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Rugby infant mortality rate prompts taskforce investigation

A taskforce has been set up to investigate unusually high infant mortality in Rugby, which recorded 11 infant deaths in 2024 – half of Warwickshire's total of 22.

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Shocking number of homeless deaths in Coventry and Warwickshire as charity says 'scandal'

A total of 17 homeless people died in Coventry and Warwickshire in 2025

The Coventry Observer

A feast of Tchaikovsky and a walk on the wildside

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra perform on October 17 and Coventry and Warwickshire Youth Orchestra on November 8,

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Hundreds to hit Coventry for return of proud parade after more than a decade

It will march through Broadgate

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Dancing Coventry OAPs video goes viral on TikTok as thousands say 'love this'

It has been liked by more than 50,000 people

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Coventry shop caught with hundred of illegal cigarettes and 'sold to schoolboy'

Trading Standards say they received a report that items were sold to an eleven-year-old boy

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Coventry's Riley Square in pictures down the years

Historic pictures revisit Riley Square's heyday in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, when the Bell Green shopping centre was a thriving hub for residents, as uncertainty remains over its future.

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Coventry man spared jail after 222 child abuse images found on phone

Christopher Twigger, 47, of Coventry, was spared jail at Warwick Crown Court after admitting three offences of making indecent images of children. He was ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.

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When you'll be able to see a RAF Typhoon in the heart of Coventry

The Royal Air Force is coming to town

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Fresh details on new bar and restaurant at historic Coventry pub

It gave a part of Coventry its name

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The cheapest place in Coventry for diesel amid record high prices

Motorists have seen how much they have to pay to fill up surge

Coventry Live - Coventry News

Coventry traffic lights campaign thrown out because it would cause congestion

The council says new signals would create vehicle queues, have no effect on road safety and cost too much

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Met Office gives exact date when temperatures will fall in Coventry

The start of October has been mild so far

The Coventry Observer

Autumn Is Queer festival returns to Coventry for second year

The festival's highlight event, Cher The News, takes place on Sunday October 25 – the day the clocks ‘turn back time’ by one hour

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Everything you need to know about Coventry market as huge transformation plans unveiled

Coventry city council has committed to spending at least £1.25m on transforming the market as part of the City Centre South regeneration

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Coventry Airport plans branded 'a right fiasco' as new proposals emerge

Coventry City Council's jobs chief has backed plans to allow more types of manufacturing at the airport site in a bid to create jobs. A large gigafactory remains an option.

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Coventry women to be among first in UK to get specialist GP help under £7m scheme

The programme is leading the way nationally

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The Coventry community hit by so much knife crime that extra action has been taken

It was identified following a review of West Midlands Police knife crime data

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Keaton Slater: Two-year hunt for Coventry hit-and-run driver

Dolars Aleksanders pleaded guilty to causing the death of 12-year-old Keaton Slater by dangerous driving in Coventry. We trace the two-year hunt for the driver, whose sentencing is listed for November 13, 2026.

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Solihull draft local plan names green belt proposed for new homes including on Coventry's doorstep

Solihull’s draft local plan identifies green belt areas proposed for housing and eight broad locations near railway stations with capacity for 8,219 homes.