OUT IN CRACKDOWN
POLICE dealt with 36 drivers for various traffic offences during a major crackdown in Coventry. Officers were recently deployed to Gallagher Retail Park on Stoney Stanton Road. Teams from Foleshill Police were joined by the Driver and Vehicle...
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THREE ARRESTS AFTER BODY FOUND IN WHEELIE BIN
News Reporter THREE people have been arrested after the body of a man was found in Coventry. He was discovered in a wheelie bin at Cash’s Park off Daimler Road. Police were called by a member of the public after the man, believed to be aged between...
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BODY FOUND IN WHEELIE BIN IN CITY PARK
POLICE have released new details about a man found dead in Coventry. His body was discovered in a wheelie bin off Daimler Road at around 5pm on Friday (March 13). Officers are working to identify the man, who was believed to be between 40 and 50...
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STRONGER SENTENCING CALL FOR CITY FLY-TIPPERS
COVENTRY City Council is backing a national effort for the urgent review of sentencing guidelines for fly-tipping. Coventry has seen a sharp rise in illegal dumping, with 6,428 incidents in just one year, fuelling calls for harsher...
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£21m PLAN TO MAKE CITY ROADS SAFER
COVENTRY City Council has unveiled plans for a significant investment of £21 million in the city’s transport infrastructure over the next two years, aiming to create safer roads, enhanced walking and cycling paths, improved public transport, and the...
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DEMOLITION OF FIRE-HIT HOTEL IS WELCOMED
AS a derelict - and controversial - former hotel is set to be knocked down to make way for housing, a Coventry MP has welcomed the move. Taiwo Owatemi, who represents Coventry North West said the site has become a ‘real source of stress and worry’ for...
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WORST AREAS FOR CHILD ASTHMA IN CITY
CHILDREN’S health experts have been urged to look at how air pollution is affecting the lives of young people. The call came from Cllr Linda Bigham, Coventry City Council’s cabinet member for adult services. Speaking at the latest Coventry City...
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WARNING OVER RISE IN CAR PARK THEFTS
A WARNING has been issued to all drivers amid a rise in thefts from Coventry city centre car park. St Michael’s team officers say that there has been a rise in incidents at Lower Ford Street car park. Cars and vehicles parked in the car park have...
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WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
not going anywhere!” That is the message from the Midland Air Museum just weeks before the gates are closed on the neighbouring Coventry Airport. And for the chairman of the trustees, the museum’s work is now more important than ever. Barry James has...
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Shock after NCP took £2k for airport parking
A WARWICKSHIRE taxi driver slammed NCP after a ‘costly’ mistake at Birmingham Airport cost him £2,000. Private hire driver Ian Cook visited the airport on February 16 before returning three days later for another job. The following day, Ian received...
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CITY SCHOOL EXCLUSIONS ON THE RISE
PERMANENT exclusions and school suspensions have come under the spotlight as members of Coventry City Council’s education and children’s services scrutiny board met to discuss the education performance across the city. Data presented at the meeting...
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WORST STREETS IN COV FOR DRIVING & PARKING FINES
and Warwickshire’s worst streets for driving and parking fines have been revealed. There are two roads in both areas which have become hotspots for motorists to be hit in the pocket. Hales Street/burges junction is said to be the worst in Coventry...
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CITY BEAUTY SPOT HIT BY CRIME
A COVENTRY city centre green space once known as an inner city beauty spot is a key priority for police who say it has become a hot spot of serious youth violence and antisocial behaviour (ASB). Lady Herbert Garden, nestled between Hales Street,...
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CALLS TO CRUSH VEHICLES INVOLVED IN FLY-TIPPING
COUNCILS are being urged to seize and destroy vehicles involved in flytipping. Coventry saw 6,428 fly-tipping incidents reported between April 2024 and March 2025. Guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs comes as new data...
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CRIMES THAT HAPPEN MOST WHERE YOU LIVE
THE most frequent crimes on streets around Coventry have been disclosed. In-depth analysis of police crime data by Coventrylive has enabled us to identify the issues affecting every part of the city. Whilst there are infamous areas suffering from...
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CEMETERY MEMORIAL VANDALISED
are investigating an antisemitic hate crime after a memorial stone for one of Coventry’s most historic industry pioneers was defaced with a swastika. Vandals used red spray paint to deface a stone at London Road Cemetery that commemorates George...
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