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Cunningham anger over market decision
Michael Green 30/07
JIM Cunningham has criticised the Government for failing to reverse English Heritage's decision to grant Coventry Market listed status. The Coventry South MP raised the ...»
Council defends parking price increases
Michael Green 30/07
COUNCIL chiefs were accused this week of increasing charges at city car parks to raise cash for the council's coffers. Parking charges at a number ...»
Man admits shooting pal while 'messing about' with gun
Court Reporter 30/07
A CITY man died in hospital after being shot at his home where he and another man had been "messing about" with an automatic pistol, ...»
Politicians call for Ricoh station meeting
Michael Green 30/07
SENIOR city politicians have called on the Government to give plans for a railway station at the Ricoh Arena the green light in time for ...»
Inquest into city soldier's death
Natalie Field 30/07
COLLEAGUES of a 20-year-old city soldier who was killed by a bomb in Afghanistan paid tribute to him this week during an inquest into his ...»
Glue kitten on the road to recovery
Michael Green 30/07
A KITTEN mistakenly caught in a glue rat trap has started on the road to recovery at Coventry Animal Centre. The tabby kitten was covered ...»
Animal skull collector in court
Michael Green 29/07
A MAN who hoarded the skulls of exotic animals at his Keresley home has appeared before city magistrates. Alan Dudley's macabre collection included lemurs, a ...»
Netto pulls plans at 11th hour
Michael Green 29/07
NETTO'S bid to build a new store in Cheylesmore was withdrawn at the eleventh hour after planning chiefs urged councillors to throw out the plans. ...»
Coventry's shocking child maintenance bill revealed
Michael Green 28/07
ABSENT parents in Coventry owe more than £20 million in child maintenance, figures published this week revealed. Child maintenance debts for every parliamentary constituency in ...»
Smoking kills 450 residents a year
Lucy Thomson 27/07
A MASSIVE anti-smoking campaign is to be launched after it was found 450 Coventry people die every year of tobacco-related diseases. Coventry's Smokefree Alliance revealed ...»
Force counts the cost of Pope cancellation
Lucy Thomson 26/07
POLICE had spent £80,000 and wasted at least 2,490 man-hours planning for the Pope's visit to Coventry before it was cancelled last month. A dedicated ...»
Council calls time on Glasshouse licence
Lucy Thomson 29/07
TIME has been called on a city centre bar after police claimed rival armed gangs met at the nightspot. The Glasshouse had its licence revoked ...»
City man feels long arm of the lawn
Michael Green 23/07
A CITY man felt the long arm of the 'lawn' after stealing turf from a housing development. The 32-year-old man was caught on CCTV cameras ...»
Police crackdown on Pool Meadow problems
Michael Green 22/07
VIOLENCE at the city's Pool Meadow bus station was targeted this week during a special police operation. Rival gangs have gathered at the bus station ...»
11 injured in Pool Meadow bus crash
Michael Green 22/07
A PREGNANT woman and ten other passengers were injured in a bus crash at the city's Pool Meadow bus station. A single decker bus was ...»
Police investigate BT scam
Michael Green 22/07
FRAUDSTERS claiming to work for British Telecom have targeted residents with a new scam. The scam starts when a fraudster calls a victim and claims ...»
Magnifying glasses at the ready for charity murder mystery night
Lucy Thomson 19/07
CITY super sleuths are needed to help solve a murder and raise cash for charity at the same time. Bloomin Wonders - a fund-raising support ...»
City takes school campaign to Westminster
Lucy Thomson 22/07
COUNCIL chiefs and the city's MPs have drawn battle lines with the Government over the scrappage of Coventry's £355 million school rebuild scheme. An eight-strong ...»
Transport museum scoops ice cream van exhibition
Natalie Field 15/07
ICE cream vans from the past and present star in a new exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum. Ice Cream Dream Machines opens at the museum ...»
'Panda-monium' at city arts project
Natalie Field 20/07
IT WAS 'panda-monium' on Saturday when a city arts project celebrated knitting 100 toy pandas to send to an orphanage in China. The Unitypanda project ...»
Ricoh chiefs clinch new hotel deal
Michael Green 20/07
A £1 million redevelopment of the Ricoh Arena's hotel was announced this week after the stadium struck a deal with De Vere Venues. The Ricoh ...»
City men arrested over India murder
Michael Green 19/07
DETECTIVES made arrests in Coventry this week in connection with a murder in India. The arrests resulted from the investigation into the murder of Rulda ...»
CCTV cameras were listening in on city centre revellers
Lucy Thomson 21/07
CCTV cameras which can 'listen' to conversations have been trialled in Coventry in a bid to curb drunken night-time violence. But the city's management centre, ...»
Gaunt loses legal bid over 'Nazi' complaints
Michael Green 14/07
CONTROVERSIAL Cov kid Jon Gaunt, who branded a councillor a "Nazi" on his former radio show, has lost his legal bid to challenge Ofcom's decision ...»
Noisy mum evicted from flat
Michael Green 14/07
A MOTHER has been evicted from her flat after making her neighbours' lives a misery with late night parties. Amy Regan left her flat at ...»
Derelict pub finally bulldozed
Natalie Field 14/07
A HENLEY pub which has blighted the community for years due to repeated arson and vandalism attacks has finally been demolished. The White Horse, in ...»
Judo club finds a new home
Lucy Thomson 14/07
COVENTRY Judo Club is celebrating after being offered a new home for its martial arts classes. The club - which was given notice to leave ...»
School building programme axed by Government
Lucy Thomson 14/07
A £355 million scheme to rebuild or refurbish Coventry's secondary schools has been axed by the Government. Out of 21 city schools due to benefit ...»
Taxi driver could hold vital clues in rape investigation
Lucy Thomson 12/07
DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a city women have urged a taxi driver who could hold vital information to come forward. The victim, a 20-year-old ...»
Council battles to save the green belt
Lucy Thomson 13/07
COUNCIL chiefs are bidding to go back to the drawing board over the future of Coventry's greenbelt land. At a full council meeting on Tuesday ...»
Two in court on murder charge
Lucy Thomson 09/07
A MAN and a woman have been charged with the murder of 47-year-old city man Peter Wilson. Raymond McEnery, 54, and 33-year-old Dana Webb, both ...»
Cunningham bids to protect rail investment
Michael Green 08/07
JIM Cunningham has backed calls to protect the country's railway network from Government cuts, With the new coalition government conducting a spending review before announcing ...»
Residents urged to get fit and walk to the moon
Michael Green 07/07
HEALTH chiefs challenged residents to get fit this week and reach for the stars. NHS Coventry launched the Big Pledge - Let's Get Active campaign ...»
The Arches has bright future, new owner pledges
Michael Green 07/07
ONE of the city's best known industrial estates looks set for a new lease of life after it was bought in a seven-figure deal. The ...»
Two arrested on suspicion of murder
Lucy Thomson 07/07
TWO people from Coventry have been arrested after a man was found stabbed to death on Friday (July 2). City man Peter Wilson was found ...»
Concern growing over missing pensioner
Lucy Thomson 07/07
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer who has been missing since Thursday (July 1). Alan Cowley left his Stoke Green ...»
Family appeal to missing Georgia
Michael Green 07/07
POLICE have appealed for information about the whereabouts of a 13-year-old city girl who went missing from her Wyken home on Monday. Georgia Harrison was ...»
Government cuts threaten Ricoh station plans
Michael Green 07/07
THE £16 million plans to build a railway station at the Ricoh Arena could fall victim to Government cuts. Council chiefs submitted a 400 page ...»
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