[28 JAN 02] ROBBERY AT KNIFEPOINT

A 28 year old man was robbed at knifepoint of several hundred pounds in Coventry on Saturday.  MORE

[24 JAN 02] ASSAULTED TAXI DRIVER DIES

Police in Coventry have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a taxi driver who was assaulted two weeks ago.  MORE

[15 JAN 02] COVENTRY RING ROAD RAPE

A four month pregnant woman was raped yesterday under the Coventry ring road.  MORE

[09 JAN 02] HOOLIGANS SENTENCED

Twelve Coventry City fans were sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to causing disorder at City games.  MORE

[04 JAN 02] AGCO TOP MEN DIE IN PLANE CRASH

Two top executives of Massey Ferguson's parent company, AGCO, died in a plane crash at Birmingham Airport today.  MORE

[04 JAN 02] SUBWAY ROBBERY

A young man was robbed at knifepoint in a Coventry subway yesterday.  MORE

[02 JAN 02] ASDA BREAK-IN

Thousands of pounds of goods were stolen in a break-in at an Asda store in Coventry.  MORE

[01 JAN 02] MAN DIES TWO DAYS AFTER BURGLARY

A 79 year old man has died two days after being burgled at his mobile home in Coventry.  MORE

[01 JAN 02] MISSING BOY

Police are anxious to trace a 13 year old boy who has been missing from his Coventry home since Sunday 23 December.  MORE

[01 JAN 02] ROBBERY AT KFC

A Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant was robbed in Coventry on Saturday.  MORE

[01 DEC 01] REWARD TO CATCH RAM RAIDERS

A £1000 reward is being offered by the owner of a designer clothes shop that was ram-raided last week.  MORE

[16 NOV 01] SMASH AND GRAB AT COVENTRY JEWELLERS

A jewellers in Coventry was hit by smash and grab robbers yesterday evening.  MORE

[19 OCT 01] MAN IN WHEELCHAIR ROBBED IN CITY CENTRE

A 24 year old Coventry man in a wheelchair had his mobile phone snatched from him in Coventry city centre yesterday.  MORE

[17 OCT 01] INDECENT ASSAULT ON COVENTRY WOMAN

Police are appealing for witnesses following the indecent assault of a 19 year old Coventry woman.  MORE

[15 OCT 01] RAM RAID ON COVENTRY SHOP

Police are appealing for witnesses following a ram attack on a shop in Coventry over the weekend.  MORE

[12 OCT 01] PENSIONER INJURED IN STREET ROBBERY

A 75 year old woman suffered two black eyes and other injuries after she was pushed over by a robber who stole her bag in Coventry yesterday.  MORE

[12 OCT 01] SCRATCH CARD ROBBERY

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man stole Lottery scratch cards from a shop in Coventry.  MORE

[10 OCT 01] MEMORIAL PARK PUNCH UP

Gangs of rival school children were involved in a major disturbance in Coventry's Memorial Park last night.  MORE

[09 OCT 01] YOUTH ATTACKED IN HOLBROOKS

A 17 year old lad was threatened with a knife and robbed as he walked in the Holbrooks area of Coventry yesterday.  MORE

[03 OCT 01] WOMAN ATTACKED IN CITY CENTRE

A 36 year old Coventry woman was attacked and robbed in Coventry city centre on Monday evening.  MORE

[01 OCT 01] ARMED ROBBERY AT PETROL STATION

Police in Coventry are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a service station in the city during the morning of Saturday 29 September.  MORE

[12 SEP 01] CITY CENTRE KNIFE ROBBERY

A 19 year old Coventry man was robbed by knife-wielding attackers in the city centre on Sunday night.  MORE

[11 SEP 01] YOUNG GIRL ASSAULTED

Police in Coventry are appealing for witnesses and putting out an alert to parents after a six-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the city.  MORE

[10 SEP 01] VIOLENT ROBBERY IN COUNDON

A 42 year old Coventry man was violently robbed in Coundon on Sunday evening.  MORE

[06 SEP 01] TILE HILL PENSIONER ROBBED

An 82-year-old Tile Hill woman was the latest victim to be robbed by a conman in her own home.  MORE

