lockdown Archives - The Coventry Observer

4^th Jun, 2026

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NEWS 1^st Jan, 2024

Coventry museum reveals part of its New Year cultural calendar

NEWS 26^th Jun, 2022

The search for the UK's favourite parks is on - could Coventry's be among them?

28^th Apr, 2022

Coventry and Warwickshire firms celebrate coming back stronger after pandemic thanks to business coach

NEWS 3^rd Apr, 2022

Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones among the headliners at Resonate Festival

Coventry joins together to back international campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

NEWS 20^th Jan, 2022

MUSIC MATTERS - Tribute to Kerri Bowes, Never Apart's new single and Ghost Town top in 2021

NEWS 12^th Jan, 2022

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

NEWS 15^th Nov, 2021

Coventry foodbank receives support from city housebuilder

NEWS 12^th Nov, 2021

Comedian Alan Carr heading to Coventry on his new 'Regional Trinket' stand-up tour

23^rd Sep, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry's Caitlin is Artist of the Month and The Loft at the Rialto Plaza

NEWS 24^th Aug, 2021

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

NEWS 12^th Aug, 2021

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

NEWS 12^th Aug, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - New 2-Tone badge launched for guides and The Session's new single

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 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 4^th Jun, 2021

Coventry NHS doctor DJ 'Bodalia' to support Fatboy Slim on his UK tour

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 18^th May, 2021

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

NEWS 13^th May, 2021

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

NEWS 10^th May, 2021

Two city charities to join forces to improve Coventry's culture and sport offerings

30^th Apr, 2021

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

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

REVEALED - When The Wave waterpark in Coventry will be 'back with a splash'

NEWS 23^rd Apr, 2021

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

NEWS 11^th Apr, 2021

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

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 7^th Apr, 2021

Rallying call for people to take on virtual walk for Coventry and Warwickshire's Myton Hospital

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 21^st Feb, 2021

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

NEWS 21^st Feb, 2021

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

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 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 5^th Feb, 2021

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

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2021

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

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 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

NEWS 17^th Jan, 2021

Housebuilder Persimmon's £1,000 cash boost for Coventry Hospital Radio

NEWS 14^th Jan, 2021

Four more Covid test centres to open in Coventry giving the city Lateral Flow capacity of 7,500-a-day

11^th Jan, 2021

Coventry day-trippers fined for driving 170 miles to Dorset's iconic Durdle Door 'for exercise'

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 8^th Jan, 2021

Coventry University's education expert on remote learning, lockdown assessments and the best way forward

NEWS 31^st Dec, 2020

2020 Review - We reveal Coventry's best-read stories over the past 12 months

NEWS 24^th Dec, 2020

Coventry Foodbank and other city charities get £5,000 boost from Co-operative Society

NEWS 9^th Dec, 2020

Coventry bus fares to be frozen for 2021

28^th Nov, 2020

Family activity website Coventry Rocks to celebrate its first birthday

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2020

Coventry mum who spat in police officer's face during pandemic avoids jail

NEWS 20^th Nov, 2020

Coventry's Shine a Light charity launches appeal for 100 gifts for children with cancer this Christmas

NEWS 20^th Nov, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry music hero Andy is back recording again and 2-Tone drama in the pipeline

NEWS 8^th Nov, 2020

Coventry Council leader's rallying call for residents and businesses to help city 'return to better times'

NEWS 7^th Nov, 2020

Coventry's RISING Global Peace Forum to go ahead online because of lockdown

NEWS 6^th Nov, 2020

Coventry Glides - Council confirms ice rink will still go ahead but from December 4

Coventry Boys and Girls Club delivered 150 free meals during half-term to ensure young people did not go hungry

NEWS 2^nd Nov, 2020

Coventry Council's cabinet members call on Government to fund the children food poverty fight properly

NEWS 24^th Oct, 2020

Marcus Rashford inspired scheme launched to provide free meals for Coventry children who need them over half-term

NEWS 26^th Oct, 2020

Surge in 'starter pets' sets alarm bells ringing with the RSPCA

NEWS 16^th Oct, 2020

Coventry South MP calls on Government to impose 'circuit breaker' lockdown to stop the spread of the virus

12^th Oct, 2020

Coventry Music Museum - hit hard during the Coronavirus pandemic - receives £15,800 grant to help safeguard its future

NEWS 7^th Oct, 2020

Live theatre returns to Coventry's Belgrade with the spooky Dr Blood's Old Travelling Show

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2020

Journalism Matters Week: How our trusted news is making a difference where you live

NEWS 7^th Oct, 2020

More services on offer at Coventry's libraries

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2020

Six 'exceptionally gifted' Coventry students given bursaries to study at Cambridge University

NEWS 4^th Oct, 2020

Coventry family hold Memory Walk to honour Sukhdev and raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society

NEWS 29^th Sep, 2020

Coventry technology firm in groundbreaking trial to transport vital NHS supplies via drone