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CALL FOR ACTION ON VISAS TO TACKLE ‘DODGY’ SHOPS

COVENTRY City Council is to ask the Home Secretary to intervene over Skilled Worker visas fuelling an expansion of ‘dodgy shops.’ The authority is preparing to ramp up its clampdown on illicit activities in the high street when the new Tobacco and...

MILESTONE AS FIRST TOWER RISES IN CITY CENTRE SOUTH PROJECT

CONSTRUCTION is progressing on the £450m City Centre South project, with the first residential tower now rising above ground. Work is underway on Rover Road, near Coventry Market and the former IKEA building. Plans for the first phase of the...

‘DANGEROUS’ THUG JAILED FOLLOWING STREET ATTACK

A THUG who returned to inflict further injuries on a man he had already beaten unconscious and also strangled his pregnant partner has been jailed after a judge branded him ‘extremely dangerous.’ Kai Mayfield-meek assaulted the man at the junction of...

VIOLENT THUG STRANGLED & THREATENED TO KILL HIS PREGNANT PARTNER

A COVENTRY man who strangled his pregnant partner and threatened to kill her has been jailed. Callum Dalton, of Hearsall Lane, subjected the woman to a sustained campaign of controlling behaviour and ‘disgusting’ threats over eight months. Dalton,...

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RESIDENTS INVITED TO GROW FRUIT & VEG ON SPARE COUNCIL LAND

COVENTRY residents and community groups are being invited to transform spare plots of council-owned land for growing their own fruit, vegetables and wildflowers. A new initiative called Coventry Grows is being launched this month. A pilot scheme in...

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STORE IS STRIPPED OF ITS LICENCE

A COVENTRY convenience store found to be involved in the sale of illegal cigarettes, vapes and tobacco has been stripped of its licence. Coventry City Council’s licensing sub-committee heard that illicit cigarettes and tobacco were hidden in boxes,...

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£1.25m PLAN TO TRANSFORM COV MARKET

A HUGE £1.25m investment has been pledged for Coventry’s market with the first phase of transformation plans revealed. It is no secret that traders have made their views about the impact of the ongoing and nearby City Centre South works well...

Residents saluted over food waste ‘incredible results’

COVENTRY City Council has given its verdict on the new food waste collections. The scheme was rolled out across England to bring all different council areas in line with one another and help boost recycling rates. Previously, different items were...

Residents living near CBS Arena call for parking ban

RESIDENTS living close to Coventry Building Society Arena are appealing for a parking ban on their roads after being ‘blocked from their driveways’ by football supporters and gig-goers. Householders in Farm Close, Edward Road, Watery Lane and Albert...

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Residents call for improvements to much-loved park

A COVENTRY open park ‘deserves better’ say locals who have made a list of all of the changes needed. They claim that the muchloved Quinton Pool area is in desperate need of attention. Residents say that it has been ‘overlooked for too long’ and...

Two migrants jailed for stabbing man with a screwdriver

TWO men who stabbed a Coventry shopkeeper with a screwdriver in a planned attack targeting members of the Afghan community have been jailed. Muhammed Peer and Mohammed Habibi targeted the Easy Access Store on Holbrook Lane. Warwick Crown Court heard...

More cash pledged to tackle fly-tipping

COVENTRY City Council says it is planning to put more cash into the fight against fly-tipping after figures showed just four prosecutions were made in a year for illegally dumping rubbish in the city. Data showed that in 2025/2026, the authority’s...

‘POLITICAL INFLUENCE’ CLAIMS OVER PICKING £60m FUND PANELS

COVENTRY City Council has been told to look into the recruitment of Pride In Place panels who will be in charge of spending £60m on improving three areas of the city. A review will be carried out following concerns raised over appointments to...

Adults now staying in accommodation meant for students

‘VOLATILE’ demand for student accommodation in Coventry is set to see more applications from blocks struggling with occupancy. The Residence in St Columbas Close has seen its application to increase in temporary use, from 30 to up to 50 student studio...

SMUGGLING GANG WHO CALLED MIGRANTS ‘CHICKENS’ JAILED

FIVE members of a people-smuggling gang who called migrants ‘chickens’ and moved more than £1.6m in criminal cash have been jailed for almost 40 years. Migrants were charged up to $20,000 for routes from Vietnam to the UK. Customs officers at Charles...

