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Looming strike action is set to hit rail services between Nuneaton[1], Coventry[2] and Leamington. Midlands Railway (WMR) has warned that members of the ASLEF union will stage strike action on Saturday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 4. WMR servic…
There was drama at one of Birmingham’s busiest retail parks this weekend when police swooped and evacuated a store due to a bogus bomb threat. Shoppers inside the M&S[1] on Coventry Road in Sheldon[2] were ordered to leave immediately on Saturday, Sept…
A 21-hour yellow weather warning has been issued for Coventry and Warwickshire[1]. The Met Office issued the alert as the last remnants of summer look set to be blown away.
The alert is in place from 10am on Wednesday, September 27 until Thursday, Sept…
CCTV caught the moment a 12-year-old boy was hit by a car in Coventry and knocked to the floor in the middle of the road – and narrowly missed by a second vehicle. His dad has now spoken out about the footage as he said his child had been left traumati…
Renewed rail contracts for Avanti and CrossCountry to serve Coventry have been branded a ‘disgrace’. Taiwo Owatemi, MP for Coventry[1] North West has hit out at the Department for Transport decision.
Both firms have seen their contracts to provide rail…
A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after the car he was in hit a wall in Leicester. The incident happened at about 9.30pm on Monday, in Church Lane, Evington[1].
The 19-year-old man suffered a “serious” head injury. Three other people in…
An ‘innocent buyer’ is now £14,000 out of pocket after police seized a stolen Toyota C-HR on the M6[1]. Officers from Warwickshire[2] Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) stopped the car at Corley Services.
They seized the car which had been sold on …
41-year-old Geoffrey Marshall used the 1958 M35 truck after an argument with his partner – and has now pleaded guilty to all offences against him
Author: Rod Minchin, PA / Oliver MorganPublished 56 minutes ago
A man from Somerset faces jail after admit…
A decision on controversial plans for hundreds of homes near a Coventry[1] beauty spot is back on the agenda this week. A scheme for 345 homes at Browns Lane, near Coundon[2] Wedge, is expected to get the go-ahead when it goes before councillors this w…
Tributes and a notice have been placed outside Everest Noodle House, Bradford Street, Walsall
The driver of the car, a man in his 30s, has now been identified in tributes as Walsall chef Alomgir Hussain, who is said to have worked at Everest Noodle H…