Coventry news

• Five cannabis couriers sentenced for £13.8m Birmingham Airport plot

  22-10-2026 18:12 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Jaden Ramen, Paige Crisp, Claire McCullough, Ryan Boachie, and Gideon Olumoyegun were jailed at Birmingham Crown Court
  
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• Frank Lampard on Coventry City favourite going the extra mile to get game time

  22-10-2026 18:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Frank Lampard hails the professionalism and determination of Gus Hamer to get more game time
  
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• Frank Lampard explains Loum Tchaouna and Yann Gboho's absence from matchday squads

  22-10-2026 17:25 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Frank Lampard opens up about French duo in his pre-match press conference ahead of Fulham
  
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• Man admits taking part in sickening Signal chat about 'sexually abusing babies'

  22-10-2026 16:52 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Eaton White is set to be sentenced in December
  
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• Half-term events across Coventry and Warwickshire to entertain the kids

  22-10-2026 15:13 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  If you're staring down the barrel of half-term take a look at our events round-up for inspiration to keep them entertained
  
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• Birmingham Airport £2bn expansion to double passengers without second runway

  22-10-2026 15:01 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Birmingham Airport's £2bn expansion plan aims to double passenger numbers to 30 million by 2041 and increase flights without a second runway, significant noise increase or public funds
  
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• Planned improvements to major road hit by congestion pushed back for 18-months

  22-10-2026 15:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The A34 Stratford Road Enhancement Study — a £810,000 joint project between West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Solihull Council — faces an 18-month delay and is now expected to complete in September 2028, pushing back planned improvements to congestion, cycling, walking and bus infrastructure including the Sprint scheme.
  
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• Coventry man charged after 'car keys stolen from city homes'

  22-10-2026 14:56 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Levi Whitmore appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court today (October 22)
  
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• Network Rail's big Bedworth bridge announcement after lorry collapse

  22-10-2026 13:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Another road closure looms this weekend
  
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• New police statement after Jaguar crashes into pedestrians in city centre

  22-10-2026 13:23 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It happened on Spon Street
  
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• Storm Boelo to batter 53 UK areas with strong winds as Met Office warning issued

  22-10-2026 13:07 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Storm Boelo will bring gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain to Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England this weekend, as the Met Office issues yellow weather warnings covering 53 UK areas
  
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• Deadly Shamonda virus claims first known human casualty

  22-10-2026 13:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The virus, which is transmitted by insect bites, has passed from cattle to humans for the first time
  
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• Coventry City's players on notice as club plan for January transfer business

  22-10-2026 12:52 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City news from CoventryLive as several Sky Blues players face a big couple of months before Frank Lampard has the opportunity to add fresh talent to his squad
  
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• AD FEATURE: How Yesim aims to make travel eSIMs a better mobile internet option

  22-10-2026 12:26 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Most Brits are used to planning their trips very carefully, especially when going abroad. They will figure out their budget and try to account for all the necessities like a plane ticket, a hotel room, food, and the like.
  
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• Coventry University student violently attacked woman and was found 'lying on top of her'

  22-10-2026 12:08 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  David Mosuro followed the woman around Coventry University
  
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• Met Office issues 11 hour Storm Austen yellow wind warning for Coventry

  22-10-2026 12:05 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Gusts could reach up to 50mph
  
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• Controlling thug accused ex of cheating while 'sleeping around' himself - now jailed

  22-10-2026 11:57 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Stuart Wilshire, 31, of Leamington Spa, was jailed for 30 months at Coventry Crown Court after a prolonged campaign of domestic abuse against his ex-girlfriend, including assault, threats to share intimate images online and extreme controlling behaviour
  
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• Coventry City 'following teenager's rapid rise' in Serbia ahead of January transfer window

  22-10-2026 11:33 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as the Sky Blues are claimed to be monitoring 18-year-old talent making a name for himself in Serbia
  
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• Date announced when new-look Nuneaton restaurant will re-open its doors

  22-10-2026 07:24 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It closed for a make-over at the start of the month
  
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• Coventry City FC takes control of CBS Arena Car Park C in £1.6m council deal

  22-10-2026 06:54 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City Football Club is to take control of Car Park C next to the CBS Arena in a £1.6m deal with the council, with the money ringfenced for local sports and cultural activity in the city
  
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• Serious safety concerns around Nuneaton school zone as vehicles 'speed at 50mph'

  22-10-2026 06:42 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Locals say 'we should not have to wait for a tragic accident before action is taken'
  
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• Calls for new public inquiry into City of Culture rejected

  22-10-2026 06:34 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  One councillor branded Coventy City of Culture a 'woke-fest' that 'had nothing to do with Coventry'
  
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• Old Coventry care home could become small HMO if plans are given go-ahead

  22-10-2026 06:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It is the latest application for the corner building
  
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• New speed humps and zebra crossings for these eleven Coventry roads

  22-10-2026 06:03 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The council wants to tackle speeding problems
  
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• Nuneaton man arrested on suspicion of child sex offence

  21-10-2026 18:23 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It follows an alleged incident in Camp Hill
  