[04 SEP 01] ATTEMPTED RAPE IN COVENTRY CITY CENTRE

Police in Coventry are appealing for information following the attempted rape of a young woman in the early hours of last Saturday.  MORE

[29 AUG 01] MAJOR FIRE IN BINLEY

Three people have been injured in a major fire at the Notedome urethane factory on the Binley Industrial Estate in Coventry.  MORE

[28 AUG 01] MAN ATTACKED IN ANSTY ROAD

A 24 year old Coventry man was attacked with a concrete post in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  MORE

[21 AUG 01] MAN ATTACKED IN STOKE ALDERMOOR

A 48 year old man was beaten and robbed in Stoke Aldermoor on Sunday.  MORE

[14 AUG 01] WOMAN MURDERED IN LONGFORD

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of the body of a 38 year old woman in the Longford area of Coventry.  MORE

[14 AUG 01] 300 CHILDREN CAUGHT IN TRUANCY SWOOP

A major swoop on truants in Coventry has netted nearly 300 stay-away children across the city in the last few months.  MORE

[09 AUG 01] OLD LADY ROBBED BY CONMEN

A 77 year old woman was robbed in her home yesterday by two conmen who offered to cut her grass.  MORE

[02 AUG 01] ARMED ROBBERS HIT BETTING SHOP

Armed robbers struck at a Coventry bookmakers yesterday.  MORE

[24 JUL 01] ROBBERY AT BURGER KING

Robbers struck at a Coventry Burger King yesterday evening.  MORE

[23 JUL 01] SEX ATTACK ON COVENTRY WOMAN

A 27 year old woman has suffered a serious sexual assault in the Bell Green area of Coventry.  MORE

[23 JUL 01] GIRL ROBBED IN CANON PARK

A 14 year old Coventry girl was threatened and robbed in Canon Park on Sunday afternoon. MORE

[16 JUL 01] BURGLAR ATTACKS COVENTRY PENSIONER

A 78 year old woman was attacked by a burglar in her Coventry home on Sunday morning.  MORE

[16 JUL 01] ARMED ROBBERS STRIKE COVENTRY STORE

Armed robbers struck yesterday at a Coventry store.  MORE

[01 JUN 01] BUSH LURKER THREATENS CHILDREN

Police are investigating reports of a man lurking in bushes and jumping out at children in Coventry.  MORE

[31 MAY 01] DAYLIGHT SHOOTING IN RADFORD STREET

A 27 year old Birmingham man is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg in a Coventry street yesterday afternoon.  MORE

[30 MAY 01] WOMAN ROBBED IN SPON END

A 21 year old Coventry woman was robbed in broad daylight in a Spon End street yesterday morning.  MORE

[30 MAY 01] PIZZA MAN ROBBED IN COVENTRY

A pizza delivery man was robbed as he made a delivery in Coventry yesterday.  MORE

[22 MAY 01] CRIMEWATCH APPEAL FOR FIRE DEATH

Police investigating the murder of Coventry woman Nasrin Akhtar are making a nationwide appeal to try to find her killers.  MORE

[15 MAY 01] CONMAN ROBS BLIND WOMAN IN HER HOME

A 75 year old blind woman was robbed by a conman who tricked his way into her home.  MORE

[09 MAY 01] POLICE HUNT FOLESHILL FLASHER

Police are hunting a man who indecently exposed himself to two 11 year old lads in Coventry.  MORE

[08 MAY 01] ELDERLY MAN DIES AFTER CAR CRASH

A 65 year old man has died following a car accident ten days ago.  MORE

[02 MAY 01] CASHPOINT ROBBERY

A 43 year old Coventry man was robbed as he used a cash point machine yesterday.  MORE

[30 APR 01] ROBBERY IN CITY CENTRE

Two 18 year olds were robbed in Coventry on Saturday evening.  MORE

[26 APR 01] EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO CRIMEWATCH APPEAL

Last night's appeal on Crimewatch for the information about last month's attack on the owner of the Falcon Hotel produced excellent results. MORE

