Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Blitz - a bombing raid that devastated the city and changed it forever.
The annual family Christmas switch-on event will have a new star attraction this year, as it features artist-designed lighting and a unique family animation show which brings the festive spirit to Coventry.
Coventry Cathedral will be lit up today (14 November) as part of a spectacular light show to honour the country’s heritage and the wartime bravery of its people.
The ground-breaking and innovative MiFriendly Cities project will celebrate reaching its halfway point as a key part of this year’s RISING Global Peace Forum.
Coventry has honoured its oldest twin and partner in its work for peace, the City of Volgograd, by rededicating a memorial in the city centre.
Coventry people turned out in force yesterday to pay tribute to the fallen.
With Office for National Statistics population projections consistently identifying Coventry as the fastest growing city outside of greater London, Cllrs say that it is also good news for the economic growth of the city.
With a strong economy and employment rates up, Coventry saw productivity rise by 3.3% compared to a 3.1% nationally.
A new partnership approach has seen the number of pupils permanently excluded from Coventry schools fall.
The number of young people in Coventry not accessing further education, employment or training is falling.
Coventry foster carer Betty McGlinchey has been recognised once more for her dedication to caring for over 1000 children and young people as a Coventry City Council foster carer.
Record-breaking grant investment is set to change the city centre. Coventry City Centre has seen huge investment this decade – with more to come ahead of the city’s year as City of Culture in 2021.
A part of Coventry city centre will honour the city’s oldest twin and partner in its work for peace, the City of Volgograd.
A research and development project that could lead to very light rail (VLR) services operating in Coventry is now well underway.
Coventry has been named in the top three of a national league table highlighting the towns and cities with the most electric vehicle charge points.
Monday 11 November sees the West Orchards Shopping Centre fall silent as 4000 poppy petals are dropped in memory of the country’s war heroes.
The ground-breaking and innovative MiFriendly Cities project will celebrate reaching its halfway point as a key part of this year’s RISING Global Peace Forum.
The annual Remembrance Day service and parade is taking place at the War Memorial Park this Sunday (10 November).
A tree planting ceremony took place today at Longford Park, Foleshill, to mark the completion of the Guru Nanak Dev Ji Woodland.
Job vacancy: Headteacher, Coundon Primary School, Coventry
Coventry has higher than the national average of good or outstanding schools in every category, with almost 95% of primary schools in Ofsted’s highest two ratings.
Coventry’s Building Bridges project within the Migration Team has developed ‘Welcome to Coventry’, a new web app aimed at making the city more accessible to new arrivals.
Local developer, RG Group, have transformed a Longford-based community centre after volunteering their time, skills and materials to the site.
Coventry Cathedral will be lit up this November this year as part of a spectacular light show to honour the country’s heritage and the wartime bravery of its people.
A scheme to help the long term unemployed into work by reinvesting business rates revenue is being introduced by Coventry City Council.
Dozens of organisations met earlier this week to look at ways of increasing the levels of integration between communities and organisations in the city.
Coventry is set to celebrate George Eliot’s 200-year birthday with a new display featuring the original manuscript for one of her most famous works, Middlemarch, on loan from the British Library as part of the ‘Treasures on Tour’ programme.
The average healthy life expectancy in Coventry differs by 10.9 years for men and 10 years for women dependent upon where in the city people are born and live, a Public Health report published shows.
Why become a school of sanctuary?
Works in the city centre to remove the escalator from the Upper Precinct began on Monday 28 October. It marks the start of work to transform the area, as well as opening up the space and the views towards Broadgate.
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