[05 MAY 00] LABOUR LEADER COULD BE TOPPLED

[24 APR 00] NEW CIVIC SQUARES PLANNED FOR COVENTRY

Shining steel balls, a twisted metal ribbon and a marble chequered floor are just some of the ideas being prepared for the transformation of the city centre.  MORE

[19 APR 00] FULL LIST OF ELECTION CANDIDATES

A comprehensive list of who is standing on May 4.  MORE

[05 MAR 00] BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL COURSES EXTENDED

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Coventry today, for the Home Front Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication in the new Cathedral.  MORE

[03 FEB 00] NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES BOOST

[14 DEC 99] TENANTS BACK COUNCIL HOUSING PLAN

[15 OCT 99] GO-AHEAD FOR UNIVERSITY CYCLE ROUTE

[23 SEP 99] GREEN TRAVEL INITIATIVE FROM COVENTRY COUNCIL

Skateboarders in Coventry could soon be making use of a new £35,000 facility after a 12-year-old boy petitioned his local councillor.  MORE

[13 AUG 99] COUNCIL SEEKS VIEWS ON HUMBER ROAD

Coventry City Council is inviting views on proposals it has made that will affect traffic in the St Michaels, Upper Stoke and Lower Stoke areas in Coventry.  MORE

[13 AUG 99] NEW CYCLING GUIDE FOR COVENTRY

Coventry City Council has defended its plans to transfer over 20,000 council houses into the private sector.  MORE

[07 AUG 99] CANAL HOUSE UP FOR SALE

One of the most striking old houses in Coventry is to be put on the open market by the city council. Canal House which was built in the late 18^th or early 19^th century will be advertised for sale within the next few weeks.  MORE

[04 AUG 99] COVENTRY AEROSPACE INDUSTRY ON THE UP

A Coventry City Council research project in to the aerospace industry, an important wealth creator in Coventry, has shown that things are on the up.  MORE

[30 JUL 99] EURO FUNDING FOR COVENTRY CANAL

Coventry City Council has won over £280,000 of European funding to set up a Canal Corridor Ranger Service and continue the Canal Enhancement Programme.  MORE

[28 JUL 99] PARK & RIDE CLOSED FOR CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL

Because of the huge expected turnout for Coventry’s Caribbean Festival, the Council has taken the reluctant decision to close the Memorial Park Car Park to Park and Ride travellers on Saturday 31 July.  MORE

[23 JUL 99] COVENTRY WHOLESALE MARKET IN THE BALANCE

Traders at Coventry Wholesale Market are hoping to secure their future at the Barras Heath site after the city council urged them to present their plans for the future.  MORE

[19 JUL 99] BARRAS HEATH MARKET ARMED ROBBERY

Coventry City Council has hit back at claims that an armed robbery at the city’s Wholesale Market was worsened by the absence of their gate man.  MORE

[18 JUL 99] COVENTRY COMPOST BIN & WATER BUTT BARGAINS

Coventry people keen to do their bit for the environment are being invited to a special sale of Composting Bins and Water Butts at a promotion taking place today at the War Memorial Park 10am - 3pm.  MORE

[16 JUL 99] WHITLEY DEVELOPMENT MOVES TO NEXT STAGE

Jaguar Cars could be set to create 2,500 jobs in Coventry after plans for a mixed-use business park as an extension to their Whitley site have progressed a stage further.  MORE

[15 JUL 99] £16M SRB GRANT FOR COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE

Coventry and Warwickshire was today handed a massive boost after it was announced that a £16 million grant was to be given to regeneration schemes across the area.  MORE

[12 JUL 99] GO-AHEAD FOR COVENTRY COLLIERY DEVELOPMENT

Redevelopment work in the north of Coventry is set to go into overdrive after the Secretary of State decided not to intervene in plans for the Coventry Colliery site.  MORE

[07 JUL 99] JAGUAR WHITLEY DECISION DELAYED

Coventry City Council officers today recommended that the Council support Jaguar's proposal to develop a Business Park at Whitley. The Planning Policy Team today considered the recommendation and decided to defer a decision until their next meeting on 15 July.   MORE

[28 JUN 99] SPORTSMARK AWARD FOR FIVE COVENTRY SCHOOLS

A Coventry special school has recently been awarded the prestigious Sportsmark Gold award by Sport England (formerly English Sports Council), and four secondary schools have received Sportsmark Awards.   MORE

[28 JUN 99] COUNCIL SAYS THANKS FOR COMPLAINING

A leading City Councillor has today welcomes people’s complaints and compliments and asked that they keep coming so that improvements on Council services can be made for the future.   MORE

[25 JUN 99] LEARNING FOR LIFE CONFERENCE

Coventry is leading the way in Personal and Social Education in schools by hosting a conference at Elm Bank Teachers’ Centre next week.   MORE

[24 JUN 99] NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL, BUT WHERE?

