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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...

SCRAP STREET PARKING PERMITS PLEA

A CAMPAIGN by householders living in nine Coventry streets to get parking permits scrapped outside their homes is to be reviewed by the city council. A residents’ parking scheme was first implemented on the Gleneagles Road and Norton Hill Drive estate...

County Council set to install more cameras

WARWICKSHIRE County Council is planning to install six sets of cameras to catch and penalise drivers making prohibited manoeuvres, as part of proposals to generate £220,000 annually. The highways authority is seeking to apply to the Department for...

COV COULD SEE MORE 20MPH SPEED LIMITS

MORE roads across Coventry could face new 20mph speed limits under council plans for a broader look at “measured and appropriate” safety improvements. The city council will come forward with a policy to decide where restrictions would work best later...

‘DISGUSTING’ FLYTIPPING ANGER

RESIDENTS have called for action amid an ongoing problem with fly-tipping on a quiet through road on the edge of Coventry. Hollyfast Lane connects Tamworth Road with Wall Hill Road among Coventry’s limited green spaces out in Allesley. But any...

THREE CITY AREAS TO BE GIVEN £20m BOOST

THREE areas of Coventry will each receive up to £20m over 10 years to spend on a major transformation to make residents’ lives better. The cash is coming from the government’s Pride in Place Programme, led by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and...

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COV ROAD CLOSED AFTER OIL CANISTERS DUMPED

A COVENTRY road has been closed after dozens of leaking oil canisters were dumped overnight. Images shared online by residents show countless cans spread across Hollyfast Lane, with a black substance running down the sides of the road. It is...

BIG CLEAN-UP ON CITY STREETS

GUM-STAINED streets in Coventry are set to be cleaned up under a new £24,000 project. Four neighbourhoods across the city will be targeted. Coventry City Council has received £24,000 from the Chewing Gum Task Force, established by DEFRA and run by...

NEW COV TRAM STOP AND PASSENGER PLATFORM PLAN

A NEW tram stop and passenger platform plan for Coventry’s huge Very Light Rail has been revealed. It forms part of a new planning application submitted to the city council and are key to the proposals for £189m Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR)...

HUGE FIRE HITS 3 HOMES IN CITY

If we have published anything that is factually inaccurate, please contact Editor Graeme Brown at news@coventrytelegraph. net. Once verified, we will correct it as soon as possible. The Coventry Telegraph newspaper is published by Reach plc, One...

CITY SET TO LAUNCH NEW CRACKDOWN ON E-BIKES

COVENTRY’S community safety chief has shared details of new measures to tackle the public nuisance caused by e-bikes. Almost two dozen additional staff will take to the streets to try to stop electric bikes illegally riding through city centre...

PART OF COV WHERE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IS SOARING

ALMOST one in every 10 young people is unemployed in one part of Coventry according to figures that show youth unemployment is soaring across the UK. The figures from the House of Commons Library show 735,000 young people are currently out of work in...

‘MANY’ JOBS PLEDGE AT CITY AIRPORT SITE GIGAFACTORY

COVENTRY’S ruling Labour group has assured councillors and residents there will be many high-quality, wellpaid jobs at the gigafactory development replacing Coventry Airport. The party, which formed a minority administration after losing overall...

ALL SET FOR GODIVA IN THE CITY

GODIVA in the City takes over Coventry city centre this weekend - and we’ve taken a look at the full lineup. The brand new event is taking place in the absence of Godiva Festival, which isn’t running this year. There are two main stages for which...

PROMOTION TO KICK-OFF HUGE ECONOMIC BOOST

COVENTRY is expected to see a huge economic boost from Sky Blues’ promotion to the Premier League. It’s set to bring benefits to the city and wider region across hospitality, retail and tourism, with Premier League fixtures placing Coventry on a...

Former top sports reporter back in the headlines with new US position

NUNEATON author and awardwinning journalist Robert Beasley has landed a plum PR position in the USA. The former Nuneaton Evening Tribune reporter has accepted a wide-ranging transatlantic role as media consultant to Dawn Group International (DGI), a...

CITY ‘POTHOLE HOTSPOT’ ROAD TO BE REPAIRED

PLANS have been announced for resurfacing work on a Coventry road labelled a pothole ‘hotspot.’ Work at Wigston Road in Walsgrave will begin on 2 July, lasting until 11 July. The section of road is between Leven Way and the Hinckley Road...

MORE SIGHTINGS OF COV’S ‘CATFOOT’

THERE have been more sightings of a large cat-like figure lurking in Coventry. As previously reported, police in the city recently shared details of residents in Binley Woods who claimed to have seen a big cat in the village. Officers have confirmed...

YOU SPEAK OUT OVER E-BIKE CRACKDOWN

READERS have been reacting after police seized a number of e-bikes during a day of action in Coventry city centre. The operation, carried out on 18 June by officers from Coventry and across the West Midlands, targeted riders of illegal and dangerous...

NEW SPEED BUMPS & CROSSINGS FOR CITY ROADS

NEW speed bumps and raised zebra crossings could be installed on two roads in Coventry to increase safety. The city council has unveiled proposals for Brays Lane and Lythalls Lane, which it says will ‘aid road safety’ near local schools. But before...

LET’S WORK TOGETHER PLEA OVER CITY ‘EYESORE’

COVENTRY City Council and the owner of a demolished bank in Earlsdon have been urged to work together on a “sensible way forward” for the site. Local community group Earlsdon 2.0 said it was important to be pragmatic rather than getting tied up in...

ANGER OVER ‘VILE RACIST GRAFFITI’ AT CITY PARK

NEW council homes will be bought on a yet-to-be-built housing development on former Nuneaton school land. But questions were raised about why the former Manor Park School, which is being transformed for new housing and a care home, has been chosen as...

POLICE SEIZE E-BIKES IN CITY CENTRE

POLICE seized e-bikes after day of action in Coventry city centre. On Thursday, June 18, a cross department operation saw officers from Coventry and wider afield target riders, leading to arrests. A spokesman for West Midlands Police Traffic said:...

CITY CENTRE SET FOR TOUGH NEW CRACKDOWN

A TOUGH new crackdown on antisocial behaviour and public nuisance in Coventry city centre is set to be launched. The current Coventry City Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), introduced under the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act...

WORK STARTS ON VERY LIGHT RAIL TRACK

WORK has started on a 400metre section of the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) track as part of the £189m project. It runs along Mile Lane near Coventry University. Tracks are set to be installed following a joint arrangement with Severn Trent to...