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NEWS 13^th Jul, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: 'Window licking' and 'misogynistic' jibe Coventry councillor Rachel Lancaster avoids suspension - despite earlier final written warning

NEWS 13^th Jul, 2018

Coventry council chiefs still refusing to issue fined motorists refunds - despite admitting website errors

NEWS 9^th Jul, 2018

Wasps' lease application for new 150 bedroom hotel at Ricoh Arena set for approval

NEWS 2^nd Jul, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry council provided 'inaccurate, inconsistent and incomplete' evidence for ombudsman's probe after 'witch-hunt'

NEWS 26^th Jun, 2018

Top judge Sir Brian Leveson to hear today’s case into Coventry council’s Ricoh Arena sale to Wasps

NEWS 14^th Jun, 2018

BREAKING: Leader Duggins accused of misleading Coventry council over his threat to charge councillors for parking fines meeting

NEWS 12^th Jun, 2018

Coventry council leaders today fail to say sorry after parking fines debacle and scathing tribunal report

NEWS 7^th Jun, 2018

Celebrated nymph sculpture will return to public display after years of storage

NEWS 6^th Jun, 2018

Coventry bus lanes suspended in trial will now be permanently scrapped

NEWS 5^th Jun, 2018

Till Hill residents demand 20mph zone to ensure safer community

NEWS

4^th Jun, 2018

£4m plans to restore historic street and open up neglected river set for approval

NEWS 24^th May, 2018

Coventry's young people invited to share views on the city in new survey

NEWS

23^rd May, 2018

Coventry charities still struggling after eviction - despite council pledges

NEWS 17^th May, 2018

Coventry named as UK's European City of Sport 2019

NEWS

16^th May, 2018

Arts centre at Coventry's 'elephant' building would need 'serious financial backing', says council chief

NEWS 15^th May, 2018

Conservatives put tackling homelessness in Coventry 'top of agenda'

NEWS

11^th May, 2018

Coventry council announces cabinet shake-up and new Lord Mayor

NEWS 10^th May, 2018

INVESTIGATION: Wasps fail to come clean with public over 'falsified evidence' and 'overriding' management controls to falsify accounts

NEWS 5^th May, 2018

Dangerous levels of air pollution in Coventry is a 'scandal' putting health at risk

NEWS UPDATE 3^rd May, 2018

UPDATED: Wasps' future 'uncertain' and evidence 'falsified', say auditors in new accounts, as bond price falls

NEWS

3^rd May, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: 'Irregularities' complaint raised with Coventry council over today's election regarding ex-leader Ann Lucas

NEWS 1^st May, 2018

Coventry Council candidate says public misled on Local Plan traffic increases

NEWS 27^th Apr, 2018

Wasps civic reception for 78 council guests cost taxpayer £2,300 - as Coventry rugby club event confirmed

NEWS UPDATE 26^th Apr, 2018

UPDATED: Speculation mounts over Wasps' future at Ricoh and Coventry - and more secret council support - amid 'players' mutiny'

NEWS 25^th Apr, 2018

Coventry to get £60m broadband boost

NEWS 24^th Apr, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry council finally admits yellow lines errors which broke its own parking rules

NEWS 19^th Apr, 2018

'Brownfield first' campaigner stands for Coventry council elections

NEWS 20^th Apr, 2018

Coventry taxi driver has licence revoked for failure to secure disabled passenger

NEWS

20^th Apr, 2018

Coventry council top earners still get over £2m - and one got £500k golden handshake

NEWS 12^th Apr, 2018

Wasps and their history away from Coventry celebrated at grand civic reception - despite favouritism concerns and division

NEWS 6^th Apr, 2018

Coventry graves submerged despite £150k spent on drainage since 2014

NEWS 26^th Mar, 2018

Medieval Coventry monastery to be restored for UK City of Culture 2021

NEWS

25^th Mar, 2018

Coventry academic says fighting terrorism is about 'building society where people feel valued'

NEWS 21^st Mar, 2018

Report finds average Coventry home costs seven times standard city salary

NEWS 20^th Mar, 2018

Coventry council clampdown on dangerous university parking

NEWS 15^th Mar, 2018

Coventry councillors pay tribute to long-serving colleagues set to step down

NEWS 6^th Mar, 2018

St Mary's Guildhall cafe reopens - but painting ceiling still planned despite furore