Coventry has won a medical school from the Government but no one knows where it can be built because of the local squabbles over where a new super hospital is to be sited.   MORE

[24 JUN 99] OLDER PEOPLE'S FESTIVAL IN COVENTRY

Coventry City Council has announced the date of a festival for older people.  MORE

[24 JUN 99] CHAIN COMPANY PLAQUE COMES HOME

Lancashire student Stuart Clewlow will return the Coventry Chain workers’ memorial plaque to the City of Coventry on Friday 25 June.  MORE

[23 JUN 99] SPECIAL UNITS GET OFSTED APPROVAL

Coventry’s three Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) have received positive feedback in their very first OFSTED inspections.   MORE

[23 JUN 99] COVENTRY SHOWS OFF PROPERTY

Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council Investment Agencies have teamed up to ensure that potential investors are fully aware of the development opportunities available in the sub-region.   MORE

[23 JUN 99] LEASE OF LIFE FOR LEASOWES NURESERY

Coventry City Council’s sports and parks policy team are hoping to revitalise the nursery at Leasowes Ave by investigating all possible options in a bid to make it a viable proposition and to make it work for the city.   MORE

[22 JUN 99] LEISUREWORLD TO GET GREEN

Tree lovers in the Starley Road area of Coventry are being reassured by the City Council that a grand total of thirteen new trees are to be planted near the entrance to the new LeisureWorld and Arena development.   MORE

[15 JUN 99] McDONALDS HIT BY SECOND FINE

McDonald’s has been left reeling after a second of their Coventry outlets was fined in the space of a week. This time it was the company’s Alvis Retail Park restaurant that was in court after a customer found a ballbearing in an ice-cream sundae.   MORE

[11 JUN 99] GIVE THE BIKE A GO

People across Coventry are being urged to get on their bike next week as Coventry City Council joins in ’National Bike Week’.   MORE

[11 JUN 99] UPLIFT FOR LOWER PRECINCT

The creation of a new garden and the introduction of artistic murals are two of the key improvements which will lift the Lower Precinct area when environmental improvement work gets underway next week.  MORE

[11 JUN 99] ST BENEDICTS FLYS THE FLAG FOR THE PLANET

A Hillfields primary school has become the first in the city to be awarded Eco status and will be proudly flying their Green Flag tomorrow for doing their bit to protect the planet.  MORE

[10 JUN 99] MCDONALDS FINED FOR SEWAGE IN BASEMENT

A Coventry fast-food store has been fined after they continued to trade despite the fact that their basement food store was flooded with sewage.  MORE

[10 JUN 99] MORE PLAY AREAS ARE PROPOSED

The Sports and Parks Policy Team are receiving a report at their meeting today detailing the expected developments in play areas for the City for the next five years.  MORE

[09 JUN 99] ALLOTMENT SUCCESS

Leisure services are announcing the success of the Allotments promotion which they undertook earlier this year at the meeting of the Sports and Parks Policy Team on Thursday 10 June.  MORE

[08 JUN 99] COVENTRY COUNCIL LOOK TO CONTROL THE CAR

A purge to encourage city centre workers to leave their cars at home and travel to work on public transport has been highlighted by National Car Free Day.  MORE

[08 JUN 99] COVENTRY INSPIRES CHURCH TO FORMER GLORY

The placing of a 3-foot copper and gold weather vane at the top of Christchurch Spire marks the completion of a project to restore one of Coventry’s three famous spires to its former glory.   MORE

[28 MAY 99] SALMONELLA STRIKES AGAIN

Yesterday we saw details of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning caused by the use of raw shell eggs to make home made mayonnaise.   MORE

[27 MAY 99] FOLESHILL PUPILS STAR IN TVs "TOP TEAM"

