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4^th Jun, 2026

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NEWS 11^th Dec, 2023

History-making Coventry woman marks three years since receiving first-ever Covid vaccine

NEWS 5^th May, 2022

Coventry Opens to celebrate the city's creative sector this weekend

NEWS 12^th Jan, 2022

Coventry South MP calls for Prime Minister to resign over 'bring your own booze' Downing Street party

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2021

Inequalities across Coventry communities exposed in Director of Health's annual report

NEWS 4^th Oct, 2021

Coventry home care company to create 30 new jobs to keep up with demand

NEWS 11^th Sep, 2021

Students at Coventry's WMG Academy get a new laptop each as they head back to school

NEWS 1^st Sep, 2021

Coventry's Westwood Academy and training provider join forces to help pupils catch up over the summer

NEWS 31^st Aug, 2021

World Food Day - Coventry's Feed The Hungry joining with businesses and groups to send 285,000 meals to African children

NEWS 24^th Aug, 2021

Coventry businesses which have not had any Covid grant help can apply for the latest funding

NEWS 22^nd Aug, 2021

Will you be taking part in Coventry Golf Day for Zoe's Place children's hospice?

NEWS 20^th Aug, 2021

Joy for Coventry's Laurissa as she is named Moreton Morrell College's Student of the Year

NEWS 15^th Aug, 2021

Inspirational Farah from Coventry's Eden Girls' School earns GCSE success after tough 18 months

NEWS 12^th Aug, 2021

Photographer's Coventry lockdown exhibition to go on display at city's Theatre Absolute

Three Coventry residents finish as runners-up in Britain's best home bars contest

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

31^st Jul, 2021

Joy and celebration at the inaugural Coventry and Warwickshire Foodie Awards

NEWS 22^nd Jul, 2021

YOUR SAY - This week's Coventry Observer's letters page

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

17^th Jul, 2021

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire raise a cup to say a NHS Big Tea 'thank you'

19^th Jul, 2021

Jukebox Gems put on dance shows for Orbit's independent living scheme residents in Coventry

NEWS 14^th Jul, 2021

Mayor calls for public transport users to keep on wearing masks

NEWS 10^th Jul, 2021

British Motor Museum to host Land Rover's 50th+1 belated birthday bash

NEWS 11^th Jul, 2021

Coventry is still 'best young UK university for International Outlook'

NEWS 11^th Jul, 2021

City charity Global Care's plea for Coventrians to take part in its 'Shack Challenge'

NEWS 7^th Jul, 2021

Sky Blues players get their first Covid jabs at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

NEWS 28^th Jun, 2021

Free careers help on offer in Coventry to give jobseekers a helping hand

23^rd Jun, 2021

Family reunite at the Coombe Abbey Hotel for Brenda's 100th birthday

NEWS 21^st Jun, 2021

New flexible rail tickets have now gone on sale which can save passengers hundreds of pounds each year

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

15^th Jun, 2021

Covid memorial rose garden officially opened in Coventry park

12^th Jun, 2021

Coventry Foodbank founder Gavin Kibble is awarded MBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List

Coventry's EmployabilityUK receives prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

30^th May, 2021

Boost for The Albany as Coventry MP Taiwo Owatemi joins board of trustees

28^th May, 2021

Coventry BME domestic abuse charity delighted to be recognised during Duchess of Cornwall's visit

NEWS 22^nd May, 2021

Finham Park School's Grace wins Lord Lieutenant's Young Active Citizen Award for helping her community during the pandemic

NEWS 20^th May, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry Music Museum is back - and with two new exhibitions

NEWS 18^th May, 2021

The wait is over as the new £18million Telegraph Hotel is officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Coventry

NEWS 18^th May, 2021

Coventry woman who received World's first Covid jab joins city coach firm for trip to the seaside

NEWS 16^th May, 2021

Government's latest Covid restriction easing roadmap stage on May 17 - What people in England can do from tomorrow

NEWS 16^th May, 2021

Celebration of the NHS, nurses and frontline workers will be among Coventry's first UK City of Culture events

NEWS 13^th May, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - BLM-inspired power anthem 'Inflamed' released by Dean McDonald

NEWS 8^th May, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially opens Severn Trent academy in Coventry

NEWS 5^th May, 2021

Coventry City Council elections - Who is standing in your area?

30^th Apr, 2021

Comics, books, toys, games and collectables on offer as Coventry's Forbidden Planet reopens

26^th Apr, 2021

VIDEO - Coventry's Maggie Keenan who received world's first Covid jab praises 'incredible' NHS for protecting millions

NEWS 25^th Apr, 2021

Junior sports teams in Coventry urged to nominate their club's lockdown heroes to be in with a chance of winning a new kit

NEWS 23^rd Apr, 2021

Coventry's Holy Trinity Church gets £37,200 boost to help it with its post-Covid opening

NEWS 21^st Apr, 2021

New series of BBC documentary to go behind the scenes at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

NEWS 11^th Apr, 2021

Coventry's FarGo Village ready to reopen and welcome citizens back

NEWS 9^th Apr, 2021

Even more ways to take Covid tests with two new centres opening in Coventry in the coming days

NEWS 10^th Apr, 2021

Coventry City Council's advice to residents and traders ahead of Monday's big reopening

NEWS 9^th Apr, 2021

Coventry coffee shop owner's 'tears of joy' at £78,000 grant which will help Esquires survive

NEWS 8^th Apr, 2021

Council reduces city centre car park charges for when Coventry's non-essential shops reopen

Compton Verney receives 'lifeline' £460k funding boost to help it with its post-Covid recovery

NEWS 5^th Apr, 2021

Virtual activities from the British Motor Museum to keep all ages busy throughout the Easter holidays