[25 APR 01] FALCON HOTEL ATTACK HUNT ON CRIMEWATCH

An appeal has gone out this evening on the BBC's Crimewatch UK programme in connection with the attempted murder at the Falcon Hotel in March. MORE

[23 APR 01] DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

A man was robbed near Whitefriars Monastery on Saturday afternoon.  MORE

[19 APR 01] SPAR STORE HIT BY ARMED ROBBER

A Spar store in Coventry was hit by an armed robber last night.  MORE

[17 APR 01] MAN ATTACKED IN COVENTRY PUB

A 21 year old man needed 20 stitches to his head after being attacked at a Coventry pub on Sunday evening.  MORE

[11 APR 01] BUS STOP ATTACK IN COVENTRY CITY CENTRE

A 24 year old Hillfields man was attacked last night as he waited for a bus in Coventry city centre.  MORE

[09 APR 01] MAN ASSAULTED AT COVENTRY PETROL STATION

A 19 year old Coventry man was assaulted while he was queuing at a petrol station in the early hours of Saturday morning. MORE

[06 APR 01] LAPTOP SNATCH ATTEMPT IN COVENTRY STREET

A man was slightly injured yesterday after two attackers tried to snatch his laptop computer in a Coventry street. MORE

[05 APR 01] MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN COVENTRY STREET

A man in his 50s was found unconscious and suffering from hyperthermia in a Coventry street yesterday.  MORE

[29 MAR 01] CITY SHOPS SHUT AS SUSPECT CAR FOUND

Army bomb disposal experts were called to Coventry for the second time in under a month after a suspicious car was found parked in the city centre.  MORE

[29 MAR 01] GAS LEAK BRINGS CHAOS TO CITY CENTRE

Parts of a busy road in Coventry city centre were sealed off when a gas leak was discovered.  MORE

[29 MAR 01] PENSIONER ROBBED BY BOGUS WORKERS

Bogus workmen stole hundreds of pounds from an 82-year-old woman after calling at her Coventry home.  MORE

[28 MAR 01] PEUGEOT GIVES POLICE LICENCE TO ROAM

Crooks fleeing down alleyways and passages in Coventry will find the long arm of the law bearing down on them after police were given new mountain bikes.  MORE

[27 MAR 01] MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

A Coventry man was due to appear in court today charged with the attempted murder of a city hotelier.  MORE

[27 MAR 01] LORRY DRIVER KILLED IN MOTORWAY SMASH

A lorry driver was killed on a Warwickshire motorway yesterday when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed.  MORE

[27 MAR 01] TEENAGER'S SKULL SMASHED IN COVENTRY FIGHT

A Coventry teenager suffered a fractured skull when he was injured in a fight at a city house last night.  MORE

[26 MAR 01] PETROL STATION STAFF HIT BY ROBBERS

Cashiers at a motorway service station were hit by raiders who escaped with cash and phonecards yesterday.  MORE

[23 MAR 01] COVENTRY GIRL ATTACKED IN CITY WOOD

A Coventry teenager was attacked and indecently assaulted by a youth in a city wood.  MORE

[22 MAR 01] MORE ARRESTS IN FOOTBALL HOOLIGAN SQUEEZE

Police in Coventry have arrested another two men in connection with a crackdown on football hooliganism.  MORE

[22 MAR 01] MAN ATTACKED AT COVENTRY CASH POINT

A Coventry man was grabbed and threatened with a knife at a cash point machine yesterday.  MORE

[21 MAR 01] COVENTRY MAN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT

A Coventry man was killed yesterday after he was hit by a car which mounted a pavement in a city street.  MORE

[21 MAR 01] GUN THREAT AT COVENTRY POST OFFICE

A Coventry postmaster and his wife found themselves looking down the barrel of a gun yesterday when an offender demanded cash from them.  MORE

[21 MAR 01] TEENAGER SLUNG AGAINST LAMPPOST BY ROBBERS

A Coventry teenager was thrown against a lamppost and punched by two attackers who stole a handful of small change from her.  MORE

[21 MAR 01] CITY ROBBERY SUSPECT APPEARS IN COURT

A Coventry man was in police custody today after being arrested on suspicion of a spate of armed robberies at shops in the city.  MORE