Coventry school children are to star in a new national series for Channel 4 Schools Programme – and get the chance to improve on their sporting skills at the same time.   MORE

[25 MAY 99] ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

One hundred and fifty people from across the West Midlands are seeking to challenge our perceptions of transport.   MORE

[24 MAY 99] LIBRARY OPENS NEW IT CENTRE

Coventry central library has opened a new information technology centre in an attempt to allow a wider range of people access to the Internet.   MORE

[21 MAY 99] NEW LORD MAYOR OUTLINES 'HOPE' FOR THE CITY

Coventry’s new Lord Mayor Joan Wright took office yesterday and urged the people of Coventry to start being more positive about the city.   MORE

[21 MAY 99] COVENTRY ONLY BRITISH CITY AT PEACE FORUM

Coventry’s international renown as a city of peace and reconciliation was reaffirmed when it became the only British city to be invited to attend the International forum for the culture of peace and dialogue among civilisations in the third millennium.   MORE

[20 MAY 99] DURBAN DELEGATION VISIT COVENTRY

A trade delegation from Durban in South Africa visiting Coventry this week will be hosted by Coventry City Council today to look at ways to develop joint business ventures. MORE

[18 MAY 99] CHIEF OFFICER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

Peter Pinnell, Director of the Leisure Services Department, is to retire after 39 years service with the City Council.  MORE

[12 MAY 99] COUNCIL ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE LEADERS

Coventry City Council today announced those councillors who will lead committees, panels and policy teams for 1999/2000.  MORE

[12 MAY 99] HOUSEHOLD COLLECTIONS BOOST FOR RECYCLING

Coventry residents may soon be able to do their bit for the environment without even leaving their front rooms after Coventry Council detailed proposals for a pioneering scheme.  MORE

[12 MAY 99] THIRD LOCAL HISTORY FAIR FOR COVENTRY

Coventry is to host the regional Local and Family History Fair for the third year running.  MORE

[11 MAY 99] RESTAURANT QUARTER WITH NO RESTAURANTS

Visitors to Coventry searching for the restaurant quarter will have to keep looking well beyond the summer.  MORE

[10 MAY 99] RADFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL - OFSTED

Radford Primary School was inspected during the week beginning 22 February by a team from OFSTED. The report, recently received by the school, recognised many strengths in the school, but the inspectors have placed the school in the category of Serious Weaknesses.  MORE

[07 MAY 99] SOCIALIST TAKE ANOTHER SEAT IN COVENTRY

David Nellist and his Socialist Alternative Party promised to make a real impact on the Coventry political scene after taking another seat at yesterday’s council elections.  MORE

[06 MAY 99] EXHIBITION OFFERS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE

Paralympic gold medallist and three times London marathon winner Tanni Grey will be in Coventry next week to open an exhibition highlighting the very latest developments in improving the quality of life for disabled and older people.  MORE

[04 MAY 99] NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTOR, COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL

Jonathan Smith has been appointed to the post of Strategic Director (social inclusion) with Coventry City Council. Mr Smith is expected to take up the post, which includes responsibility for the city’s social services department, in August.  MORE

[29 APR 99] HOSPITAL ROW IS NOT OVER YET

The debate over the site of Coventry’s new super-hospital may still run for some time after Coventry’s Community Health Authority decided to call a public meeting.  MORE

[29 APR 99] TRAFFIC CALMING FOR WOOD END

Coventry City Council’s Environment and Transportation Policy Team have given the go ahead to two lots of traffic calming – one in Wood End and one in Stoke Aldermoor.  MORE

[27 APR 99] COUNCIL CONTINUE TO BACK CANAL REGENERATION

Coventry City Council has approved further expenditure of over £110,000 on the city’s canal in an attempt to make the area "an asset to Coventry".  MORE

[23 APR 99] HOWGRAVE-GRAHAM: NOW GET BEHIND WALSGRAVE

The chief executive of the Coventry Health Authority has said that Walsgrave was chosen as the site for the city’s new super-hospital because a city centre site was not "do-able or practical." Chris Howgrave-Graham stressed that although building on the Coventry and Warwickshire site was the preference of the Coventry Health Authority, they felt it was the riskier option.  MORE

[22 APR 99] NEW PLAY EQUIPMENT FOR KIDS OF SPON END

Coventry City Council has spent £16,000 on new play equipment for children living in Spon End, after their old equipment was burnt to the ground in September last year.   MORE