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• Stick or tweak? Coventry City predicted team v Fulham as questions hang over conspicuously absent pair

  21-10-2026 17:52 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Sky Bluies reporter Andy Turner attempts to second guess Frank Lampard's starting team to face Fulham
  
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• Langar Aid founders hailed 'the very best of Coventry'

  21-10-2026 17:18 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  For more than a decade they have ensured no one goes hungry
  
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• We're still waiting for him to be bloomin' brilliant but Gus Hamer is heading the right way

  21-10-2026 15:35 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City comment from CoventryLive, as we take a deep dive into Gus Hamer's return to the Sky Blue fold and why it hasn't quite gone to plan yet
  
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• Council tax could be scrapped for poorest residents in North Warwickshire

  21-10-2026 15:24 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  North Warwickshire Borough Council is consulting on a scheme that could see some of its poorest working-age residents exempt from paying any council tax at all
  
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• Woman injured by 'reckless' bike riding suspected shoplifter in Nuneaton

  21-10-2026 14:25 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  He reportedly 'ploughed into members of the public' in Abbey Street
  
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• Big name confirms it will open major new outlet in Coventry with 100 new jobs

  21-10-2026 13:55 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It will be its twelfth in the UK
  
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• Coventry taxi driver left with life-changing injury after ear bite in road rage attack

  21-10-2026 12:19 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  A Coventry taxi driver was left with a permanently disfigured ear after a man bit him during a road rage attack so severe he needed stitches.
  
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• 'Cowardly' ex-TV star who had dodgy Coventry modelling agency in £13.6m scam jailed

  21-10-2026 12:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Philip Foster was extradited from Spain in November
  
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• 'Cowardly' ex-TV star who had dodgy Coventry modelling agency in £13.6m scam jailed

  21-10-2026 12:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Philip Foster was extradited from Spain in November
  
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• Fulham boss Alvaro Arbeloa earns breathing space ahead of 'must-win' Coventry City clash

  21-10-2026 11:58 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Coventry City opposition news from CoventryLive as Saturday's visitors to the CBS Arena continue to feel the pressure of a poor start to the season
  
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• New Storm Austen 50mph wind forecast for Coventry and Warwickshire

  21-10-2026 11:54 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The storm is also going to fuel heavy rain too
  
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• Hunt underway for man known in Coventry and Rugby as police make '999' appeal

  21-10-2026 11:51 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  They are asking locals for help
  
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• Farmer lost out by minutes in race for wildlife funding

  21-10-2026 11:49 via BBC News
  
  Richard Peace is among thousands of farmers who missed out as funding was snapped up in hours.
  
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• Police issue update on armed incident near Coventry college

  21-10-2026 11:46 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Armed officers swarmed around pats of Swanswell Street yesterday
  
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• Coventry benefits bill soars to nearly £900m as major UK welfare reforms due in weeks

  21-10-2026 11:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Spending on welfare is up by more than a quarter in Coventry over the past two years, with most claims in the east of the city
  
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• Cancer patient takes hospice funding plea to PM

  21-10-2026 07:24 via BBC News
  
  Steven Cooper, from Stratford, took the petition signed by more than 103,000 to Downing Street.
  
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• Wildfires are UK's 'new reality', MPs warn

  21-10-2026 07:20 via BBC News
  
  MPs say the UK needs firefighting aircraft, tougher prevention measures and a new wildfire strategy.
  
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• The hero schoolboy, 12, who stepped in when mum collapsed at wheel

  21-10-2026 07:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Nicola Crump was driving son Zac Howells to a Christmas market in Warwickshire when she began to feel very unwell at 60mph on the A40 in Herefordshire
  
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• Coventry park restoration and new launderette among latest plans to be approved

  21-10-2026 07:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  An ecological enhancement scheme has been given the green light at a wildlife conservation area in the city
  
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• Full cost of Nuneaton and Bedworth council LGR 'divorce' so far revealed

  21-10-2026 06:47 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The government paused the plans which would have seen the borough council scrapped and a new North Council created
  
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• New platform for Coventry railway station hit with another delay

  21-10-2026 06:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The construction of a new platform at Coventry Railway station is aimed at boosting services to and from Nuneaton
  
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• 'My house burned down and these guys were needed,' says Cov resident amid fire campaign

  21-10-2026 06:30 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  It comes as a union claims there are proposals to cut night-time cover at one of the city's fire stations
  
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• Coventry school expansion on hold as residents say new access 'will make our life hell'

  21-10-2026 06:05 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Holbrooks residents have objected to a proposed new Rookery Lane access point for the President Kennedy School expansion in Coventry, raising traffic and safety concerns
  
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• Every Coventry road where speed limit has been cut to 20mph in school safety trial

  21-10-2026 06:00 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  The 'experimental order' is aimed at making the area safer
  
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• Five teenagers arrested after 'gun' spotted near Coventry College

  20-10-2026 23:22 via Coventry Live - Home
  
  Armed officers descended on Swanswell Street earlier today (October 20)
  
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