pandemic Archives - The Coventry Observer

NEWS 22^nd Oct, 2021

REVEALED - The date and details of this year's Coventry Christmas lights switch-on

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 10^th Sep, 2021

Coventry tradesman who is creating Covid memorial garden is through to Screwfix competition semi-final

NEWS 12^th Sep, 2021

Coventry student nurse praises 'superhero' NHS staff who inspired her during the pandemic

NEWS 11^th Sep, 2021

Severn Trent has granted £297,823 to good causes across Coventry and Warwickshire

NEWS 11^th Sep, 2021

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

NEWS 8^th Sep, 2021

'The poorest will be hit hardest' - Coventry South MP slams government over National Insurance 'hike'

NEWS

6^th Sep, 2021

96-year-old Coventry veteran awarded Dutch Liberation Medal for his service helping free The Netherlands

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

Bloody Mary - Live! - Just days left to catch the dark comedy about the notorious monarch in Coventry

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 29^th Aug, 2021

Celebration time as Coventry Music Museum wins top Tripadvisor 2021 'Travellers' Choice' award

NEWS 25^th Aug, 2021

Coventry Boys and Girls Club's £5,000 Morrisons Foundation boost to double its sessions

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

NEWS

1^st Aug, 2021

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

NEWS

29^th Jul, 2021

The ornaments in the Coventry garden which cheered people up during their lockdown walks

NEWS 25^th Jul, 2021

Nomiate those who went above and beyond during pandemic for the Coventry Motofest's Heroes Hour

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

17^th Jul, 2021

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

NEWS

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 5^th Jul, 2021

Former Secretary of State for business backing Coventry and Warwickshire to bounce back from Covid

NEWS

29^th Jun, 2021

COMPLETED - £25.5million transformation of Coventry's Warwick Arts Centre

NEWS 28^th Jun, 2021

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

NEWS 24^th Jun, 2021

You have your say in this week's Coventry Observer letters........

NEWS

23^rd Jun, 2021

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

NEWS

24^th Jun, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Ghost Town on the top spot again and the latest on HMV Empire Coventry

NEWS 21^st Jun, 2021

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

NEWS

17^th Jun, 2021

Japanese paper art installed at The Wave in Coventry

NEWS

16^th Jun, 2021

New 'pocket park' green area will improve wildlife in Tile Hill, Coventry

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

15^th Jun, 2021

Covid memorial rose garden officially opened in Coventry park

NEWS

12^th Jun, 2021

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

NEWS 3^rd Jun, 2021

Coventry University students helping stop the Covid spread and getting first hand lab experience

NEWS

2^nd Jun, 2021

Coventry Rotarians raising funds to help India through its Covid crisis

NEWS

2^nd Jun, 2021

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

NEWS

30^th May, 2021

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

NEWS

28^th May, 2021

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

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

25^th May, 2021

Coventry gets Royal approval as Prince Charles and Camilla visit the city

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 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 10^th May, 2021

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

NEWS 8^th May, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially opens Severn Trent academy in Coventry

NEWS 8^th Apr, 2021

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

NEWS 8^th Apr, 2021

Coventry gets £3.5million Covid cash boost to help it host City of Culture

NEWS 7^th Apr, 2021

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

NEWS 3^rd Apr, 2021

Easter eggs on the way to those in need thanks to Elias, Irah and the Coventry community

NEWS

2^nd Apr, 2021

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

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

Coventry residents urged to join today's national day of reflection to remember those who have died during the pandemic

NEWS 21^st Mar, 2021

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

NEWS 16^th Mar, 2021

Coventry's New Albany pub bosses take decision not to open until drinkers are allowed back inside

NEWS 12^th Mar, 2021

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

NEWS

8^th Mar, 2021

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

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 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 Megan 'delighted' to be back at St Gregory's Catholic School as interim head

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 6^th Feb, 2021

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

NEWS 5^th Feb, 2021

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

NEWS

29^th Jan, 2021

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

NEWS 31^st Jan, 2021

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

NEWS

28^th Jan, 2021

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

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 27^th Jan, 2021

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

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

NEWS

21^st Jan, 2021

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

NEWS 20^th Jan, 2021

University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire and its NHS staff to be recognised for its 'incredible' Covid-19 work

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

NEWS 14^th Jan, 2021

New variant 'responsible for surge' as Coventry's Covid rate is highest since mass testing

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 8^th Jan, 2021

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

NEWS 7^th Jan, 2021

Warning to Coventry residents over fake NHS vaccine scam texts

NEWS 7^th Jan, 2021

'Government should have closed nurseries as well as schools' - Coventry MP

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

5^th Jan, 2021

#ThanksKids - Awards celebrate youngsters in Coventry and Warwickshire who went above and beyond in 2020

NEWS 4^th Jan, 2021

All schools closed until February half-term as Prime Minister announces national lockdown for England

NEWS 4^th Jan, 2021

Residents at Bedworth retirement village among the first in the area to get Covid-19 vaccine

NEWS 31^st Dec, 2020

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

NEWS 3^rd Jan, 2021

Proceeds of crime cash available for West Midlands community groups to dip into

NEWS 22^nd Dec, 2020

More shopworkers being attacked in the West Midlands during the pandemic

NEWS 25^th Dec, 2020

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REVEALED - The date and details of this year's Coventry Christmas lights switch-on

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

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

Coventry tradesman who is creating Covid memorial garden is through to Screwfix competition semi-final

Coventry student nurse praises 'superhero' NHS staff who inspired her during the pandemic

Severn Trent has granted £297,823 to good causes across Coventry and Warwickshire

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

'The poorest will be hit hardest' - Coventry South MP slams government over National Insurance 'hike'

96-year-old Coventry veteran awarded Dutch Liberation Medal for his service helping free The Netherlands

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

Bloody Mary - Live! - Just days left to catch the dark comedy about the notorious monarch in Coventry

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

Celebration time as Coventry Music Museum wins top Tripadvisor 2021 'Travellers' Choice' award

Coventry Boys and Girls Club's £5,000 Morrisons Foundation boost to double its sessions

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

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

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

The ornaments in the Coventry garden which cheered people up during their lockdown walks

Nomiate those who went above and beyond during pandemic for the Coventry Motofest's Heroes Hour

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

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

Mayor calls for public transport users to keep on wearing masks

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

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

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

Former Secretary of State for business backing Coventry and Warwickshire to bounce back from Covid

COMPLETED - £25.5million transformation of Coventry's Warwick Arts Centre

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

You have your say in this week's Coventry Observer letters........

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

MUSIC MATTERS - Ghost Town on the top spot again and the latest on HMV Empire Coventry

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

Japanese paper art installed at The Wave in Coventry

New 'pocket park' green area will improve wildlife in Tile Hill, Coventry

Covid memorial rose garden officially opened in Coventry park

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

Coventry University students helping stop the Covid spread and getting first hand lab experience

Coventry Rotarians raising funds to help India through its Covid crisis

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

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

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

Coventry gets Royal approval as Prince Charles and Camilla visit the city

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

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially opens Severn Trent academy in Coventry

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

Coventry gets £3.5million Covid cash boost to help it host City of Culture

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

Easter eggs on the way to those in need thanks to Elias, Irah and the Coventry community

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

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

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

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

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

West Midlands Police donate laptops to help disadvantaged school children

Coventry residents urged to join today's national day of reflection to remember those who have died during the pandemic

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

Coventry's New Albany pub bosses take decision not to open until drinkers are allowed back inside

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coventry's Megan 'delighted' to be back at St Gregory's Catholic School as interim head

Coventry's seventh Covid test centre opens

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

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

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

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