[21 APR 99] D-DAY ON HOSPITAL DECISION IS LOOMING

Coventry City Council chiefs have given fresh hope to supporters of a city centre hospital ahead of Friday’s crucial meeting to decide the location of the new development.   MORE

[13 APR 99] DELAY ON SUPERHOSPITAL DECISION

Coventry Area Health Authority today vowed to make a decision on the city’s new hospital within a fortnight after another postponement.   MORE

[13 APR 99] LIBRARY WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Coventry Schools Library Service have now finished their two stage competition which was launched in January of this year to celebrate their 75 years of service to Coventry schools.  MORE

[13 APR 99] COVENTRY'S NEW HOSPITAL FOR THE MILLENNIUM

The City Council’s response to the Coventry Area Health Authority’s list of 20 outstanding issues that must be resolved before a decision can be made on the siting of Coventry’s new hospital, has been submitted today.   MORE

[13 APR 99] TAXI FARES INCREASE FOR MILLENNIUM

The City Council’s Licensing Panel has approved a request from the Coventry Taxi Association to charge two and half times the standard fare on the eve of the new millennium. An earlier request to charge treble the standard fare had been rejected by the Licensing Panel on 11 March, and discussions with the Taxi Association resulted in a revised request for a lower fare.  MORE

[09 APR 99] SUCCESS FOR ENTERPRISE SUPPORT SCHEME

A thriving new business support scheme, run by the City Council, that has helped to create more than 8,000 jobs in Coventry over the last 17 years is set to receive continued support into the next millennium when the Economic Regeneration Policy Team meet.  MORE

[07 APR 99] COVENTRY WELCOMES REFUGEES

Coventry City Council will welcome any Kosovo refugees if the Government decides to airlift them to this country. Councillor John Fletcher, leader of the council said: "We have not been asked to do anything yet, but if we are, we will certainly see what we can do to help.  MORE

[07 APR 99] LORD FALCONER TO MEET THE PHOENIX

Members of Coventry City Council’s Phoenix Initiative project team will be welcoming Lord Falconer and the ‘Millennium Voyager’ to the city today. Together with Bryan Richardson, Chair of Coventry City Football Club, Lord Falconer will be ‘opening’ the Voyager – a spectacular mobile exhibition showcasing the numerous projects funded by the Millennium Commission across the country.  MORE

[01 APR 99] SEVERN TRENT FOOTS THE BILL

Severn Trent water authority has been presented with a bill for £50,000 and it is pleased to pay it. They have been sent the bill by Coventry City Council, which says a huge hole, which suddenly appeared in High Street in the city centre was Severn Trent‘s responsibility.  MORE

[30 MAR 99] WATCH - OUT TO CHANGE HILLFIELDS WITH £447,000

On Thursday 1 April Coventry City Council will sign an agreement worth £447,000 with WATCH – a limited company run by local residents, community groups and traders in Hillfields that will give local people real control over how and where money is spent in their area.  MORE

[26 MAR 99] ARENA 2000 GETS THE GO AHEAD

Coventry City’s new Arena 2000 has been given the planning green light and work is set to start on the £120 million project in the next month. Coventry City Council’s planning policy team gave the Foleshill complex outline planning permission – allowing the Premiership club to push on with its ambitious plans.  MORE

[25 MAR 99] FUTURE PLANNED FOR VIOLENCE VICTIMS

Coventry City Council is co-ordinating the development of an overall strategy to help victims of domestic violence. Roger Hughes, leader of the Social Justice team says:   "We are planning for the future. The city council recognises its responsibility for supporting victims of domestic violence, who are mostly women.  MORE

[25 MAR 99] COUNCIL TO MAKE FOUR COVENTRY ROADS SAFER

On Monday 29 March the Environment and Transportation Policy Team look set to give the go ahead to four new road safety schemes that will help to cut the number of raod accidents in Coventry.  MORE

[25 MAR 99] CYCLISTS BENEFIT FROM CASH SPENDING NEXT YEAR

Some of Coventry most vulnerable road users look set to benefit from increased spending when the Environment and Transportation Policy Team meet on Monday 29 March to map out how a total of £1.7 million highways cash will be spent over the next year.  MORE