CRACKDOWN ON CITY HMOS AMID COMPLAINTS

A crackdown has been announced on HMOS in Coventry following “repeated concerns” from residents about nuisance behaviour linked to the properties. The council says it intends to go after properties that are operating as HMOS (Houses in Multiple...

MUM HAD 11 YEARS OF CHEMO FOR CANCER SHE DIDN’T HAVE

A MIDLAND mum who claims she was wrongly told she had a terminal brain tumour has launched legal action against the NHS after she underwent 11 years of chemotherapy for cancer she did not have. Becky Jones, 34, claimed she was diagnosed with a Grade 4...

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PLANS TO BRING IN BAN ON PAVEMENT PARKING

COVENTRY City Council has confirmed it is working on plans to bring in a ban on pavement parking across the city, in line with government requirements. Mark O’connell, the council’s strategic lead of highway operations and delivery, said that one of...

COV GETS SHARE OF £5.5m CASH POT TO HELP ROUGH SLEEPERS

COVENTRY City Council is to receive £815,000 from a £5.5 million government funding package aimed at helping rough sleepers across the West Midlands this Christmas. The funding was announced by Mayor Richard Parker during a visit to Coventry City...

MILLION POUND PLAN TO REDEVELOP FORMER COV AIRPORT SITE

COVENTRY City Council is to spend up to £1m on a new plan to redevelop the former Coventry Airport site that will allow other types of businesses to move in. It insists the original idea of a battery-making gigafactory is still a part of the scheme...

COUNCIL SLASHES POTHOLE BACKLOG

City Council says it has slashed its huge backlog of potholes that need fixing but admits it has missed key repair targets. Highways officers say they are getting closer to achieving the work within the allotted timeframe but have warned that the...

No bailouts for JLR as carmaker set to axe 4,000

THE Business Secretary has confirmed there will be no direct government bailout for Jaguar Land Rover, following reports that the Midlands car manufacturer is preparing to cut 4,000 jobs. JLR confirmed in a statement that it is launching a voluntary...

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TAXI FARES TO RISE IN COV

TAXI fares in Coventry are set to go up after the city council approved proposals. Union officials from Unite, representing the city’s taxi trade, have asked for new tariffs to be introduced. A report to the council explained: “The proposal would...

DOZENS OF VEHICLES SEIZED ON COV STREETS

DOZENS of vehicles were seized in a car cruising sting which targeted streets in Coventry. West Midlands Police’s ‘Operation Hercules’ team hit roads across the region including in the city as well as Dudley and Birmingham The force said it had...

FIRST LOOK AT CITY CENTRE SOUTH

IMAGES show behind the closed doors of the Coventry City Centre South regeneration project. The multimillion pound overhaul of the south side of the city centre is well underway with the demolition phase of the project nearly complete. This has seen...

WHERE HOUSE PRICES HAVE SEEN BIG FALL IN COVENTRY

HOUSE prices in some parts of Coventry and Warwickshire have seen a sharp fall in the first half of 2026 - with some areas standing out as most desirable. Across Coventry as a whole, house prices fell 3.8% from January to June 2026 when compared with...

COV AMONG FIRST TO BENEFIT FROM BUS CHANGES

COVENTRY is set to be among the first areas in the West Midlands to benefit from the overhaul of the region’s bus network, with a key milestone fast approaching. An invitation to tender for the first phase of the franchised bus network is due to open...

YOU SPEAK OUT OVER CITY BUS GATE ROW

READERS have been debating the city centre bus gate row after drivers failed in their challenge against fines they claim were caused by unclear signage. More than 400 motorists a day are being issued penalty notices after entering the Greyfriars Road...

LOVED OUTDOOR CENTRE NEEDS YOUR HELP

IT’S the outdoor education centre that’s welcomed more than 100,000 people from Coventry over the decades. Plas Dol Y Moch is the place countless Cov schoolkids go to develop character, learn resilience and make memories that last a lifetime. The...

Work has started at Greenpower park on site of Cov Airport

has begun at Greenpower Park in Coventry, situated on the former Coventry Airport site. The public-private partnership between Coventry City Council and Rigby Group is developing a new hub for advanced manufacturing, battery technology and clean...