[21 MAR 01] £200,000 CRACKDOWN ON CITY YOUNG OFFENDERS

Young offenders who each commit dozens of crimes in Coventry face electronic tracking in a new scheme designed to end their bad behaviour.  MORE

[20 MAR 01] FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS ARRESTED IN DAWN RAIDS

Suspected football hooligans accused of lying in wait for away fans in Coventry were arrested by police today in a series of dawn raids across the city.  MORE

[20 MAR 01] COVENTRY PETROL STATION ATTACKED BY ROBBER

The wave of attacks on shops in an small part of Coventry has continued, with a man armed with a knife holding up a petrol station.  MORE

[20 MAR 01] CITY PIZZA SHOP HELD UP BY KNIFE ATTACKER

A man armed with a knife held up a Coventry pizza shop before escaping with cash stolen from the till.  MORE

[19 MAR 01] WHEELCHAIR HERO SAVES MOTHER AND CHILD

A public spirited Coventry man is to receive an award for bravery after he stopped a man from attacking a woman and her daughter despite being wheelchair-bound.  MORE

[18 MAR 01] GUN POINTED AT MAN IN CITY STREET ATTACK

A Coventry man was threatened at gun point in a street near the railway station by a robber who demanded money.  MORE

[18 MAR 01] COVENTRY OFF LICENCE HIT BY KNIFE MAN

A man armed with a knife threatened an assistant in a Coventry off-licence and escaped with the till drawer.  MORE

[16 MAR 01] GRAFFITI FEAR AS OLD BUILDINGS HIT BY ARTISTS

Historic buildings have been daubed by graffiti artists and police are worried that the vandalism could become an epidemic.  MORE

[15 MAR 01] HELICOPTER USED IN ATTEMPTED MURDER HUNT

A mobile incident room is to be set up near a Coventry hotel whose owner was viciously attacked and a helicopter brought in to try and find clues in the hunt for the culprits.  MORE

[15 MAR 01] BOGUS E-MAIL WARNING TO CITY FIRMS

Police are urging Coventry companies to be on their guard after a bogus e-mail apparently from an officer was sent to businesses.  MORE

[14 MAR 01] EARS AND EYES LOOK OUT FOR PUB YOBS

A radio link scheme to cut the soaring amount of violence in Leamington is being launched just a fortnight after the idea was suggested.  MORE

[14 MAR 01] BRAVE JACK GETS AWARD FOR CHASING THIEF

A Coventry youngster is to receive a special award for courage after he gave chase to a thief who had stolen a woman's handbag.  MORE

[13 MAR 01] TAKEAWAY STAFF ATTACKED BY YOUTHS

A 15-year-old boy was in custody today after a man working in an Indian takeaway was attacked with a wooden weapon.  MORE

[13 MAR 01] ROBBER'S VIOLENT STREAK CONTINUES

Shopkeepers in Coventry and north Warwickshire have been told to be alert following a spate of attacks on cashiers that may have been carried out by the same man.  MORE

[12 MAR 01] CITY HOTELIER ATTACK IS ATTEMPTED MURDER

A vicious and unprovoked attack on a Coventry hotel owner is being treated as attempted murder and could have been racially motivated.  MORE

[12 MAR 01] PENSIONER'S BODY FOUND IN WATER

The body of a 94-year-old man was found in water used by a boating club yesterday.  MORE

[12 MAR 01] ROBBER THREATENS MEN IN CITY CENTRE

A youth wielding a metre-long piece of wood robbed two Coventry men in the city centre on Saturday.  MORE

[09 MAR 01] MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CITY HOTEL ATTACK

A Coventry man is in a critical condition with serious head injuries following an attack at a city hotel early this morning.  MORE

[09 MAR 01] KNIFE HELD TO WOMAN'S NECK IN POST OFFICE RAID

A customer in a Coventry post office was grabbed and had a knife held to her neck by a man who stole cash yesterday.  MORE

[09 MAR 01] COVENTRY MAN STABBED AND THROWN FROM CAR

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed and then pushed out of a car in Coventry.  MORE

