Coventry news

• Police seize learner driver's car on the school run

  23-09-2026 08:41 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  He was on the pick-up run
  
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• Three arrested after robbers tried to snatch jewellery from woman's wrist

  23-09-2026 13:58 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Eagle-eyed passers-by clocked the registration of their vehicle
  
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• The Coventry restaurant crowned winner of £100,000 Uber Eats Award

  23-09-2026 13:05 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry's Jinseon Korean BBQ has been named Uber Eats UK Restaurant of the Year 2026, taking the £100,000 top prize after being chosen from 45 nominated restaurants nationwide.
  
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• EasyJet passengers escorted off flight after 'allegedly refusing to stop vaping'

  23-09-2026 12:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Police escorted a group of passengers off an EasyJet flight from Cyprus to Birmingham after they allegedly refused to stop vaping during the five-hour journey, causing a 25-minute delay at Birmingham Airport
  
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• Boy, 11, seriously injured in A5 crash as police close road

  23-09-2026 12:29 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Police and paramedics were called to the scene
  
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• Police investigating footage showing far-right leader 'slashing migrant dinghy'

  23-09-2026 12:24 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Danny "Tommo" Thomas livestreamed himself taking aboat out into the English Channel, and taunting the French
  
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• Solihull Romani Gypsy: 'Travellers still face discrimination and laws must change'

  23-09-2026 12:20 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  A Romani Gypsy man from Solihull has spoken out about the discrimination he has faced throughout his life – from bullying at school to hostility in the workplace – and is calling for tougher laws to protect Gypsy and Traveller communities across the UK.
  
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• Coventry city centre parking charges to be reviewed amid calls for major change

  23-09-2026 12:06 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City Council has been asked to consider a 12-month trial of free evening parking in the city centre as part of a review of parking charges
  
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• First M&S food hall to open in Nuneaton - location confirmed

  23-09-2026 11:48 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It has been revealed in a new planning application
  
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• Child identified behind spate of incidents at Coventry business park

  23-09-2026 11:42 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Police say there have been issues at the location 'for months'
  
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• Jay Dasilva on Premier League doubts and relishing Wales’ clash with Portugal nine years after England Euro triumph

  23-09-2026 10:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City international news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues star Jay Dasilva opens up on his extended journey to the Premier League as he prepares for Wales' Nations League match against Portugal
  
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• Nuneaton house fire tragedy update amid concern about local engine cover

  23-09-2026 08:36 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  A man sadly lost his life
  
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• Teen jailed after grabbing Coventry student by neck and trying to steal chain

  23-09-2026 08:02 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Saidou Barry, 18, was jailed for two years and nine months for offences including an attempted robbery in Coventry. He grabbed a student by the neck and repeatedly tried to steal his chain.
  
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• Warning for Nuneaton and Bedworth council tenants over 'secret' home improvements

  23-09-2026 07:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The council says it has rules and regulations in place
  
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• Former Coventry pub could become HMO with cafe and outdoor cinema

  23-09-2026 07:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It was also formerly the Angel Hotel and was recently used as Punjabi Tarka restaurant
  
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• Coventry open park 'deserves better' as locals make list of changes needed

  23-09-2026 07:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  They say that it has been 'overlooked for too long'
  
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• Huge residential development for Coventry hospital staff wins backing amid parking fears

  23-09-2026 06:32 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Neighbours are worried that there will just 19 parking spaces for 158 occupants and say the proposal is too big
  
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• Sports coach predator jailed after victim saw his childhood abuser in supermarket

  23-09-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Abed Hussain's victim spotted him in a supermarket more than three decades after the abuse - and bravely came forward
  
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• Plea to remove Coventry traffic island rejected despite complaints over 'persistent issue'

  23-09-2026 06:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The council says the roundabout is an important traffic-calming measure and it is planning a package of additional road safety improvements in the area
  
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• Man charged after stabbing at Lower Precinct in Coventry

  22-09-2026 20:23 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Police cordoned off part of the Lower Precinct Shopping Centre near Superdrug on Saturday
  
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• Police cordon off part of Coventry estate after 'shots fired at house'

  22-09-2026 17:58 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  There is a police presence in the Willenhall area
  
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• Coventry City injuries and expected return dates as four due back ahead of Newcastle clash

  22-09-2026 17:16 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City injury news from CoventryLive as we round up the very latest on Frank Lampard's six current casualties
  
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• Car thieves who stole high-value vehicles while residents slept caught by Red Bull can

  22-09-2026 16:54 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Liam Kelly and Jacob Sherlock were jailed after a string of burglaries across Warwickshire and Northamptonshire where they stole high-value vehicles including Mercedes and a Cupra Formentor
  
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• Weeks of work loom at Bedworth park as locals thanked for their patience

  22-09-2026 16:12 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  National Grid are behind the works
  
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• Plans to turn Coventry house into children's home refused as city 'has too many'

  22-09-2026 16:10 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It would have catered for three children
  
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• Update on injured police officer and arrests after Nuneaton hit and run

  22-09-2026 16:04 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The incident took place in Kingswood Road
  
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• New search for Coventry pub landlord as owners Stonegate hope to keep venue open

  22-09-2026 15:57 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Stonegate have confirmed that the landlady of the Rose and Woodbine is leaving the business a year after taking on the pub - but it says it hopes to find a new publican and keep the venue open
  
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• Ambulance statement after two car crash which closed part of A444

  22-09-2026 15:29 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Paramedics came across the collision on the Bedworth bypass heading towards the M6 island
  
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• Huge Nuneaton town centre regeneration project under 'review' as buildings might not go

  22-09-2026 15:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The buildings on Bridge Street have been covered in hoarding for almost a year
  
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• Closing date looms for decades-old city joke store

  22-09-2026 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family-run Jokers Corner will shut for the final time on 31 December unless a buyer is found.
  
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