[24 MAR 99] COVENTRY SETS UP A NEW SPORTS TRUST

Coventry City Council is transferring responsibility for the management of several of its major sporting facilities to a non-profit making charitable trust from 1 April. The new trust, to be known as Coventry Sports Trust Ltd, will take over the management of Coventry Sports Centre in Fairfax Street, Foleshill Leisure Centre and Brandon Wood Municipal Golf Course.  MORE

[24 MAR 99] COUNCIL TO IMPROVE DISABLED ACCESS

Coventry City Council is to spend £500,000 on improving disabled access to its public buildings. The Finance Policy Team yesterday agreed to back a three-year programme which will see around 150 buildings opened up to disabled people.  MORE

[23 MAR 99] CATHEDRAL HOSTEL GETS DEMOLITION GO AHEAD

Coventry’s £40 million Phoenix Initiative gained momentum today with news that John F Kennedy House can be demolished. The 1960s hostel, designed by world-renowned architect Sir Basil Spence – the man responsible for Coventry Cathedral – stands in the way of the scheme designed the transform the face of the city for the new century and could have been listed after protests about its fate.  MORE

[19 MAR 99] BUYER WANTED TO RESTORE COUNDON HOUSE

Coventry City Council is looking for buyers to restore one of its most magnificent mansions to its former glory. Coundon House in Southbank Road, Coundon, has been vandalised and fallen into ruin since it was last used in 1986, but the council says it has already had contact with prospective buyers.   MORE

[18 MAR 99] A CITIZENS PANEL FOR COVENTRY

A Citizens Panel of residents is to be set up in Coventry to check out views and perceptions about services in the City. The panel will be in partnership between Coventry City Council, Coventry Health Authority and West Midlands Police, operational costs are to be shared by those partners.   MORE

[16 MAR 99] EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LEADS THE WAY

Today Councillors and educationalists from Derby will be in Coventry to see at first hand the excellent work that takes place at the Education Business Partnership. The visit to the Partnership Centre at Peugeot in Stoke has been arranged by Coventry City Council.   MORE

[16 MAR 99] JAG STEALS INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY SHOW

There may be several weeks to go before Jaguar’s new ‘S’ type makes its first appearance in Britain’s car showrooms, but Coventry City Council has already been putting its formidable crowd pulling power to good use.   MORE

[15 MAR 99] COVENTRY PIONEERS HOUSING TRANSFER

Coventry, so often local government pioneers, has notched another first by leading the way to transfer its huge housing stock to a private company. The scheme, which has been described as "ground-breaking" by housing minister Hilary Armstrong, will be the first of its kind in the country if the tenants of the 20,500 houses give it the go ahead.   MORE

[15 MAR 99] EDUCATION MINISTER TALKS TO LOCAL TEACHERS

Education Minister Estelle Morris MP is coming to Coventry today to talk to Deputy Headteachers in Coventry. The minister graduated from Warwick University and worked for some years at Sydney Stringer Community Technology college as a very committed and successful Head of 6^th form.   MORE

[11 MAR 99] COUNCIL CHECK ON TAXIS

31 private hire vehicles and 13 hackney carriages licensed by the City Council were checked as part of an enforcement operation in the city on Friday night – 5 March. During previous checks of this kind a significant number of vehicles have repeatedly been found to be in an unroadworthy condition.   MORE

[11 MAR 99] GOOD RESULTS FOR COVENTRY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Today’s published Performance Indicators from the Audit Commission show that Coventry school children are getting good results. The most recent attainment figures show that overall Coventry is close to or equal to the England average, and doing better than our LEA (Local Education Authority) statistical neighbours, with whom the DfEE compare us.  MORE

[11 MAR 99] PRIMROSE HILL LODGE CELEBRATES 30TH BIRTHDAY

Primrose Hill Lodge, in Hillfields, is celebrating it’s 30^th Birthday on 11 March, 1999. A birthday cake will be cut by the current Lord Mayor of Coventry, Cllr Maggie Rosher and also Margaret Brassington, who was the Lady Mayoress present at the opening ceremony in 1969.  MORE

[10 MAR 99] SUPERHOSPITAL DECISION DELAYED

Coventry City Council today welcomed the Health Authority’s move to delay the decision on the new super hospital. The Authority was originally due to decide between the Walsgrave and city centre sites on 16 March but may now wait until next month.  MORE