[09 MAR 01] YOUNG GIRL HURT IN THREE CAR SMASH

A girl was injured in a three-way car smash at a busy Coventry road junction and witnesses are being urged to come forward to help find out what happened.  MORE

[08 MAR 01] GUN USED IN CITY STORE HOLD-UP

A shop assistant was badly shaken but escaped injury after tackling a man with a gun in a Coventry store.  MORE

[08 MAR 01] MEN INJURED IN GANG STREET ATTACK

Two men walking down a street were attacked by a gang who jumped of a car to rob them early today.  MORE

[08 MAR 01] KNIFE MAN HOLES UP IN LOFT SIEGE

[07 MAR 01] BOMB SCARE HITS COVENTRY CITY CENTRE

Large sections of Coventry city centre were sealed off this evening as bomb disposal experts were called in to investigate a suspicious package. MORE

[07 MAR 01] THREE SHOPS HIT BY ROBBERS

Three shop cashiers were attacked in Coventry and Nuneaton yesterday in another string of robberies that could be linked.  MORE

[07 MAR 01] COVENTRY BOY THREATENED WITH BROKEN BOTTLE

A 13-year-old Coventry boy was threatened with a broken milk bottle by a youth who stole his bicycle yesterday.  MORE

[06 MAR 01] ARMED ROBBERY SPREE CONTINUES IN COVENTRY

Police are looking at the possibility that a spate of armed robberies across the city could be linked following a series of attacks on small stores.  MORE

[06 MAR 01] SECURITY GUARD THREATENED WITH GUN

Raiders armed with a gun stole a cash box containing thousands of pounds from a security guard as he left a Coventry store yesterday.  MORE

[06 MAR 01] TRUANCY CRUSADE SENDS KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL

An anti-truancy initiative in Coventry has seen more than 180 children returned to school since the start of the school year.  MORE

[05 MAR 01] FARMERS ANGRY AT THOUGHTLESS WALKERS

Police in Warwickshire have been inundated with calls from angry farmers complaining about walkers breaching the ban on using footpaths in the county.  MORE

[05 MAR 01] COVENTRY MAN CHARGED WITH RAIL DEATH HOAX

A 27-year-old Coventry man has been arrested after allegedly claiming he had lost a relative in last week’s crash at Selby.  MORE

[05 MAR 01] CITY POST OFFICE HELD UP BY KNIFE MAN

An armed robber held up a Coventry post office with a knife and stole cash before escaping at the weekend.  MORE

[05 MAR 01] COVENTRY STORE ATTACKED BY ARMED ROBBER

A till tray containing hundreds of pounds was stolen by a knife wielding robber at a Coventry supermarket yesterday.  MORE

[05 MAR 01] ARSONISTS STRIKE AT CITY SUPERMARKET

Hundreds of pounds of damage was caused outside a Coventry supermarket yesterday evening by arsonists.  MORE

[02 MAR 01] VANDALS TORCH COVENTRY SPORTS CENTRE

Vandals nearly sent Coventry Sports Centre up in smoke last night when a fire in a toilet was deliberately started.  MORE

[02 MAR 01] POST OFFICE ATTACKED BY MASKED MEN

Robbers smashed their way through a security screen in a post office before escaping with a large sum of cash yesterday afternoon.  MORE

[02 MAR 01] WOMAN GRABS BLADE FROM STREET ATTACKER

A Coventry woman grabbed a knife from a man who was threatening her and demanding money in a city street.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] COVENTRY WOMAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH

A Coventry woman died in a crash on a dual carriageway yesterday after her car collided with a lorry.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] VIOLENT ROBBERY SPREE HITS CITY

A spree of violent robberies hit Coventry yesterday, with shops and clubs being targeted by armed crooks.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] ARMED ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH £19,000

Robbers armed with baseball bats attacked a Securicor guard before making off with £19,000 outside a Coventry supermarket yesterday.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] CITY GUARD ATTACKED BY ARMED ROBBER

A security guard was sprayed in the face by a robber armed with a gun at a Coventry superstore yesterday evening.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] COVENTRY CLUB WORKER BEATEN BY ROBBERS