MAN IS CHARGED OVER DEATH OF KEATON

A LATVIAN man charged over the death of a 12-year-old Coventry boy has been remanded in custody after being extradited to the UK. Dolars Aleksanders appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on August 6. Aleksanders, 23, is charged with causing the...

BUS GATE THAT SNARES THOUSANDS

DRIVERS fighting for bus gate fines to be overturned and signage to be increased have seen their demands turned down by Coventry City Council. Thousands have been fined for entering the feature on Greyfriars Road. And while many have complained,...

THE MOST POLLUTED PARTS OF COVENTRY

HILLFIELDS is the most polluted area in Coventry according to figures from the Geographic Data Service. Residents are breathing in an annual average of more than 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter and nearly 18 micrograms of nitrogen...

COUNCIL PLEDGES EXTRA £10M TO TACKLE FLY-TIPPING

A FINANCE chief has warned the Coventry remains in a “dark financial tunnel” from 14 years of Conservative Government austerity measures as he made a new pledge to use limited resources to crack down on fly-tipping. Cllr Richard Brown said despite the...

TEN ARSON ATTACKS AT CITY PARK IN ONE WEEK

FIRE crews have been called out to arson attacks at a Coventry park ten times so far in a week. On Tuesday, July 28, engines from Foleshill Fire Station responded to six reports of fires at Wyken Croft nature park alone. And on Wednesday, July 29, a...

Drivers warned of delays as busy road set to close

DRIVERS and residents have been told to expect delays as work on a well known bridge just outside Coventry is set to close a busy road. A large section of Main Road, Ansty will close for three weeks starting in the coming days with diversions in...

New changes get the go-ahead for housing project

NEW changes to the massive Eastern Green housing development have been agreed by the city council. The urban extension project providing up to 2,400 new homes on land south of the A45, within the Bablake ward, was given the go-ahead by the city...

Coventry’s hidden gems and fantastic monuments we should all be proud of

is a city that is ever changing. From the devastation of the Blitz and rebuilding, through to today’s huge City Centre South regeneration project and the demolition of tower blocks in Hillfields and Tile Hill. But alongside the new, there’s always...

CONCERNS OVER LACK OF CITY PARKING

CONCERNS have been raised over a big drop in Coventry parking provision as it emerged the huge City Centre South scheme will only have 86 car spaces for 1,000 new residents. The number of parking spaces in the city has already reduced, councillors and...

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COUNCIL FACES QUESTIONS OVER COST OF POTHOLE REPAIRS

COVENTRY City Council is facing questions over its use of the Potholepro to fix local roads as it emerged that every pothole repair in the city is still costing nine times the average amount. In 2022, the city council said it had bought the JCB...

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GANG RAIDED HOMES IN NIGHT OF TERROR

THIS is the gang who threatened residents with machetes during violent house robberies in Coventry. Junior Yawli, aged 20, of Parry Road, Coventry, was part of the four-strong gang that carried out two frightening home raids last summer. Yawli, along...

£520K SPENT ON TACKLING FLY-TIPPING

MORE than £520,000 has been invested in a 12-month project to tackle fly-tipping in some of the worsthit areas in Coventry. Bringing the Tip to You is being trialled in deprived neighbourhoods, including Foleshill, Radford and Stoke. Hundreds of...

THREE HOMES BURGLED EVERY DAY IN COVENTRY

MORE than 1,200 homes were burgled in Coventry last year – more than three burglaries a day. Crime figures released by the Home Office show that residential burglaries have been falling in recent years. Across the UK there were 154,000 home break-ins...

FUTURE STILL UNCERTAIN FOR GODIVA FESTIVAL

THE future of Coventry’s Godiva Festival remains shrouded in uncertainty, as council bosses say they still don’t know if the traditional event will return next year. Following the debut of the downsized “Godiva in the City” format, a spokesperson for...

FOODBANK IN URGENT APPEAL FOR DONATIONS

COVENTRY Foodbank has issued an urgent appeal: Donate food now or fewer people will be fed. The plea comes as the charity attempts to avoid drastic measures, with stock levels reaching one of their lowest points in its 15-year history. Shelves at the...