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Call for more support for hospitality and retail in the region

Steph Keer - “By April next year, we have to be looking at business rates and taxation reform that works across the whole hospitality sector".

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Old Lion pub near Rugby to shut next month as taxes make business 'difficult'

The Old Lion on Pailton Road near Rugby will shut on 31 August, making it the fifth hospitality venue to close in Coventry and Warwickshire in a week

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The most polluted parts of Coventry ranked as experts say 'worrying'

All Coventry neighbourhoods had levels of fine particles that are above the recommended limit - and 60% of local areas had excess levels of nitrogen oxide

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Coventry City 1987 FA Cup song 'Go For It' writers claim 'We wuz robbed'

Steve and Heather Taylor, the writers of Coventry City's 1987 FA Cup final song 'Go For It', have broken their near 40-year silence to claim a Gallup chart calculation error robbed them of a top ten hit after the Sky Blues' famous victory over Tottenham Hotspur

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Coventry mum turns grief into campaign to save lives after son dies at sea

Callum Baker-Osborne died while on a family holiday near Poole in Dorset

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Coventry's lost Dome Kiosk newsagents where kids used to love buying sweets

The Dome Kiosk was a popular spot right in the centre of the Bull Yard where people used to buy sweets, newspapers and cards

The Coventry Observer

Britain’s only operational Midland Red D7 returns to the road

Almost 100 visitors gathered for the launch including invited guests, supporters and members of the heritage transport community.

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Triumph Amateur Boxing Club finds new Coventry home after closure threat - see photos

Triumph Amateur Boxing Club has been a huge part of Coventry's grassroots sports scene for decades, producing boxing prodigies while keeping kids off the streets and teaching them respect, discipline, fun, and friendship

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Concern grows for woman missing from home in Coventry

Amanda was last seen at 11pm yesterday (August 1)

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The day an IRA bomb exploded in Broadgate killing bride-to-be days before her wedding

The Coventry IRA bombing of 1939 was designed to destroy innocent lives on a bustling city street lined with shops – and it did just that, killing five people and injuring 70 more, including bride-to-be Elsie Ansell

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Urban Sandwich boss shares 'challenges' after relocating to West Orchards

Stuart Hiorns relaunched Bean, Sandwich and Patisserie as Urban Sandwich

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Coventry Chinese takeaway hit with one-star rating over 'hygienic food handling'

Eastern Star on Ansty Road was inspected in June

The Coventry Observer

Dippy joined by new dino friends as museum kicks off summer holidays

Large-scale dinosaur puppets roamed Coventry's Herbert Art Gallery and Museum for Dinosaur Discovery Day, alongside the museum's new summer exhibitions

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Dismay at new drive-thru plan as locals say 'not another one'

The demolition plan for the old Rowley's Green working men's club in Holbrooks, Coventry, has been submitted ahead of a new drive-thru restaurant development near the CBS Arena

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The Armstrongs: Coventry's forgotten BBC comedy that had viewers questioning reality

The Armstrongs was a real-life version of The Office filmed in Coventry - a quirky BBC comedy series so convincing that some viewers couldn't tell if it was real or scripted

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Historic landmark in Coventry could scrap admission charges if proposal wins approval

"St Mary’s Guildhall should not be a hidden gem that people walk past - it should be one of the defining experiences of visiting Coventry"

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University Hospital Coventry appoints new autism specialist after death of Natalia Cestaro

Natalia Cestaro died at University Hospital Coventry in Walsgrave in November 2023

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West Midlands life expectancy still lags behind the South as health gap widens

People in Coventry and the West Midlands continue to die earlier than those in the south of England, and the gap is getting wider, new King's Fund analysis has revealed. Life expectancy hit record highs in 2025 but the gains were not shared equally, with northern and deprived areas falling further b...

The Coventry Observer

August is the time to sit back and enjoy the fruits of labour in the garden

DURING the summer your garden is an extra room that can be used on a daily basis.

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True number of Coventry teenagers not in education or employment as Andy Burnham pledges to tackle 'crisis'

The new Prime Minister has pledged to tackle the 'crisis' of youth unemployment in a move which has been welcomed by one of Coventry's MPs