A cellarman was beaten unconscious and tied up by robbers who raided the safe at a Coventry club this morning.  MORE

[01 MAR 01] SHOP ASSISTANT ASSAULTED BY CITY THIEF

A man attacked a Coventry shop assistant yesterday before snatching money and phonecards out of a till.  MORE

[28 FEB 01] ARSON HUNT FOLLOWS CATHEDRAL FIRE

Yesterday's blaze at Coventry Cathedral is being treated as arson, and police have launched an investigation into the fire.  MORE

[28 FEB 01] COVENTRY WOMAN ATTACKED BY CAR THIEVES

Two robbers followed a Coventry woman as she drove home and attacked her on her drive before stealing her car.  MORE

[27 FEB 01] FIRE GRIPS COVENTRY CATHEDRAL

Coventry Cathedral’s world-famous tapestry may have been badly damaged by smoke which filled the building after a serious fire today.  MORE

[27 FEB 01] MAN EXPOSES HIMSELF IN CITY WOOD

A man exposed himself to a woman as she walked her dogs in woods near Coventry.  MORE

[27 FEB 01] CON MAN STRIKES AT COVENTRY OAP'S HOME

More than £4,000 was stolen from a Coventry pensioner after a man posing as an electricity board official bluffed his way into her house.  MORE

[26 FEB 01] CITY RIDER HAS WHEELS PULLED FROM BENEATH HIM

A Coventry teenager was punched as three men stole his motor scooter as he rode down a city street.   MORE

[26 FEB 01] ELEVEN CARS ATTACKED IN VANDAL SPREE

Knife-wielding vandals caused hundreds of pounds of damage when they went on a late-night slashing spree, attacking parked cars.   MORE

[26 FEB 01] KNIFE THREAT IN OFF LICENCE RAID

Two robbers armed with a knife threatened a shop assistant and demanded money at an off licence yesterday evening.   MORE

[26 FEB 01] BOY ESCAPES DEATH IN CAR CRASH

A nine-year-old boy narrowly escaped death when he fell off his bike into the path of a car.   MORE

[26 FEB 01] HOW TO SHUT OUT THE PREYING CROOKS

Police in Coventry are to take to the streets in an effort to target the problem of bogus callers preying on vulnerable people in the city.  MORE

[23 FEB 01] FLICK KNIFE ROBBER STRIKES AT CITY STORE

A robber armed with a flick knife stole a gold bracelet worth several hundred pounds was stolen from a jewellers in Coventry city centre.   MORE

[22 FEB 01] YOUTH SUFFERS BROKEN LEG IN COLLISION

A Coventry teenager suffered a broken leg in a crash in a Coventry street yesterday, and police are appealing for witnesses to the collision.  MORE

[22 FEB 01] MAN STABBED IN PUB FIGHT

A man suffered stab wounds in his leg during a fight in a pub yesterday.  MORE

[22 FEB 01] POLICE FEAR FOR MISSING WOMAN

Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety and welfare of a 26-year-old woman who went missing from her Coventry home more than a month ago.  MORE

[21 FEB 01] MAN CHARGED WITH COVENTRY MURDER

A 38-year-old Coventry man is to appear before city magistrates today charged with the murder of Leigh Jones (left), who died from stab wounds on Monday.  MORE

[21 FEB 01] GUN AND KNIFE THREAT AT CITY NEWSAGENTS

A woman was threatened with a gun and a knife before being dragged by her hair and forced to hand over money at the Coventry newsagents where she worked.  MORE

[21 FEB 01] THIEF ATTACKS EARLSDON SHOP ASSISTANT

An 18-year-old shop assistant was shoved in the chest by a thief who stole cash from a till in a Coventry supermarket.  MORE

[20 FEB 01] COVENTRY TEENAGER MURDERED AT CITY HOUSE

An 18-year-old man was murdered in Coventry last night when he was stabbed following an altercation at a house in the city.  MORE

[20 FEB 01] BOY'S SKULL FRACTURED IN GANG ATTACK

A Coventry boy aged 15 suffered a fractured skull when he was set on by a gang as he walked down a city street after visiting a nightclub.  MORE