[10 MAR 99] £450,000 LOAN MEANS NO CUTS TO SCHOOL BUDGETS

Yesterday afternoon, City Councillors decided on a funding plan for Education that will make the most of Government Standards Funds and not cut into Individual Schools Budgets.   MORE

[10 MAR 99] SMOKERS GET DOUBLE CHANCE TO QUIT

Smokers can double their chances to quit this year as the City Council and Health Promotions Service combine their services to offer help and support during two events on National No Smoking Day – today.   MORE

[09 MAR 99] ELECTORAL REGISTER STAYS MANUAL

Coventry City Council have decided not to allow people to electronically search the electoral register after fears the service was being abused. Members of the public have been able to search the system to trace friends and relatives for a fee of £5 but the service has now been restricted after council staff became suspicious of some users’ motives.   MORE

[05 MAR 99] LOWER PRECINCT PROJECT SOON TO GET GO-AHEAD

Coventry’s massive Lower Precinct project is expected to get go-ahead in the next couple of weeks. The result of a public inquiry into the £33 million development were expected in June but now looks set to come out early and a positive result is expected.   MORE

[04 MAR 99] £831,000 TO CUT CLASS SIZES IN COVENTRY

The DfEE announced today that Coventry City Council is to get a total of £831,000 to put its approved ‘Class Size Plan’ into action. Of the funding, £604,000 is for employing additional teachers and £227,000 is for building extra classroom space.  MORE

[04 MAR 99] CALUDON CASTLE - OFSTED REPORT

In its recent OFSTED inspection, Caludon Castle Secondary School was shown to be excellent in some areas and to offer good value for money. The school has improved since its last inspection in 1995 – with the quality of teaching improving as well as the standards of attainments of the pupils.  MORE

[03 MAR 99] HIGH STREET HOLE PUZZLE CONTINUES

Coventry’s "black hole" could keep the city’s High Street closed into next week – and beyond. The street has been closed to traffic since the hole first appeared on Monday morning and three days on, experts are no nearer finding the reason for the sudden cavity.  MORE

[03 MAR 99] FREE BASKETBALL FOR GIRLS

Coventry girls can get basketball tips from a top coach at a free session next week. A Coventry Crusaders coach will lead a special free basketball session at the Midlands Sports Centre on Thursday 11 March aiming to inspire more girls to take up the sport. Girls of all ages and abilities are invited to attend.  MORE

[01 MAR 99] TEAM APPOINTED TO UNEARTH COVENTRY'S PAST

The Phoenix Initiative, Coventry’s Millennium project, has awarded an important archaeological contract for the excavation of the city’s original 13^th century Cathedral, to Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit.  MORE

[26 FEB 99] AEROSPACE EXPERT JETS IN TO COVENTRY

Coventry city council are set to host a special seminar today to examine the future of the aerospace industry locally and nationally. Professor Keith Hayward who is Head of Research at the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) will be in the city to address members of the Aerospace Industry Regional And Local Authority Network otherwise known as AIRLINE.  MORE

[25 FEB 99] COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

A Coventry City Councillor today invited community groups to help with a unique oral history project led by the council’s Leisure Services Department called ‘Coventry Lives’, which will record the words of hundreds of local people speaking about the City’s past, present and future.  MORE

[24 FEB 99] REPORT COMPLIMENTS CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY

Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has welcomed the positive work being carried out by Coventry City Council’s library services, when he unveiled the first ever report on the future plans of England’s 149 library authorities.  MORE

[23 FEB 99] COVENTRY SCHOOLS ARE AIMING HIGH

Coventry schools are aiming high, and standards of attainment are improving. The results of the National Curriculum test for 11 year olds (Key Stage 2) show that Coventry schools are improving at a similar rate to schools nationally in English and science, and at a faster rate in maths.     MORE

[22 FEB 99] £300,000 TO HELP CITY CELEBRATE MILLENNIUM

Coventry has secured over £300,000 of Millennium Commission money to enable the city to celebrate the Millennium in style. The grant provides added value to a massive and exciting programme of events estimated to cost £2.5m, which will firmly place Coventry on the events map.    MORE

[22 FEB 99] BULL YARD RESTAURANTS MAKE SLOW PROGRESS

Coventry City Council is to redouble its efforts to persuade quality eating establishments to open up in the newly created Bull Yard ‘restaurant quarter’. The project has been ridiculed because it has failed to live up to its publicity.   MORE

