A LEGO Suffragette named ‘Hope’ has visited the University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) to mark the 75th anniversary of Coventry’s first female MP. Hope is a life-size LEGO statue which was crafted for the UK Parliament in 2018 to mark the 100-year anniversary of women receiving voting...
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Four Labour MPs who were suspended for voting against the two-child benefits cap have been readmitted back into the Labour Party after six months. The readmitted MPs include Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Richard Burgon, and Imran Hussain. Three other Labour MPs who were considered “rebels” by the Labour Party leadership...
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E-scooters have returned to the University of Warwick, nearly two years after an initial trial was discontinued in June 2023. Over 50 e-scooters, operated through the West Midlands Cycle Hire scheme, are available to rent across campus via the Beryl mobile app. The e-scooters can only be used within the...
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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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