[30 OCT 00] YOUNGSTERS GET HELP WITH LEARNING BLITZ

School children throughout Coventry are being given the chance to learn more about the blitz with a CD that brings the experience to life.  MORE

[30 OCT 00] FIREWORKS NIGHT FIZZLES INTO DAMP SQUIB

Coventry’s Guy Fawkes night celebrations have taken a knock with the cancellation of the Firework Frenzy at Coombe Country Park.  MORE

[27 OCT 00] LEARN SKILLS TO KEEP A FIRM TICKING

People in Coventry who are unemployed or working in small and medium sized companies are being offered free training in skills essential to businesses.  MORE

[26 OCT 00] SIRENS TO SOUND TO REMEMBER BLITZ

Air raid sirens will sound in Coventry next month as the city marks the 60th anniversary of the blitz.  MORE

[26 OCT 00] BULLDOZERS BANNED FROM GREEN BELT LAND

Green belt land in Coventry is largely to be protected in the new Coventry Development Plan, but some areas have been released for jobs and housing.  MORE

[26 OCT 00] CITY'S YOUTH TAKES TO THE HUSTINGS

Children from Coventry will be trying to get themselves elected to parliament on Saturday to get a say for the city’s young people at a national level.  MORE

[24 OCT 00] LADY HERBERT TO GET HER FACELIFT

Work is starting on a project to restore a garden at the heart of Coventry city centre.  MORE

[24 OCT 00] COVENTRY'S 'SIR HUMPHREY' TO RETIRE

Coventry City Council’s chief executive has announced that he is to stand down from his position at the head of the authority next year.  MORE

[20 OCT 00] TOILET SCHEME GOES BACK IN THE CISTERN

The decision on toilets in Coventry’s central library has been delayed again after councillors insisted on waiting for the outcome of consultation  - but the public’s views won’t be asked.  MORE

[20 OCT 00] PRIVATISATION ROW AS JOBS ARE AXED

Workers at a Coventry windows company that was privatised by Coventry City Council are to be made redundant.  MORE

[19 OCT 00] PROTESTORS' PETITION POOH-POOHS 'POTTY' PLANS

Protestors campaigning against Coventry City Council’s plan to put toilets in place of the library’s information centre have launched a last ditch attempt to get the decision overturned.  MORE

[19 OCT 00] JOBS QUEST GIVES FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Officials from Coventry’s Centre for Investment will be trying to rustle up a tasty treat for food manufacturers at a major conference next week.  MORE

[19 OCT 00] DAY CARE CENTRE TO CLOSE TO SAVE CASH

A day centre for elderly people in Coventry is to close as part of cuts to make £100,000 savings.  MORE

[18 OCT 00] COVENTRY'S EDUCATION GOES TO TOP OF THE CLASS

Coventry's education service has been given top marks by government inspectors, who have told officers to "be proud of the work you do for Coventry's children."  MORE

[18 OCT 00] GOVERNMENT STEPS IN AS LIBRARY PROTEST PEAKS

Government officials have demanded answers from Coventry City Council over its plans to move the library’s information centre and put public toilets in its place.  MORE

[16 OCT 00] CITY TO FLY ITS FLAG AT MOTOR SHOW

A special effort is to be made at this year’s motor show to persuade car firms and suppliers to invest in Coventry and the surrounding area.  MORE

[16 OCT 00] CIGARETTE STING SMOKES OUT DODGY TRADERS

An operation to expose shop-keepers prepared to sell cigarettes to under-age teenagers failed to ignite when most of the traders approached failed to take the bait.  MORE

[13 OCT 00] £2m SURE START FOR COVENTRY YOUNGSTERS

Children living in south east Coventry are to be given a better start in life following an £2.4 million cash injection into the area.  MORE

[13 OCT 00] SOCIAL SERVICES TO LAUNCH COSTS PROBE

Coventry’s social services department has shown a big improvement in several areas, but still needs to do better, according to a government review.  MORE

[12 OCT 00] TOILET DECISION MOVED BACK IN THE PIPELINE

Coventry library staff are being asked their views on the proposal to put toilets in the information centre, but they won’t have a veto on the matter.  MORE

[12 OCT 00] ADOPTION PLEA MADE AS GOVERNMENT STEPS IN

A government taskforce is to come to the rescue of Coventry’s social services department, which is said to have one of the worst adoption records in the country.  MORE

[12 OCT 00] CITY PLEDGES TO TAKE MORE ASYLUM SEEKERS

Coventry is to take in more than 650 new asylum seekers over the next year as part of a national scheme to spread the people in need around evenly.  MORE

[11 OCT 00] CITY SQUARES UP TO FACE ITS RIVALS

Car parking costs for shoppers in Coventry are to be slashed in the run-up to Christmas as part of an £800,000 marketing strategy to promote the city.  MORE

[11 OCT 00] SCHOOL DEVELOPING PHOTOGRAPHY LESSONS

A Coventry school will be able to develop a new photography department after it snapped up a donation to turn a kitchen into a darkroom.  MORE

[10 OCT 00] £10M TO IMPROVE COVENTRY'S DEPRIVED AREAS

Coventry has been given £10 million by the government to help bring deprived neighbourhoods back to life.  MORE

[09 OCT 00] COVENTRY TO MARK UNITY ANNIVERSARY

Coventry’s role as a symbol of reconciliation will be strengthened tomorrow when the city is represented at a commemoration of the anniversary of German unity.  MORE

[06 OCT 00] SUNDAY MARKET GETS THE GO AHEAD

Sunday markets are to start in Coventry next month despite bitter opposition from market traders after the city council rushed the decision through its committee structure.  MORE

