A recent petition has demanded the banning of bike and scooter riders from wearing face coverings on the Coventry Ring Road, as part of a wider Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that is set to be updated in November. The petition declares: “the town centre has felt increasingly oppressive with...
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The number of reported instances of antisemitism within UK universities has fallen for the second year in a row, although this trend comes against a backdrop of rising antisemitism nationally. In the first six months of 2026, 28 antisemitic incidents were reported by university students and teaching staff, a 20%...
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A Conservative MP has called for the West Midlands to be taken into consideration as the government advances its new devolution plans. Saqib Bhatti, MP for Meriden and Solihull East, has said that attention may be directed too heavily towards the Greater Manchester region, leaving areas such as the West...
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The University of Warwick has announced a partnership with Aston Villa Football Club to develop a new Masters programme in Management. The new programme, announced on 10 March, aspires to set global standards for how universities and sports clubs can cooperate to drive the professionalisation of the sports industry. Both...
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The UK Government has issued an emergency brake on issuing study visas to students from Sudan, Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Myanmar, to slow the rates of those claiming asylum after their studies. Recently, six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the Home Secretary of racial discrimination and have launched legal...
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Coventry City Council’s opposition leader Gary Ridley has launched a blistering attack on the city’s Wave waterpark, saying that the attraction is closed far too often and is ‘too expensive’. The Conservative councillor’s comments come after the waterpark failed to meet its annual target of 1.3 million visitors by around...
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Students from Ghana are under the threat of deportation from their UK universities, because the Ghanaian government has failed to keep up its scholarship and tuition fee payments. More than 100 PhD students have been affected by the government failure, with the Ghanaian administration owing an estimated £32 million to...
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