NEWS UPDATE

28^th Feb, 2018

UPDATED: Threat to list more of Coventry city centre could scupper redevelopment, says councillor

NEWS 1^st Mar, 2018

Tram-style People Mover on Coventry streets set for 2021

NEWS 1^st Mar, 2018

Speed cameras set to be re-introduced on Coventry streets

NEWS 27^th Feb, 2018

Coventry's medieval 'hidden gem' Guildhall could finally be open more by 'day and night', councillor tells us

NEWS 22^nd Feb, 2018

Campaign to prevent loss of 300 Coventry tax office jobs supported by council

NEWS 23^rd Feb, 2018

More than six domestic violence crimes committed in Coventry every day

NEWS 21^st Feb, 2018

Coventry council tax hike and budget approved

NEWS 20^th Feb, 2018

Coventry Conservatives launch alternative council budget

NEWS

17^th Feb, 2018

Green technology funding agreed for 100 Coventry buses

NEWS

16^th Feb, 2018

Beautiful stone ceiling at Coventry's listed medieval Guildhall to be painted over, despite Historic England objections

NEWS 16^th Feb, 2018

Coventry business scheme granted another five years

NEWS

15^th Feb, 2018

Pupils take Bring George Eliot Home campaign to PM and other leaders

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT

15^th Feb, 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: Is 'studentification' harming Coventry communities?

NEWS 14^th Feb, 2018

Council Tax in Coventry set to rise by 4.9 per cent

NEWS 11^th Feb, 2018

City's runners and charities look ahead to Coventry Half Marathon

NEWS

8^th Feb, 2018

Coventry student tower blocks plan by listed medieval buildings faces growing objections - from council officers, airport and residents

NEWS 8^th Feb, 2018

Godiva Festival moved to end of August

NEWS 8^th Feb, 2018

Coventry horse sculpture restored and unveiled

NEWS 6^th Feb, 2018

£1.7m lottery bid to be lodged to restore historic Coventry cemetery

NEWS 7^th Feb, 2018

Paloma Faith, UB40 to play BBC's Biggest Weekend in Coventry

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Redundancies at Culture Coventry Trust - despite City of Culture 2021 award

NEWS 25^th Jan, 2018

New 600-space multi-storey car park for Coventry city centre

NEWS

24^th Jan, 2018

EIGHT breaches at Grade II* listed George Eliot home, as leader backs funding call

NEWS EXCLUSIVE

25^th Jan, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Planning row councillor Lancaster rebuked and faces suspension

NEWS 23^rd Jan, 2018

Over 40 Coventry locations to get new running and walking paths

NEWS

18^th Jan, 2018

Lord Mayor hosts event to thank those who played part in Coventry's City of Culture bid

NEWS 16^th Jan, 2018

Council leader Duggins pledges to work with George Eliot house's owners and calls for special events

NEWS

11^th Jan, 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: Part 2: What's the future for Coventry libraries?

NEWS 10^th Jan, 2018

'No plans' for Coventry pollution charge

NEWS

4^th Jan, 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: What's the future for Coventry's libraries amid funding cuts?

NEWS 19^th Dec, 2017

Man found guilty of Coventry car park assault

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 14^th Dec, 2017

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Coventry council ex-deputy Phil Townshend 'fraud' claims end in OAP winning her home back for Christmas

NEWS 16^th Dec, 2017

Coventry school children offer their friendship to child refugees in Iraq

NEWS EXCLUSIVE

6^th Dec, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Great novelist George Eliot's listed home being quietly converted to Arabic school despite campaign

NEWS 30^th Nov, 2017

Thousands of new automotive jobs with national battery centre welcomed in Coventry

NEWS 29^th Nov, 2017

£80m go-ahead for new electric battery facility for Coventry and Warwickshire

NEWS 23^rd Nov, 2017

£4.5m of council taxpayers' cash set aside for City of Culture bid

NEWS UPDATE 27^th Nov, 2017

BREAKING: 'Stupid numbers' behind Coventry's Local Plan for Green belt homes, admits leading councillor on eve of crucial vote

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2017

Coventry man fined after being caught with 3000 illegal cigarettes

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2017

Now questions over Coventry's shadowy overseas investments to be raised at full council meeting

NEWS UPDATE 20^th Nov, 2017

Growing calls for urgent investigation into Coventry council's overseas use of taxpayers' money