[05 OCT 00] CRUMBLING BRIDGE OVER CITY WATER NEEDS REPAIR

Nearly 40 bridges in Coventry fall below an EU standard that was brought into force two years ago, and millions of pounds must be spent on solving the problem. MORE

[04 OCT 00] TOILETS BOGGED DOWN BY REVOLTING COUNCILLORS

Labour councillors have thrown plans to build public toilets in Coventry Library into turmoil by voting against the scheme. MORE

[04 OCT 00] INTERNATIONAL HUNT SPAWNS INTERNAL PROMOTION 

Two council officers have beaten off competition from all over the world to be appointed to new positions heading up regeneration and cultural strategy in the city. MORE

[03 OCT 00] CITY PENSIONERS WARNED OVER BLANKET RISK  

Pensioners in Coventry are being urged to have their electric blankets tested before the onset of winter. MORE

[02 OCT 00] TROUBLED ESTATE COULD BE BULLDOZED 

£6 million plans to demolish and rebuild an area of Coventry that has been compared to Beirut have been unveiled by the new owners of the city’s council houses. MORE

[02 OCT 00] PUBLIC VOTES FOR WAVY HAIR

Coventry City Council is a step nearer choosing its new look after members of the public picked their favourite option. MORE

[29 SEP 00] PLEA FOR MORE FOSTER FAMILIES TO SIGN UP

Sky Blue Sam is taking to the streets of Coventry tomorrow to try and encourage more people to become foster carers for children with disabilities.  MORE

[28 SEP 00] JUBILEE 2000 CHAIR TO DELIVER PEACE LECTURE

The leader of a worldwide fight against international poverty will be speaking about the struggle in an annual peace talk in Coventry next month.  MORE

[26 SEP 00] HOUSING NOW OUT OF COUNCIL'S HANDS

Coventry’s council houses have now been transferred to a private company, completing the largest switch of its kind in the country.  MORE

[25 SEP 00] MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON YOUR DOORSTEP

Householders in Coventry are being sent a bright reminder of changes being made in the city.  MORE

[22 SEP 00] SOCIAL SERVICES IN BUDGET CRISIS

Coventry’s social services department could face an overspend of up to £8 million, councillors have been warned.  MORE

[22 SEP 00] RACE ROW AS COUNCILLORS DEMAND INFORMATION

Passions were inflamed in Coventry’s council chamber last night as the arrival of 700 more asylum seekers to the city was debated.  MORE

[22 SEP 00] ASYLUM SEEKERS: THE FACTS

The arrival of 700 more asylum seekers in Coventry will not affect council house waiting lists or cost the city any money.  MORE

[21 SEP 00] TRANSFORMED CANAL IS NOW FULLY ALIVE

Ten years of transformation along Coventry’s once-derelict canal will come to a conclusion this weekend with the unveiling of the 39th and final piece of art.  MORE

[20 SEP 00] BEDS CRISIS FORCES CASH INJECTION

Coventry council officials are pumping an emergency £500,000 into social services following a hospital bed crisis at Walsgrave Hospital.  MORE

[20 SEP 00] SOCIAL POLICIES TOP COUNCIL SPENDING PLANS

Coventry’s beleaguered social services department is set to receive more money along with maintenance of pavements and parks in a rethink on council spending.  MORE

[20 SEP 00] TWO CAN SAFELY CROSS THE A45

People living near the busy A45 in Canley, Coventry will be able to cross the road safely next year when two special crossings are built.  MORE

[20 SEP 00] 'BRING OUT YOUR READ' CRY IN COVENTRY

People living in the Wyken and Eastern Green areas of Coventry are to be asked to take part in a pilot project for recycling paper.  MORE

[15 SEP 00] CITY LOOKS FOR NEW DESIGN INPUT

People with an eye for design are being sought to inject ideas into the way Coventry will look in the future.  MORE

[14 SEP 00] ROW OVER COUNCILLORS' 12 PER CENT PAY RISE

Coventry councillors are being recommended to award themselves pay rises of up to £80,000 a year.  MORE

[14 SEP 00] TOILET PROTESTORS FLUSHED AWAY

Coventry’s cabinet have told protestors against plans to put toilets in the ground floor of the Central Library that they are sticking with their decision.  MORE

[14 SEP 00] LOCAL DEMOCRACY EXPLAINED

Members of the public are being invited to take a crash course in local democracy.  MORE

[13 SEP 00] COUNCIL OFFERS EMERGENCY FUEL HELP

Coventry City Council is drawing up plans to keep essential services going during the fuel crisis, but a huge open day planned at Coventry University could be hit.  MORE

[12 SEP 00] DON'T BE CONNED BY GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES

Small ads are to go up at newsagents all over Coventry warning people to beware of get-rich-quick home-working schemes.  MORE

[11 SEP 00] MILLIONS ROLL INTO COVENTRY

More than £155 million of investment came into Coventry last year, according to the organisation responsible for attracting money to the city.  MORE

[08 SEP 00] BUGS TO TAKE THE PEE OUT OF THE cOUNCIL

Environmentally-friendly bugs could soon be taking the urine out of the council’s toilets – and saving costly water as a result. MORE

[08 SEP 00] LEADER FACES PUBLIC AHEAD OF LOO SHOWDOWN

Members of the public will be able to grill the Leader of Coventry City Council about pavements, pot-holes and public loos in a special question and answer session next week. MORE

[06 SEP 00] CABINET TO TAKE ITS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE

Coventry’s cabinet is to take to the streets to get to parts of the city that the council doesn’t normally reach. MORE

[06 SEP 00] OLDER PEOPLE ENCOURAGED TO SURF THE INTERNET

People aged over 50 in Coventry are being shown the power of the internet this week, with a little help from CWN.  MORE

[06 SEP 00] VIDEO CHANCE POPS UP FOR LOCAL GROUPS