NEWS 1^st Apr, 2021

No fooling you with our big 'Hex-clusive'

28^th Mar, 2021

Welcome Back Monday - Balsall Common care home residents ready to receive their visitors

NEWS 26^th Mar, 2021

Coventry South MP calls for Coronavirus Act to be replaced with Liberty's Rights and Support Bill

NEWS 28^th Mar, 2021

Rotary Clubs urging people across Coventry and Warwickshire to help build Sleep Pods for the homeless

NEWS 28^th Mar, 2021

West Midlands Police donate laptops to help disadvantaged school children

NEWS 23^rd Mar, 2021

'Milestone' reached as 50,000 Coventry and Warwickshire residents are vaccinated at Stoneleigh hub

NEWS 21^st Mar, 2021

Coventry nurse who gave World's first vaccine makes plea to ethnic minorities to have the jab

NEWS 15^th Mar, 2021

Empire Coventry signs 'historic' three-year deal with hmv as it prepares to reopen at its new home

NEWS 12^th Mar, 2021

Hardeep's 300-mile running challenge in memory of his Coventry grandmother

NEWS 11^th Mar, 2021

VIDEO - 'We want our summer!' - Coventry teens film vlogs urging young people to get Covid tested

NEWS 9^th Mar, 2021

Opening dates revealed for Coventry city centre's new £18million hotel and rooftop bar

VIDEO - Belgrade Theatre's film helps Coventry celebrate International Women's Day

NEWS 6^th Mar, 2021

REVEALED - When Coventry's JD Wetherspoon's pubs will reopen

NEWS 3^rd Mar, 2021

Care home knitters' create clothes and blankets for Coventry's Zoe's Place baby hospice

NEWS 27^th Feb, 2021

Long Live the Local - Coventry North West MP calls on Government to help pubs get back on their feet after lockdown

NEWS 28^th Feb, 2021

Coventry City Council to provide office space to increase JobCentre staff and help people find work

NEWS 22^nd Feb, 2021

REVEALED: PM sets out four-step plan to end lockdown

NEWS 21^st Feb, 2021

Charity appeals for donations to help Coventry families with disabled children during the pandemic

NEWS 21^st Feb, 2021

Coventry's finance boss says Government should fund most of the authority's 4.9 per cent council tax rise

NEWS 21^st Feb, 2021

Ambitious 'Arts for Life' plan for Coventry's Albany Theatre to go before council

NEWS 19^th Feb, 2021

Coventry's Print Manufactory finds 'Commonground' with FarGo Village expansion

NEWS 19^th Feb, 2021

Applications open for Covid hardship fund to keep children warm at school

15^th Feb, 2021

Coventry's poetic police officer adapts children's rhymes to get Covid messages across

NEWS 12^th Feb, 2021

NHS chief thanks all involved in vaccine programme on visit to 'where it all began' in Coventry

NEWS 12^th Feb, 2021

Coventry doctor who swapped scrubs for decks praised by health secretary for 'lifting people's spirits'

NEWS 11^th Feb, 2021

Impact of Covid led to £33.3million overspend by Coventry City Council

NEWS 12^th Feb, 2021

Coventry schoolchildren's lockdown letters to cheer up care home residents

NEWS 10^th Feb, 2021

Coventry's seventh Covid test centre opens

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2021

Free taxi trips available for the elderly and vulnerable to Stoneleigh Park Vaccination Centre

NEWS 8^th Feb, 2021

'Anyone 70 or over who has not yet been offered a Covid jab urged to contact the NHS or their GP' - Hancock

NEWS 7^th Feb, 2021

Green Party's West Midlands Mayor candidate accuses Tories of 'trying to buy local elections'

NEWS 6^th Feb, 2021

West Midlands Police thank the 'Blue Line Stitchers' for creating 5,000 kit bags for officers

NEWS 4^th Feb, 2021

£510k funding boost for Coventry's Belgrade Theatre will secure the venue's current programme

NEWS 5^th Feb, 2021

Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre sets £40k fund-raising target to mark 40 years of support

NEWS 2^nd Feb, 2021

Virtual quiz to raise funds for Coventry charity which supports ambulance service staff

NEWS 29^th Jan, 2021

Government awards Coventry £500k to support the city's most at risk of Covid-19

29^th Jan, 2021

VIDEO - In Touch - the moving film telling Coventry's lockdown stories

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2021

Industrious pupils put Coventry's Eden Girls School in online learning platform's top ten in the country

NEWS 31^st Jan, 2021

Coventry third best in the West Midlands for new businesses as region hits a new high

28^th Jan, 2021

Tourism boss reminds Coventry and Warwickshire residents to 'discover their doorstep'

NEWS 27^th Jan, 2021

Coventry Festival of Running - due to take place in March - is postponed due to ongoing pandemic

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 27^th Jan, 2021

Coventry University virologist: 'Worldwide effort needed to tackle global pandemic'

NEWS 25^th Jan, 2021

West Midlands Deputy PCC's calls for Government to get justice system 'back on its feet after Covid'

NEWS 22^nd Jan, 2021

A fond farewell as Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust chief retires after 37 years in the NHS

NEWS 24^th Jan, 2021

Joy for staff and residents as Herald Lodge becomes first Coventry care home for 'in house' Oxford vaccines

NEWS 23^rd Jan, 2021

Coventry residents warned 'don't drop your guard' in fight against Coronavirus

NEWS 22^nd Jan, 2021

Myton Hospice's thanks to Coventry and Warwickshire residents after 'overwhelming' response to appeal

21^st Jan, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Sometimessean's 'mesmerising' The Drifter and Nigel Meffen has a bite at a new novel