NEWS 17^th Nov, 2017

EDITOR'S COMMENT: Lack of transparency on Coventry council investment overseas rings alarm bells

NEWS 17^th Nov, 2017

£22m student village in Coventry gets go-ahead despite protests

NEWS EXCLUSIVE

16^th Nov, 2017

SPECIAL FEATURE: Coventry's 'fake population growth' as birth rates fall and green belt released

NEWS EXCLUSIVE

16^th Nov, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Lucrative Wisteria Lodge children's home site to be sold for social housing

NEWS 14^th Nov, 2017

Wasps pull out of £7m training centre plan on Higgs centre site of Coventry City's lifeblood academy

NEWS UPDATE 10^th Nov, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry council faces questions over its mysterious offshore investments amid Paradise Papers tax avoidance scandal

NEWS 3^rd Nov, 2017

Council hands Coventry Half Marathon reins to Coventry University Students' Union on one-year deal

NEWS 29^th Sep, 2017

LETTERS to the editor: Taxi firm Uber 'exploits legal loophole', says Coventry councillor

NEWS

21^st Sep, 2017

Coventry council's new tower block at Friargate now completed

NEWS 21^st Sep, 2017

More Coventry bus lanes suspended for use by motorists - amid bus gate furore

NEWS 15^th Sep, 2017

BREAKING: Coventry City owners Sisu win right to appeal over council's Ricoh Arena sale to Wasps

NEWS 13^th Sep, 2017

Bin collection changes aim to save Coventry council '£1m a year'

NEWS 18^th Aug, 2017

Coventry A-level top marks 'improving faster than national average'

NEWS 25^th Jul, 2017

Strike threat over 'axe for 14 Coventry children's centres'

NEWS 17^th Jul, 2017

Coventry City's owners Sisu may appeal after another court defeat

NEWS EXCLUSIVE

11^th Jul, 2017

INVESTIGATION latest: Calls for inquiry after planning rules ‘broken’ for Coventry councillor’s home

NEWS 4^th Jul, 2017

Coventry council leader declines to join MPs in calling for sprinklers in all tower blocks after Grenfell

NEWS 28^th Jun, 2017

Fire hazard removed from 760-year-old St Mary's Guildhall in Coventry after we highlighted complaints

NEWS 28^th Jun, 2017

West Midlands Combined Authority replaces Coventry council's Martin Reeves as chief executive

NEWS 27^th Jun, 2017

Coventry venues awarded £7.4m from Arts Council

NEWS 23^rd Jun, 2017

Why won't Coventry landlord Whitefriars fit life-saving sprinklers in all 24 tower blocks and 17,000 homes? Our questions it refused to answer

NEWS 24^th Jun, 2017

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Window licking' and 'misogynistic' jibe Coventry councillor Rachel Lancaster avoids suspension - despite earlier final written warning

Coventry council chiefs still refusing to issue fined motorists refunds - despite admitting website errors

Wasps' lease application for new 150 bedroom hotel at Ricoh Arena set for approval

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry council provided 'inaccurate, inconsistent and incomplete' evidence for ombudsman's probe after 'witch-hunt'

Top judge Sir Brian Leveson to hear today’s case into Coventry council’s Ricoh Arena sale to Wasps

BREAKING: Leader Duggins accused of misleading Coventry council over his threat to charge councillors for parking fines meeting

Coventry council leaders today fail to say sorry after parking fines debacle and scathing tribunal report

Celebrated nymph sculpture will return to public display after years of storage

Coventry bus lanes suspended in trial will now be permanently scrapped

Till Hill residents demand 20mph zone to ensure safer community

£4m plans to restore historic street and open up neglected river set for approval

Coventry's young people invited to share views on the city in new survey

Coventry charities still struggling after eviction - despite council pledges

Coventry named as UK's European City of Sport 2019

Arts centre at Coventry's 'elephant' building would need 'serious financial backing', says council chief

Conservatives put tackling homelessness in Coventry 'top of agenda'

Coventry council announces cabinet shake-up and new Lord Mayor

INVESTIGATION: Wasps fail to come clean with public over 'falsified evidence' and 'overriding' management controls to falsify accounts

Dangerous levels of air pollution in Coventry is a 'scandal' putting health at risk

UPDATED: Wasps' future 'uncertain' and evidence 'falsified', say auditors in new accounts, as bond price falls

