Coventry Telegraph - April 11, 2025

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April 11, 2025

'Race track' driver gets warning in crackdown

POLICE dished out a warning to a 'race track' driver and warned him - 'drive like that again and say goodbye to your car'.

1 min

Robotic surgery at Cov hospital hailed as 'game changer'

A BIRMINGHAM man who has undergone two robotic surgeries at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) has described the technique as 'remarkable' and has endured 'no aches or pains!

2 mins

History lover's coat of arms made from broken pottery

A LOCAL history lover has unveiled a stunning work of art depicting a redesign of Coventry coat of arms - made up entirely from thousands of bits of broken pottery found mudlarking.

2 mins

Cause of blaze that led to major delays on city trains

FIREFIGHTERS have revealed the cause of a blaze that caused significant disruption at Coventry Railway Station.

1 min

Row rages after A5 upgrade is scrapped

A PLANNED upgrade on the A5 between Atherstone, Nuneaton and Hinckley has been scrapped.

2 mins

Brian May 'very well' as he recovers from stroke

ACTRESS Anita Dobson has said her husband Sir Brian May is “very well, back to his old self”, following his stroke last year.

1 min

Tariff pause welcomed

THE European Union's executive commission has said it will put its retaliation measures against new US tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump's pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.

1 min

Fire alert as temperature may hit 24C

HOT weather is set to bring highs of 24C to the UK as fire services continue to warn of wildfires across the country.

1 min

Grooming gang inquiries to go ahead, says Cooper

THE Home Secretary has insisted that local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns will be going ahead despite accusations the plans were being watered down.

1 min

PM promise to listen to areas 'failed' by politics

POLITICS has failed communities across the UK for decades, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he promised change to bring an end to an era of “managed decline”.

1 min

I didn't want to be a size zero woman taking down 300 men

VIOLA Davis is redefining what an action hero looks like. In the South Carolina actor's new blockbuster movie, G20, the almost 60-year-old is doing hand-to-hand combat, dodging bullets and taking out armed mercenaries - in a ballgown.

4 mins

Could Gareth Malone's latest test be too hard to Handel?

Composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, Messiah is one of the best-known choral works in western music.

2 mins

Come and have a go if you think you're BARD enough

Birmingham actor Nick Blood is bringing terrace chants to a new football-themed production of Much Ado About Nothing

4 mins

It'll be nostalgia on steroids

IN just a few weeks when Robbie Williams steps under the lights of Murrayfield on the first night of his tour, he has one objective.

1 min

Price hikes will hurt the US poor the most

TROUBLE is a-brewin' in the USA, more so than in other peaceful parts of the world. Donald Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk, who are all dollar millionaires are not seeing poor people and the poorest 50% of Americans own just 2.4% of the country's wealth.

1 min

SWITCH IT UP

JAPANESE console giant Nintendo has built its reputation on revolutionising the gaming world many times over during the company’s illustrious history.

2 mins

I'm very grateful comedy worked out for me...there was no plan B

All the time. I remember when I was 20 or something in Edinburgh and I saw Harry Shearer in a bar. He’s the voice of Mr Burns and Smithers in The Simpsons and was the bass player in Spinal Tap. To people like me, that is as famous as it gets.

4 mins

Three cheers for a vintage performer

WHO knew when Take That pop star Gary Barlow was chucking jelly around half-naked for a music video that one day he’d be a grown-up sensible wine buff...

1 min

Russell: FIA going the wrong way

GEORGE Russell says that the drivers’ actions are having little impact with the FIA and believes that the governing body continues to head in an unstable direction.

1 min

Jack no Master in Monte Carlo!

JACK Draper crashed out at the last-16 stage of the Monte Carlo Masters following a three-set defeat to Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

1 min

Poppy, 4, shows dad Rory how it's done at Augusta!

GOLF: Rory McIlroy’s four-year-old daughter showed her father how it was done by delighting the Augusta crowd with a monster putt on the eve of the 89th Masters.

2 mins

Rae's goal is four-midable performance to help Cov control Mob

AMPTHILL visit the Butts Park Arena tomorrow when Coventry seek to make it four-wins-from-four and reinforce their charge for a top-two Championship finish.

2 mins

Boss drawing comfort from solid Bears start

WARWICKSHIRE head to Durham today hoping to build on what first-team coach Ian Westwood described as a solid performance in securing a share of the points in his first game at the helm.

1 min

Pato earns chance to create more magic moments

COVENTRY City snatched a dramatic late win against Portsmouth to boost their Championship play-off hopes following back-to-back defeats.

3 mins

Jamie: Last-gasp goal is a dream come true

JAMIE Paterson says his stunning last-minute match-winner for his beloved Coventry City against Portsmouth is something he's 'pictured' in his head ever since signing for his hometown club.