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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...

SCHOOL CROSSING PATROLS HIT BY CARS

TWO school crossing patrols have been hit by cars in Coventry in just three months. Both incidents took place within a matter of weeks with the latest earlier this month when a school crossing patrol was hit from behind by a car on Alderman’s Green...

CHANCE TO HELP REBUILD PRIDE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

will get £20 million over the next decade as part of the government’s Pride in Place Scheme - and residents have a real opportunity to decide how the money will be used. The government funds will come in £2 million instalments every year and it is...

MOTOFEST PROMISES ‘FULL-FAT’ RETURN

THE organisers of Motofest have promised more details on the 2027 return of the iconic Coventry event within just weeks. Thousands of people flocked to the city centre to take in classic cars, street performance and live music when the popular event...

COV BATHS SITE HAS ‘BRIGHT FUTURE’

THE firm behind the redevelopment of Coventry swimming baths has said the site has a ‘bright future.’ Coventry City Council has been working with Redford Developments to find new occupiers or repurpose the Fairfax Street site since it became vacant in...

WHAT NOW FOR COV AIRPORT?

closure of Coventry Airport after 90 years has left many questions about what exactly will happen to the land, who’ll move in there and when. The airport officially ended all flight operations on May 9, before formally shutting down on June 11,...

HOMES GO-AHEAD ON HISTORIC FACTORY SITE

THE go-ahead has been given for up to 250 homes to be built on the site of Britain’s first car factory at Sandy Lane Business Park in Coventry. Most of the existing buildings on the land in Radford ward, between Electric Wharf, Coventry Canal and...

Residents voice concerns over garage demolition bid

News Reporter NUNEATON is mourning the loss of one of its most well-known and big hearted characters. Mick Emanuele may not have been born in Nuneaton but he took the town, its people and good causes close to his heart like family. From the early...

HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS STOPPED IN CRACKDOWN

HUNDREDS of motorists were stopped across Coventry and Warwickshire as part of a major crackdown on dangerous driving. Police were deployed across the region over the weekend. Officers from WMP Traffic worked with Coventry Police and Warwickshire...

SPEED LIMIT SET TO BE EXTENDED ON CITY ROAD

A 30MPH speed limit is set to be extended on a main Coventry route to ‘improve safety.’ It is also in conjunction with the Coundon Cycle scheme, which links the city centre to the surrounding area. The city council has unveiled a new Traffic...

HOUSING LIKELY FOR COVENTRY POOL SITE

A HOUSING scheme is the most likely option to replace Coventry’s former Olympic swimming pool when it’s reduced to rubble. And adjoining leisure centre The Elephant could also be doomed to demolition if no business agrees to take it on. That’s...

Three month long work to start on Cov’s VLR system

A WARNING has been issued as three month long Coventry VLR work was due to start. Mile Lane has been closed at its junction with the IRR Quinton Road Roundabout and continuing to its junction with Thomas Landsail Street. A new traffic order explains...

ANGER AT PARKING NEAR SCHOOL

RESIDENTS’ complaints of inconsiderate and illegal parking by parents taking their children to and from a local school are to be investigated further by Coventry City Council. A petition of 145 signatures has called for action to tackle parking and...

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Major live events bring in millions to local economy

MAJOR live events at Coventry Building Society Arena brought in more than £3 million to the local economy last year, as the venue prepares to host over 100,000 Take That fans this week. The stadium, celebrating its 20th anniversary, contributed more...

Family tell of their heartbreak after death of teenager

TRIBUTES have been paid to a young girl who died in Warwickshire. Lillianna Tomlinson was found dead near Kingsbury Water Park on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25). Emergency services were called to the River Tame on Bodymoor Heath Lane in Kingsbury just...

West Mids knife crime falls by over 1,000 offences

KNIFE crime across the West Midlands has fallen by more than 1,000 offences over the past two years. Data presented to the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) Accountability and Governance Board revealed that knife crime offences have...

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TEENAGE GIRL FOUND DEAD IN WATER AT COUNTRY PARK

THE father of a girl who died in water at a Midland beauty spot was “frantically” running alongside the lake after she vanished, a witness said. The teenager’s body was found at Kingsbury Water Park on Bank Holiday Monday. Specialist police teams, a...

COV HOME TO OVER 3,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS

COVENTRY is home to more than 3,000 asylum seekers, official figures show, as net migration reaches its lowest levels since 2012. Nationally, the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has fallen to its lowest on record, while the number of...

COV AMONG WORST HIT BY FUEL POVERTY

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Funding package to boost housing in West Midlands

A NEAR-£4 billion funding package has been unveiled to accelerate regeneration and deliver more homes across the West Midlands. Regional mayor Richard Parker said the £3.8 billion West Midlands Future Fund would provide the means to unlock significant...

CITY TOWER BLOCKS TO BE DEMOLISHED

HUNDREDS of residents will be rehoused after it was announced three Coventry tower blocks would be demolished. Hillfields House, Douglas House and Paul Stacey House, all in Hillfields, will face the bulldozers as part of what Citizen Housing calls ‘a...

HUNDREDS OF STOP SEARCHES IN KNIFE CRIME CRACKDOWN

A SPECIALIST weapons squad made 12 arrests across the Coventry area in just a month. The Guardian Taskforce team made the arrests across Coventry and Solihull in April for multiple offences. The aim of the squad is to tackle knife crime and youth...