EXCLUSIVE: 'Irregularities' complaint raised with Coventry council over today's election regarding ex-leader Ann Lucas

Coventry Council candidate says public misled on Local Plan traffic increases

Wasps civic reception for 78 council guests cost taxpayer £2,300 - as Coventry rugby club event confirmed

UPDATED: Speculation mounts over Wasps' future at Ricoh and Coventry - and more secret council support - amid 'players' mutiny'

Coventry to get £60m broadband boost

EXCLUSIVE: Coventry council finally admits yellow lines errors which broke its own parking rules

'Brownfield first' campaigner stands for Coventry council elections

Coventry taxi driver has licence revoked for failure to secure disabled passenger

Coventry council top earners still get over £2m - and one got £500k golden handshake

Wasps and their history away from Coventry celebrated at grand civic reception - despite favouritism concerns and division

Coventry graves submerged despite £150k spent on drainage since 2014

Medieval Coventry monastery to be restored for UK City of Culture 2021

Coventry academic says fighting terrorism is about 'building society where people feel valued'

Report finds average Coventry home costs seven times standard city salary

Coventry council clampdown on dangerous university parking

Coventry councillors pay tribute to long-serving colleagues set to step down

St Mary's Guildhall cafe reopens - but painting ceiling still planned despite furore

UPDATED: Threat to list more of Coventry city centre could scupper redevelopment, says councillor

Tram-style People Mover on Coventry streets set for 2021

Speed cameras set to be re-introduced on Coventry streets

Coventry's medieval 'hidden gem' Guildhall could finally be open more by 'day and night', councillor tells us

Campaign to prevent loss of 300 Coventry tax office jobs supported by council

More than six domestic violence crimes committed in Coventry every day

Coventry council tax hike and budget approved

Coventry Conservatives launch alternative council budget

Green technology funding agreed for 100 Coventry buses

Beautiful stone ceiling at Coventry's listed medieval Guildhall to be painted over, despite Historic England objections

Coventry business scheme granted another five years

Pupils take Bring George Eliot Home campaign to PM and other leaders

SPECIAL REPORT: Is 'studentification' harming Coventry communities?

Council Tax in Coventry set to rise by 4.9 per cent

City's runners and charities look ahead to Coventry Half Marathon

Coventry student tower blocks plan by listed medieval buildings faces growing objections - from council officers, airport and residents

Godiva Festival moved to end of August

Coventry horse sculpture restored and unveiled

£1.7m lottery bid to be lodged to restore historic Coventry cemetery

Paloma Faith, UB40 to play BBC's Biggest Weekend in Coventry

EXCLUSIVE: Redundancies at Culture Coventry Trust - despite City of Culture 2021 award

New 600-space multi-storey car park for Coventry city centre

EIGHT breaches at Grade II* listed George Eliot home, as leader backs funding call

EXCLUSIVE: Planning row councillor Lancaster rebuked and faces suspension

Over 40 Coventry locations to get new running and walking paths

Lord Mayor hosts event to thank those who played part in Coventry's City of Culture bid

Council leader Duggins pledges to work with George Eliot house's owners and calls for special events

SPECIAL REPORT: Part 2: What's the future for Coventry libraries?

'No plans' for Coventry pollution charge

SPECIAL REPORT: What's the future for Coventry's libraries amid funding cuts?

Man found guilty of Coventry car park assault

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Coventry council ex-deputy Phil Townshend 'fraud' claims end in OAP winning her home back for Christmas

Coventry school children offer their friendship to child refugees in Iraq

EXCLUSIVE: Great novelist George Eliot's listed home being quietly converted to Arabic school despite campaign

Thousands of new automotive jobs with national battery centre welcomed in Coventry

£80m go-ahead for new electric battery facility for Coventry and Warwickshire

£4.5m of council taxpayers' cash set aside for City of Culture bid

BREAKING: 'Stupid numbers' behind Coventry's Local Plan for Green belt homes, admits leading councillor on eve of crucial vote

Coventry man fined after being caught with 3000 illegal cigarettes

Now questions over Coventry's shadowy overseas investments to be raised at full council meeting

Growing calls for urgent investigation into Coventry council's overseas use of taxpayers' money

EDITOR'S COMMENT: Lack of transparency on Coventry council investment overseas rings alarm bells