[20 FEB 01] CITY WOMAN'S LEGS BROKEN IN CAR CRASH

A Coventry woman suffered three broken limbs and had to be cut free from the wreckage of her car by firefighters following a rush hour accident yesterday.  MORE

[19 FEB 01] JAGUAR DRIVER KILLED IN CAR CRASH

A man was killed yesterday after losing control of his Jaguar and crashing into several parked cars.  MORE

[16 FEB 01] MAN KILLED IN MOTORWAY SMASH

A man was killed today in a rush hour accident on the M6 when he lost control of his van.  MORE

[16 FEB 01] WOMAN ATTACKED IN COVENTRY PARK

A Coventry woman suffered a cut lip after she was threatened with a knife, set upon and robbed by three attackers in a city park.  MORE

[16 FEB 01] COVENTRY PUB ATTACKED BY RAIDERS

Gaming machines were smashed up by crooks during a raid on a Coventry pub.  MORE

[16 FEB 01] CITY PENSIONER TRICKED BY TEENAGERS

Doorstep tricksters conned an 88-year-old Coventry woman out of her savings yesterday after pretending to be carrying out a survey.  MORE

[15 FEB 01] SHOTGUN STOLEN IN HOUSE RAID

A warning has been issued for people in Coventry to be on their guard after a replica shotgun was stolen during a burglary at a house in the city yesterday. MORE

[14 FEB 01] OVERDOSED TEENAGER ATTACKS AMBULANCE CREW

Paramedics called to treat a teenager who had taken a drug overdose were attacked by the patient, who then stole their ambulance.  MORE

[14 FEB 01] SHOPS DAMAGED IN COVENTRY ARSON ATTACK

Shops in Coventry city centre have been put at risk after arsonists caused damage to their fire exits last night.  MORE

[14 FEB 01] ARSONISTS TORCH DIGGER IN COVENTRY

Police are hunting arsonists who torched a £30,000 four-tonne mini digger in Coventry last night.  MORE

[13 FEB 01] 18,000 DRUGGED CHICKENS BRING FINE FOR OWNER

The owner of a poultry farm near Coventry has been fined after allowing dangerous antibiotics to possibly enter the human food chain through chicken medicine.  MORE

[13 FEB 01] CYCLIST ROBBED IN KNUCKLE-DUSTER ATTACK

A Coventry man was threatened with a knuckle-duster before being robbed of his bike in a street attack yesterday.  MORE

[12 FEB 01] POLICE CAR CRASH KILLS PEDESTRIAN

A 40-year-old man was killed by an unmarked police car as he walked home with friends yesterday.  MORE

[12 FEB 01] MAN KILLED BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER

A man was killed early today after being struck by a hit-and-run motorist believed to be driving a stolen car.  MORE

[12 FEB 01] COVENTRY BIKER INJURED IN VAN COLLISION

A Coventry teenager is in hospital with serious injuries after the motorbike he was riding was hit by a van on a busy city road.  MORE

[12 FEB 01] FEARS GROW FOR MISSING SCHOOLGIRLS

Fears are growing for the safety of three schoolgirls who have all gone missing from their homes in the last week.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] COVENTRY MAN KILLED IN CITY COLLISION

A man has died after losing a week-long battle against injuries he suffered when he was hit by a car near his Coventry home.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] KNIFE THREAT MADE BY OFF-LICENCE ROBBER

A youth armed with a knife stole cash and cigarettes from a Coventry off-licence after threatening a woman serving in the small shop.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] YOUTHS ATTACK PENSIONER IN HIS HOME

A pensioner was bundled to the ground and robbed by two teenagers who burst into his home and attacked him in his living room.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] DODGY BOOZE SUCKED DRY FROM CITY SHOPS

Ninety bottles of counterfeit whisky seized from off-licences across Coventry are being sampled by trading standards officers in the city.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] CITY BUS DRIVER PUNCHED BY ABUSIVE DRUNK

An abusive scruffy man who appeared drunk attacked a bus driver as he got off the vehicle in Coventry.  MORE