[22 FEB 99] £80,000 BOOST FOR MILLENNIUM PROJECT

The Millennium Commission today offered a grant of £80,000 to the ‘The Spirit of Coventry Education and Community Millennium Project’, which will signal the go ahead for a variety of exciting activities looking at the past, present and future of the City.  MORE

[22 FEB 99] ASBESTOS SURVEY STARTS ON WYKEN FLATS

A safety survey is being carried out this week ahead of a programme to remove asbestos found in two blocks of Council high rise flats in Wyken. The two hundred and fifty-six flats located in Vincent Wyles House and William Malcolm House have some panels in service ducts in the kitchen cupboards, hot air heater cupboard and around the electric/gas meter which contain asbestos.  MORE

[22 FEB 99] SUCCESS FOR LYNG HALL SCHOOL

The recent OFSTED inspection on Lyng Hall School shows that it is doing well and has made good progress since it was inspected in March 1997 and placed in Special Measures.  MORE

[22 FEB 99] STATEMENT FROM CLLR HARRISON, CHAIR OF CCS

Over recent weeks a number of negative media articles have reported CCS issues without response by the City Council. The events of last week require the facts to be stated. Since the New Board was established last May, progress has been made in turning the financial and management performance of CCS around.  MORE

[19 FEB 99] £200,000 TOOLS MISSING FROM CCS

Bosses of under-fire Coventry Contract Services have ordered an investigation after reports that £200,000 of tools have gone missing. The council’s building and repairs division had already declared a tools amnesty among staff after his was discovered that £100,000 of equipment had gone missing but that figure may have trebled after fresh evidence from two further CCS depots.  MORE

[19 FEB 99] FUTURE OF BARRAS HEATH WHOLESALE MARKET

Members of Coventry's Economic Regeneration Policy Team are set to examine the options for the relocation of the Wholesale Market from its present Barras Heath site when they meet on Thursday 25 February.  MORE

[17 FEB 99] ALDI STORE GO-AHEAD DESPITE RADFORD PROTESTS

A cut-price superstore has stirred up resentment from all sides in the Radford district of Coventry. Aldi, the Euro giant, will open a new store despite vigorous protests from local residents and shopkeepers backed by the City Council.  MORE

[17 FEB 99] FIRE AT COVENTRY CONTRACT SERVICES

A fire so fierce that it melted the visors on firefighters’ helmets, caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to stock in a Coventry Contract Services store during the night.  MORE

[16 FEB 99] A NEW COAT FOR BLUE COATS

A Grade II listed building in the heart of Coventry is set to be restored to its former glory, thanks to the Phoenix Initiative, Coventry City Council’s Millennium project. Work starts this week to transform both the inside and the outside of the old Blue Coat School, off Priory Row, opposite Holy Trinity Church.   MORE

[16 FEB 99] MINI SOCCER COMES TO COVENTRY

The City’s Sport and Parks Policy Team yesterday agreed to work in partnership with the Coventry and District Minor League, Primary School Football association and voluntary sports clubs to introduce mini soccer in Coventry.  MORE

[16 FEB 99] £60 MILLION PROGRAMME FOR SOCIAL SERVICES

Coventry social services’ 1999/2000 spending programme reinforces the city council’s commitment to the priorities of the Coventry Community Plan, and promises new ways of working with the private sector in some service areas.  MORE

[12 FEB 99] DEMOLITION FOR PHOENIX INITIATIVE BEGINS

The Phoenix Initiative started to rise yesterday – with the demolition of Stevens Memorial Hall. The knocking down of the former youth club just off Trinity Street was the first physical step to creating the £20 million scheme jointly funded by Coventry City Council and the Millennium Commission.  MORE

[11 FEB 99] COVENTRY SCHOOL COLLECTS 20,000 BOOK TOKENS

A Coventry has become the first in the country to send in 20,000 tokens for books in the Walkers Crisps promotion – and the figure is still rising! Parkgate School in Parkgate Road, Coventry have been collecting the tokens since the week before Christmas and their achievement is being featured in The Sun newspaper.  MORE

