Coventry news

• Reid wins Commonwealth judo gold on final day

  02-08-2026 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Emma Reid showed resilience to win Commonwealth judo gold in the women's -78kg category, beating Australia's Maria Swan with a cross arm lock.
  
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• Coventry City transfer news LIVE: Deal confirmed as Fikayo Tomori and England ace approached

  11-08-2026 23:37 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The latest Coventry City transfer news and rumours with updates on Fikayo Tomori, Francisco Moura, Mykhailo Mudryk, Gustavo Hamer, Angel Gomes and much more
  
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• The best places in Coventry and Warwickshire to see the Solar Eclipse 2026

  11-08-2026 17:26 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The UK will not see another deep partial solar eclipse until 2050
  
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• Inside Coventry’s new City Centre South: First look behind closed doors as transformation begins

  11-08-2026 17:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The huge regeneration project is well underway as the demolition phase draws to a close
  
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• Concern over tents 'surrounded by discarded needles' across parts of Nuneaton

  11-08-2026 17:06 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  They have been spotted in open spaces as well as near the town centre
  
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• Coventry City transfer news LIVE: Fikayo Tomori and England ace approached, Francisco Moura latest

  11-08-2026 16:42 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The latest Coventry City transfer news and rumours with updates on Fikayo Tomori, Francisco Moura, Mykhailo Mudryk, Gustavo Hamer, Angel Gomes and much more
  
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• Aurele Amenda reveals his 'big goal' after eye-catching Coventry City transfer

  11-08-2026 16:09 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry City have added Switzerland international Aurele Amenda to Frank Lampard's defensive options
  
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• Owner heartbroken as Rottweiler Bruce fatally stabbed in Solihull attack

  11-08-2026 16:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Bruce was found with fatal stab wounds next to Kingshurst Brook in Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood, on July 10, as the RSPCA leads the investigation
  
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• Missing Rugby girls, 11 and 12, finally found as new investigation underway

  11-08-2026 15:13 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  They had not been seen for more than 48 hours
  
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• Joe Wicks joins in Coventry's 'brilliant' record-breaking park run - in pictures

  11-08-2026 15:07 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The lockdown fitness hero joined in the event at the War Memorial Park
  
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• Coventry pub confirmed to be up for sale after manager announces closure 'with heavy heart'

  11-08-2026 13:22 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Management announced the historic venue, The Phoenix, will cease trading in the coming weeks
  
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• Man, 81, left with punctured lung and fractured ribs after railway wall fell on him

  11-08-2026 12:49 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Network Rail has been fined £1.2million over the incident in Rugby
  
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• Edinburgh taxi driver convicted of raping teen he picked up on night out

  11-08-2026 12:49 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Abdul Nabizada was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old girl in Edinburgh after he picked her up in his private hire taxi in the early hours of the morning
  
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• Met Office warns Coventry to be hit by 15 hour long 'extreme heat' in new alert

  11-08-2026 12:44 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It comes as temperatures are set to soar
  
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• Questions that left Warwick team stumped on BBC University Challenge

  11-08-2026 12:28 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Yeh, Hartley, Gabrielatos and Payne represented Warwick on University Challenge yesterday (August 10). But can you answer the questions they got wrong?
  
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• The unsolved Warwickshire Tombstone Murder: Olive Bennett's 1954 Stratford cold case

  11-08-2026 12:16 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  More than 70 years on, the 1954 murder of Stratford-upon-Avon midwife Olive May Bennett — strangled and weighed down in the River Avon with a tombstone wrenched from Shakespeare's own churchyard — remains one of Britain's most baffling unsolved cold cases.
  
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• New police statement after gang sex attack in Nuneaton

  11-08-2026 11:26 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It took place close to the close to the Bermuda bridge over the A444 which leads out onto Coventry Road
  
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• Nuneaton town centre shop confirms its closure and reveals last day

  11-08-2026 11:13 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It has been a mainstay on Stratford Street
  
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• Nuneaton A&E sets out key concern ahead of fifth heatwave and 36C highs

  11-08-2026 11:09 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Temperatures are set to set soar again
  
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• Woman dies after Coventry Canal tragedy in Nuneaton

  11-08-2026 10:51 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Emergency services were called near to the former Boot Inn
  
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• Nuneaton firefighters' warning as they share reason behind 'absolutely relentless' small fire call-outs

  11-08-2026 08:59 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The latest came near to a park in Stockingford last night
  
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• Coventry put under new 84-hour-long amber heat health alert with 'significant' impact

  11-08-2026 08:18 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
  
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• Exact times to see Solar Eclipse in Coventry and all of Warwickshire's towns

  11-08-2026 07:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The rare partial solar eclipse is happening on Wednesday
  
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• New restaurant on Earlsdon eyesore bank site will make 'positive contribution' say planners

  11-08-2026 07:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Council says it has asked developers to modify the proposals and is now convinced they are an "acceptable" way of reviving the defunct premises
  
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• Affordable flats plan unveiled for former Royal British Legion club site

  11-08-2026 07:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Proposals have been submitted to clear the site and build a three-storey block of flats
  
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• Five men jailed after chasing and attacking man inside Coventry's Spice Lounge takeaway

  11-08-2026 06:52 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Five men have been jailed following a violent disorder attack on a man inside the Spice Lounge takeaway in Coventry. Mustafa Yassin, Wesley Osunde, Issa Kassim, Tyree Lieng and Elhoussaine Aboushahba chased the victim into the takeaway on Primrose Hill Street in Hillfields before launching a brutal assault.
  
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• Reason why part of Bedworth's biggest park will be out of bounds for 48 hours this week

  11-08-2026 06:45 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  It will impact pedestrians and cyclists
  
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• Tributes to influential Coventry musician in latest Coventry Telegraph death and funeral notices

  11-08-2026 06:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Vibert Edward Cornwall, also known as Ray King, was a huge figure in the SKA and 2-tone movement
  
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• Concerns over future of shopping in Coventry as work starts on City Centre South

  11-08-2026 06:30 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  The council insists its residential-led regeneration will mean smaller and more interesting niche shops moving in to change the face of city centre retail
  
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• Will devolution impact the West Midlands unfairly?

  09-08-2026 08:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Devolution is set to benefit areas with metro mayors from 2027, but what about areas without mayors?
  
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