[09 FEB 01] MEN ATTACK STAFF AT COVENTRY FIRM

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after two men broke into a Coventry business and confronted staff.  MORE

[08 FEB 01] GUN USED IN CLUB ROBBERY

A steward was threatened with a gun by an armed robber as he prepared to open a club for business yesterday evening.  MORE

[08 FEB 01] COWBOY BUILDERS TO BE RUN OUT OF TOWN

Trading standards officers are warning vulnerable and elderly people to be on their guard after a spate of complaints about bogus builders.  MORE

[07 FEB 01] ARMED GANG HOLDS UP COVENTRY BANK

Terrified customers watched as an armed gang held up a Coventry bank yesterday and escaped with thousands of pounds.  MORE

[07 FEB 01] TEENAGE GIRLS HURT AS DRIVER FLEES CITY SMASH

The driver of a crashed car ran off, leaving three teenage girls injured in the back seat in Coventry.  MORE

[07 FEB 01] COVENTRY BOY INJURED IN CAR CRASH

An eight-year-old Coventry boy suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a car, and police are looking for witnesses to the incident.  MORE

[07 FEB 01] GUN POINTED AT SECURITY GUARD IN STREET

A security guard was confronted in the street by armed raiders who grabbed a cash box.  MORE

[06 FEB 01] DOZENS HURT IN DEADLY CHEMICAL SPILL

Ambulance crews and hospital staff from Warwickshire and the West Midlands have been called into action after dozens of people were injured in a chemical spill.  MORE

[06 FEB 01] CHILD SEX ABUSE PRIEST DEFROCKED BY POPE

The Pope has defrocked a Catholic priest who was jailed for sexually abusing young boys in his care.  MORE

[06 FEB 01] MOTORCYCLIST FLOORED BY VAN IN CITY SMASH

A motorcyclist was badly injured and suffered broken bones after being hit by a van in Coventry during yesterday evening’s rush hour.  MORE

[06 FEB 01] £1.5m BENEFIT FRAUD UNCOVERED IN COVENTRY

Benefit officers in Coventry say they have saved £1.5m this year by tackling fraudsters and sending them to court.  MORE

[06 FEB 01] ASYLUM SEEKERS RUN FROM FAT INTO FIRE

Stowaways who sneaked into the country on a lorry visiting the Peugeot plant ran straight towards a police training college as they tried to evade capture.  MORE

[05 FEB 01] MAN KILLED AS CAR HITS LAMPPOST

A 23-year-old man was killed on Saturday when his car crashed into a lamppost on a busy dual-carriageway.  MORE

[05 FEB 01] SEVERAL HURT IN MOTORWAY PILE-UP

Huge tailbacks were caused on the M6 early today after a pile-up involving seven vehicles led to several people being taken to hospital with serious injuries.  MORE

[05 FEB 01] BLADE THREAT IN BURGER HOLD-UP

A fast food restaurant manger was threatened with a knife before crooks stole money from his safe.  MORE

[02 FEB 01] MAN ATTACKS TERRIFIED COVENTRY GIRL

A 12-year-old girl is now too scared to leave her house after a man tried to drag her off a Coventry road into a clearing.  MORE

[02 FEB 01] NUDISTS STRIP AFTER SECOND COURT TRIUMPH

Nudist campaigners including Coventry activist Vincent Bethell have stripped off outside a court after convictions for stripping outside New Scotland Yard were quashed.  MORE

[02 FEB 01] TEENAGER ADMITS MILK FLOAT ESCAPADE

A 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to eight months detention after going joyriding on a milk float.  MORE

[02 FEB 01] BOY BITTEN BY COVENTRY ROBBERS

A 15-year-old lad was set upon by three men who bit him while they robbed him of his jewellery in a Coventry street yesterday.  MORE

[01 FEB 01] £2,000 TAKEN IN COVENTRY STREET ATTACK

A robber snatched a woman's handbag containing £2,000 cash as she was on her way to the building society to deposit it in Coventry.  MORE

[01 FEB 01] PROWLING TRICKSTER WARNING AFTER CASH THEFT

Police are warning people to be on their guard in the Coventry area after a man tricked his way into a woman's home.  MORE

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