Coronavirus: Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Slough to move into Tier 2

Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Slough will move into a Tier 2 lockdown on Saturday, Matt Hancock revealed today amid fears Nottinghamshire’s restrictions will be toughened up.  The Health Secretary’s announcement in the House of Commons means another 745,000 people will be stung by tighter restrictions, including a ban on socialising with loved ones indoors. Nearly 40million … Read more

Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Slough will move into Tier 2 on Saturday

Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Slough will move into a Tier 2 lockdown on Saturday, Matt Hancock revealed today amid fears Nottinghamshire’s restrictions will be toughened up.  The Health Secretary’s announcement in the House of Commons means another 745,000 people will be stung by tighter restrictions, including a ban on socialising with loved ones indoors. Nearly 40million … Read more

Student, 20, is found dead in his halls at Coventry University

Student, 20, is found dead in his halls at Coventry University By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:24 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 10:25 BST, 21 October 2020 A 20-year-old Coventry University student has been found dead in his halls of residence. West Midlands Police said the student was found dead in the Bishop … Read more

£1m Coventry cannabis farm busted by police

Three-story £1million cannabis farm containing 1,000 plants is found in former nightclub then use drone to catch two men trying to flee Police raided the building in Coventry to discover a sophisticated cannabis farm Officers used a drone unit to help hunt down and find two men fleeing the unit Three men were arrested later … Read more

How Devon, Oxford and Coventry all have higher Covid-19 infection rates than London

WHERE HAS HIGHER INFECTION RATES THAN LONDON BUT NO LOCKDOWNS? Numerous areas have infection rates higher than the  average number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in London, which was 99 up to October 10, but remain at Tier One on the lockdown scale. (London average calculated as the mean of individual areas’ infection rates, … Read more

Best savings rates: Coventry relaunches easy access rate four times

The tumbling dice savings deal Coventry BS relaunches easy access rate for the FOURTH time in a fortnight – as it slumps from 1.2% to 0.96% Britain’s second-largest building society previously launched an account at 1.2%  It was cut after just 3 days to 1.1% and has now been cut twice since Thursday The mutual … Read more

Bystanders run for cover as gunman strikes in triple shooting outside a Coventry Chinese takeaway 

Terrifying moment bystanders run for cover as gunman strikes in triple shooting outside a Coventry Chinese takeaway The CCTV footage was recorded near Coventry, West Midlands, on Thursday Three people were injured and taken to hospital to receive medical treatment Police now ploughing ‘significant’ resources into its effort to catch the offenders By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more

Three men injured after triple shooting in Coventry as police condemn act of ‘outrageous violence’ 

Three men are injured after triple shooting in Coventry city centre as police step up patrols and condemn act of ‘outrageous violence’ Coventry police say they will be stepping up patrols after three men were shot The force is urging witnesses to come forward as investigation gets underway Senior officer condemned ‘outrageous violence’ on the … Read more

E-scooter trial in Coventry is paused after riders mount pavements and zip through shopping areas

An e-scooter trial used thousands of times in a matter of days has been halted after riders mounted pavements and zipped through shopping areas, sparking complaints from pedestrians. Tees Valley Combined Authorities launched the Government-backed initiative to boost the number of e-scooters on Britain’s roads, by starting with 50 vehicles in Middlesborough. It had planned … Read more

Coventry woman, 23, who wore painful waist trainer daily to hide her figure is now a slinky size 10

A young woman who once wore a painful waist trainer in a bid to hide her figure is now a slinky size 10 after starting the keto diet. Rebecca Bennett-Formstone, 23, from Coventry, became so embarrassed of her 15st figure, that she bought a waist trainer to try and hide her frame. She wore the … Read more