Coventry Telegraph - April 17, 2025

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April 17, 2025

'Extensive damage' caused at football club

'EXTENSIVE damage' has been caused at a football club prompting police to issue an urgent plea.

1 min

Unmarked HGV detects thousands of traffic offences

A DRIVER applying makeup behind the wheel and another person steering with their elbows are just some of the offences detected by police riding in HGVs to spot driving offences, according to National Highways.

1 min

Police step up patrols after shots were fired in Coventry

POLICE have confirmed a man was rushed to hospital after shots were fired in Coventry.

1 min

Coventry stabbing was ‘isolated incident’

POLICE in Coventry have said the broad daylight stabbing which happened on Bell Green Road on Saturday (12 April) is an “isolated incident with no risk to the wider public”.

1 min

Police called out 400 times in just one year to danger dogs

THE number of dangerous dog attacks across Warwickshire has doubled in just over four years.

1 min

WIPE OUT!

IT’S a dirty job but someone has to do it. Severn Trent's Terry Churchill earns his living unblocking pipes and drains - many bunged up with items that should never have been flushed away.

2 mins

Journalism doesn't have to be 'bombastic'

MISHAL Husain has said that “personality-focused journalism doesn’t have to be bombastic’ after concerns that the BBC Radio 4 Today programme has shifted focus.

1 min

Judges rule on definition of a woman

TRANSGENDER women with a gender recognition certificate can be excluded from single-sex spaces if “proportionate”, the Supreme Court has ruled as the Government said the decision brought “clarity and confidence” for women and service providers.

1 min

Migrant ‘swap deals’ with France are not ruled out

A GOVERNMENT minister has not ruled out plans for a migrant removals agreement with the French, which could see a person deported from the UK in exchange for France sending another individual across the English Channel.

1 min

Ofsted is 'a danger to our members' - union

OFSTED is placing teachers in “imminent serious danger” and its proposed report cards will not address the “crisis in trust and reliability’, a union has said.

1 min

Bowled over by new lease of life at city club

A LOCAL bowls club has a new lease of life after a community effort has brought it back to former glory.

3 mins

NEW BBC SHOW FILMED IN COV

A BRAND new BBC show filmed in Coventry is set to air this week. Just Act Normal, written by Janice Okoh, is a darkly comic coming of age tale described by the network as an \"irreverent portrait of black working-class teenage life\".

1 min

Town centre building back to former glory

ONE of Nuneaton town centre's most majestic buildings has been restored to its former glory.

1 min

Nitrogen-fertilised grass may be more likely to trigger hay fever

GRASSLANDS that have been cultivated using nitrogen fertilisers may be more likely to trigger hay fever, a study suggests.

2 mins

Flappy days are here again

WING THE CHANGES IN YOUR GARDEN TO ENTICE MORE FEATHERED FRIENDS

2 mins

THE FUTURE IS GREEN

CREATING a comfortable home that encourages greener living is shaping our lives - and the future.

2 mins

SPRING TO LIFE

WITH brighter days and pretty blossom on the trees, the Easter bank holiday really does feel like a breath of fresh air, and there is ample opportunity to bring some of that beauty indoors.

2 mins

ROOK-IE MISTAKE

THE much-maligned rook has a reputation as black as its oily plumage.

1 min

TAPE OF GOOD HOPE?

Can new beauty trend face taping reduce wrinkles? LARA OWEN finds out

2 mins

PAINT AND SUFFERING

WAKING up to find that Banksy has decorated your end of terrace might sound like the best surprise gift ever, but the messy reality soon hits home.

1 min

Heads up to face a better future

A YOUNG woman with severe alopecia and a man who suffered nearly 50% burns when his uncle set him on fire are among the patients in this uplifting new series.

1 min

Palm reading

Looking for a luxurious take on a family winter sun holiday? TOM HUTCHISON sees Dubai in your future

4 mins

Barker is banned for anti-doping violation

FORMER Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker has been banned following an anti-doping violation, it has been revealed.

1 min

Brad just the TICKET for title tilt!

THE number of tickets Bradley Goldsmith shifts is, frankly, quite staggering.

2 mins

Let silence reign as the Crucible set to cast spell once again

TWELVE months ago Kyren Wilson emerged from a maelstrom of Crucible criticism to claim his first world snooker title and add his name to the list of those who have picked up the sport's greatest prize since the tournament adopted its current home in 1977.