A Coventry man has been sentenced to more than two years in jail for stealing £8,000 worth of school equipment, including iPads, and computer equipment. Darren Reid was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail on 16 January following his conviction for stealing laptops and valuables from various...
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Sheila Fox, who disappeared from Coventry in 1972 aged 16, has been found alive and well in one of the longest missing person cases in West Midlands history. Now aged 68, Fox was found in another part of the UK 52 years after her disappearance, as a result of a...
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Birmingham Airport has gained new destinations after flight operator EasyJet announced the arrival of two new aircraft for the travel hub, creating 800 new jobs. Recent new destinations unveiled by the company include services to cities like Marrakech, Reykjavik, Hurghada, Prague, Krakow, Rovaniemi, and Innsbruck. These took off for the...
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Coventry has been ranked as the 16th poorest area in England for 2025, due to the financial struggles that most of its residents face. A recent study conducted by Fair4All Finance ranked towns and cities based on the number of adults living in “financially vulnerable circumstances”, providing insight into places...
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Several Warwick University academics were involved in the discovery of two new planets beyond the solar system, as part of a collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The discovery of the two new exo-planets within the WASP-132 system – an inner super-Earth and a distant icy giant planet –...
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Staff of The Botanist were left “devastated” after the bar closed abruptly, marking the end of Coventry’s iconic cocktail bar. The Botanist, located in Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre, closed suddenly on 6 January. This came after six years of operating in Coventry. The staff of The Botanist were not informed...
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Nottingham College is teaching young people how to overcome the fear of phone calls to support students with “Telephobia”. Nottingham College started running sessions on “phone confidence and etiquette” to aid students who are struggling with phone calls to overcome their fear. The teaching stemmed from how young people today...
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A shoplifter has been jailed and banned from entering certain parts of Coventry amidst a “business crime crackdown”. Jason Howard, a 39-year-old man with no fixed address, has been jailed and barred from a section of Coventry as part of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). Howard has been banned from...
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Coventry City Council is set to approve the construction of the first on-road test for the city’s long-awaited ‘Very Light Rail’ (VLR) service, which was originally set to launch later this year. The council plans to run the VLR vehicle on a 220-metre-long track along Greyfriars Road and Queen Victoria...
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Campaigners have claimed victory after the University of Warwick dumped Starbucks as its campus coffee supplier in favour of an independent outlet. Citing feedback from students and staff, an announcement by the Warwick Food Group revealed it had parted ways with high street giant Starbucks, who previously supplied coffee for...
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Coventry has been ranked the third most stressful city in the UK to do Christmas shopping in 2024 due to an abundance of factors. Experts at Moneyboat have conducted research to identify the most stressful cities in the UK for Christmas shopping based on numerous variables. These variables include parking...
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A teenager and a young man were arrested in Coventry on Wednesday 27 November on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was shot in Caludon Castle Park. The pair, aged 19 and 20, were arrested as part of an investigation into the Caludon Castle Park shooting on the evening...
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Two men have been jailed for carrying out a drug trafficking operation worth £1 million through a student accommodation in Leeds. Dong Jinshuo, 24, and Wang Jingshu, 28, both Chinese nationals, were sentenced on 20 November to three years imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court. The pair were tied to a...
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