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The Latest Breaking News from Coventry

Coventry engineering firm gears up for growth after £4.2m investment

Penso Group received the multi-million pound funding boost after going into liquidation in May 2021

Birmingham Post

Triple murderer denies raping pregnant victim who ‘proudly’ showed him her scan

Anthony Russell has admitted three murders but is on trial after denying he raped one of the victims before killing her.

The Independent UK

Coventry City stadium dispute over as case closed

European Commission shuts down case as long-running dispute over 2014 sale to rugby club Wasps appears to have finally ended

Birmingham Post

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‘I just want to be left alone’: artist Daniel Lismore on life as a living sculpture

The Coventry native is returning home for an exhibition of sculptures referencing everyone from Mariah Carey to Mickey Mouse. Just don’t call him the new Leigh Bowery

The Guardian - UK

Everton 3-0 Leeds, Watford 0-2 Brighton and more – as it happened

Frank Lampard got his first Everton league win while Neal Maupay was the hero for Brighton with another stunning goal

The Guardian - UK

Starmer blasts Unite boss and says Labour won't be 'influenced by threats' to cut funding

Sir Keir Starmer warned "I'm not going to be challenged" after Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said the union will slash funding if Labour fails to back bin workers on strike over pay in Coventry

Daily Mirror

Unite threatens to stop funding Labour over Coventry bin workers’ dispute

Party’s biggest donor has criticised Labour-run council for hiring agency refuse lorry drivers

The Guardian - UK

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Unite union issues funding warning over dispute with Labour-run council

Members of Unite in Coventry have been on strike for weeks in a long-running row over pay for refuse collection workers.

The Independent UK

Football club safety officer facing HR inquiry after fine over racist remark

Nicola Pollard, 51, was fined £345 and ordered to pay £500 towards prosecution costs after telling co-workers she would ‘go and deal with that ****’.

The Independent UK

Bin drivers on strike 'have no money for food and must cut back' as cost of living soars

Drivers spoke at the picket line at Coventry's Whitley depot to share their cost of living concerns and the things they're having to cut back on to make ends meet

Daily Mirror

Frances Seeley obituary

Other lives: Primary school teacher who helped implement Sats training in Coventry

The Guardian - UK

Ralph Hasenhuttl left counting the cost of Southampton’s cup win over Coventry

Saints needed a Stuart Armstrong wonder-strike and a 112th-minute goal from Kyle Walker-Peters to edge out the Championship Sky Blues 2-1.

The Independent UK

Kyle Walker-Peters’ extra-time goal edges Southampton past Coventry in FA Cup

Coventry, 11th in the Championship, were leading through a fine first-half goal from Viktor Gyokeres and had chances to be even further ahead.

The Independent UK

Everton 4-1 Brentford, Southampton win in extra-time: FA Cup fourth round – as it happened

Look back on the FA Cup action in the fourth round with Tim de Lisle’s clockwatch

The Guardian - UK

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Ghosts in the Ruins review – Nitin Sawhney’s ‘new take’ on Britten’s War Requiem falls short

With only a vague sense of narrative and precious little to stir the emotions, this new work struggles to reflect Coventry’s proud, vibrant history

Birmingham Post

£1.8m electric vehicle training centre to open in Coventry

The first-of-a-kind facility aims to help employers in the West Midlands rise to the industrial challenge of climate change

Daily Mirror

Man dressed as creepy Squid Game character repeatedly seen walking through city

A man was spotted walking around Coventry dressed up as one of the red and black henchmen from the Netflix thriller Squid Game, leaving some locals wondering why he was in the outfit

Zenger

VIDEO: British Man Convicted After Ramming Police Car 6 Times With Van

A police car was destroyed while responding to a call about a vehicle deliberately driving at people.

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The Guardian - UK

Van Gogh reflects, Bacon feels beastly and a ‘lost’ masterpiece is restored – the week in art

The Dutch genius’s self-portraits go on display in London, the Tudors are in Bath and Coventry opens its windows to the art world – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Ghosts in the Ruins review – Nitin Sawhney’s Coventry celebration fails to rise to the occasion

There’s poetry, pulsing ambient music, choirs and even Britten, but this site-specific work marking the 60th anniversary of Coventry Cathedral’s consecration was disappointingly bland

The Guardian - UK

Boy stabbed to death in Coventry named as David-Mario Lazar

Suspect, who was caring for five-year-old at the time, sectioned under Mental Health Act after her arrest

The Guardian - UK

Indian ride-hailing app Ola to open £100m electric car facility in Coventry

New boost to UK auto industry after tech firm and scooter maker invests in R&D plant to develop electric vehicles

Irish Mirror

UK news: Mum screams 'my child' as son, 5, 'knifed to death by woman' in Coventry

The grisly discovery was made by police just before 6pm

The Guardian - UK

Coventry police continue to hold woman, 49, after death of five-year-old

Police supporting boy’s parents and confirm woman was known to family

The Independent UK

Mother screamed ‘my child, my child’ after five-year-old son fatally attacked in Coventry, reports say

A 49-year-old woman, who was known to the boy, has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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