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Hillfields News [last updated 22 April 2002 13:57]

[24 APR 01] COVENTRY TENANTS TO GET HI-TECH CHOICES

Coventry has been awarded a grant to become one of the first cities in the country to offer Housing Association tenants a hi-tech 'choice-based lettings' service. MORE

[28 MAR 01] RADIO APPEAL TO BREAK THE SOUND OF SILENCE

Coventry people are being asked to give old radios to asylum seekers in the city to give them something to listen to. MORE

[20 MAR 01] NEW SEATS A BLOOMING MARVELLOUS IDEA

Giant flowers will be revealed in Coventry this week to show that a community hasn’t been sitting around doing nothing. 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

[08 MAR 01] FRUIT AND VEG SHOP BLOOMS INTO LIFE

Fresh fruit and veg is now on sale in a deprived inner-city area of Coventry after a couple’s dream turned into a Valentine’s Day reality. MORE

[23 FEB 01] CITY FARM IS COCKLE-A-DOODLE OPEN!

Coventry’s City Farm has been given a clean bill of health and still open despite the foot and mouth scare. 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

[05 FEB 01] IT'S GOOD TO TALK AT THE CHEMISTS

A pharmacy in Hillfields is offering local people much more than painkillers and throat sweets as it looks to take a more active role in the community. MORE

[15 JAN 01] TEENAGER FIGHTS OFF CITY SEX ATTACKER

A Coventry teenager was dragged away from the street by a man who tried to attack her as she left a city nightclub yesterday. MORE

[05 JAN 01] STUDENT ATTACKED NEAR CITY NIGHTCLUB

A student was punched in the face by a teenager who followed him from a city centre nightclub early today. MORE

[03 JAN 01] CENTRE HEAD HONOURED IN AWARDS LIST

The head of a Coventry project which has been praised for its work with young children and their parents has been rewarded for her efforts with an OBE. MORE

[14 DEC 00] PEDESTRIAN AGED 20 DIES FROM CRASH INJURIES

A Coventry woman who was hit by a car as she crossed the road has died from her injuries. MORE

[01 DEC 00] BOY HELD AT KNIFEPOINT BY BIKE ROBBERS

A boy had his bicycle robbed from him at knifepoint after it was grabbed as he rode down a Coventry street. MORE

[27 NOV 00] MAN KICKED IN STREET ROBBERY

A man was pushed to the floor and kicked by two robbers who stole money from him early on Saturday morning. MORE

[21 NOV 00] HOMES BROKEN INTO AFTER POWER SURGE

Electricity officers were forced to break into houses in Coventry last night after a power surge rippled through the area. MORE

[20 NOV 00] NATUREFORCE RECRUITING FOR WOODLAND TASKS

City dwellers are being asked to take a ride out into the countryside to help conserve nature reserves throughout Warwickshire. MORE

[20 NOV 00] COVENTRY YOUTH THREATENED WITH STABBING

A teenager was grabbed around the neck and told he would be stabbed if he did not hand his expensive mobile phone over. MORE

[17 NOV 00] GUN POINTED IN OFF-LICENCE RAID

Armed robbers pointed a gun at a shop assistant in Coventry off-licence before escaping with cash from the till yesterday. MORE

[16 NOV 00] PROSTITUTES HIT IN KERBSIDE SEX TRADE CRUSADE

Kerb-crawlers and prostitutes have been targeted by a special police unit in a crackdown on vice in Coventry. MORE

[14 NOV 00] SLASHING VICTIM APPEALS FOR WITNESSES

A Good Samaritan student who suffered horrific injuries when he was slashed in the face with a bottle has appealed for witnesses to come forward. MORE

[10 NOV 00] DRUGS WARNING AFTER HEROIN USER DIES

Drug users are being warned to be on their guard after a woman was found dead in a Hillfields house yesterday. MORE

[09 OCT 00] STUDENTS WOUNDED BY GANG OF YOUTHS

Police are hunting a gang of youths who set upon two Coventry University students in separate attacks early yesterday morning. MORE

[03 OCT 00] BULBS FOR BULBS A BLOOMING GOOD IDEA

Hillfields will be a blaze of colour in the spring following an initiative encouraging residents to plant a bulb and bring down their electricity bill at the same time. MORE

[03 OCT 00] VISIONS OF UTOPIA AT ARTS CENTRE

A project allowing Hillfields residents to develop their dream for the area reaches its culmination this week with the launch of an exhibition at Warwick Arts Centre. MORE

[31 AUG 00] NEW TEAM TO MAKE HILLFIELDS A SAFER PLACE

A new crime fighting team moves in to Hillfields tomorrow looking for long-term solutions to problems in the inner-city area. West Midlands Police have appointed six extra officers, with knowledge of the area, to the new team. MORE

[24 AUG 00] RESIDENTS TO SPEAK ON FUTURE OF HIGHFIELD RD

Residents living near the Coventry City ground would like to turn the empty Sky Blue Tavern into a community centre, but haven’t got the money. MORE

[24 JUL 00] SHOTS FIRED AS RAIDERS FLEE WITHOUT CASH

Shots were fired by robbers trying to steal money from a Coventry Indian restaurant yesterday, but the offenders fled empty-handed. MORE

[13 JUN 00] FRIDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR COVENTRY CLUB

Night-clubbers in Coventry can look forward to an extra hour on the dance floor each Friday after the opening times of the Colosseum were extended. MORE

[06 JUN 00] TROUBLE-MAKERS TOLD TO STAY AWAY

Troublemakers who prey upon a Hillfields estate in Coventry are to be told to keep away from the area. MORE

[01 JUN 00] CASINO HIT BY ARMED RAIDERS AGAIN

Staff at a Coventry casino were traumatised today after masked raiders pointed a sawn-off shot gun at them. MORE

[01 JUN 00] WHEELCHAIR USER THREATENED WITH KNIFE

Police are hunting sick thieves who threatened a man in a wheelchair and stole his coat yesterday. MORE

[26 MAY 00] HANGING BASKETS BRING COLOUR TO HILLFIELDS

Streets in Hillfields have taken on a colourful air after residents got together to make hanging baskets. MORE

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