[11 FEB 99] LORD MAYOR OF DRESDEN VISITS ARENA 2000 SITE

The Mayor of Dresden is set to take a look at Highfield Road Football Stadium and the proposed site of the new Arena 2000 when he visits Coventry today. On the first of a two day visit Dr Herbert Wagner, who is keen to see how Coventry is transforming run down areas of the city, will meet Bryan Richardson before going out to the fomer gas works site to take a look at the City Council's plans to regenerate the whole of the north of Coventry.  MORE

[10 FEB 99] COVENTRY COUNCIL TAX GOES UP

Coventry people will have to find an extra 7.9% in council tax under a radical Coventry Community Plan announced by the city council today. The average council tax bill for a household with two or more people will be £682 in Coventry for the year 1999/2000. Houses in Band A will pay £35 a year more, those living in houses in the top rated Band H will have to find an extra £146 a year.  MORE

[09 FEB 99] GREEN CHALLENGE TO HOULDSWORTH TIP PLANS

The Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is battling to save a "vital green lung" from the threat of development. Prologis Kingspark Developments is applying for outline planning permission to build on land at the former Houldsworth Tip near the Coventry Colliery and their bid goes before the Planning Policy Team of Coventry City Council on Thursday.  MORE

[08 FEB 99] BUS BACKS CITY CENTRE SITE FOR SUPERHOSPITAL

Coventry City Council's drive for support from across the city for a central location for the new superhospital - has now added bus backing. Posters on the backs of Travel West Midlands buses will be seen all over Coventry in the next few days, in the next step of a campaign to get people to pledge their support for the City Centre site, rather than the Walsgrave alternative.  MORE

[08 FEB 99] CHILDRENS PARLIAMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Pupils from seven Coventry schools will join battle at 10.45 am on Thursday 11 February in the Council Chamber for the honour to represent the City in a national competition which could see them speaking at the House of Commons in May.  MORE

[05 FEB 99] TOP MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT COVENTRY COUNCIL

Coventry City Council is planning changes to the roles and responsibilities of its chief officers as part of its modernisation programme. Proposals under consideration would replace the current team of chief executive and nine chief officer posts, with a strategic management team.  MORE

[05 FEB 99] INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CLEAR COUNCIL

Coventry City Council, in late 1997 and early 1998, investigated a complaint from a former member of Coventry Black Council and the Educational Development Initiative Trust into a number of alleged irregularities connected with these organisations.  MORE

[03 FEB 99] SPON STREET FACELIFT

Medieval Spon Street is to be revamped to make it into one of the most attractive shopping streets in the city centre. The city council has agreed spending of £1.3 million to improve the overall look of the street. MORE

[02 FEB 99] CITY COUNCIL HOSPITAL PR BLITZ

The City Council is to spend £16,000 on a public relations blitz to persuade Coventry’s citizens that the new hospital should be built in the city centre rather than at Walsgrave. Cllr Arthur Waugh, deputy leader of the council, has announced that leaflets will drop through the letterboxes of 126,000 houses on 8 & 9 February. MORE

[02 FEB 99] COURT BACKS COUNCIL TO CLOSE NUISANCE FLAT

Coventry County Court today backed the Council’s decision to terminate the Introductory Tenancy of Joesph Bourne in Milverton Road, Wood End, Coventry by awarding a possession order to the City Council.   MORE

[01 FEB 99] LAP DANCING RULED OUT IN COVENTRY

Lap dancing has been ruled out in Coventry – unless the public indicates otherwise. The City Council’s licensing authority has ruled against women stripping naked to dance on tables in Club Release in The Burges, but say they are willing to canvass the views of the public.   MORE

[28 JAN 99] PLANNING MINISTER TO TAKE TO COVENTRY SKIES

Planning Minister Richard Caborn is to get a bird’s eye view of Coventry and Warwickshire’s major areas of regeneration in a whistle stop tour tomorrow. The Minister will take a thirty minute helicopter flight over the city to see for himself the sites for proposed regeneration in the centre and northern boundary of Coventry and the areas of recent business expansion right across the city.   MORE

[28 JAN 99] GOSFORD PARK SCHOOL - OFSTED REPORT

Children at Gosford Park Primary school enjoy satisfactory or better teaching in 88% of lessons with nearly half assessed as good or very good by OFSTED inspectors.   MORE

[27 JAN 99] SCHOOL FAILS TO GIVE ACCEPTABLE EDUCATION

Teaching standards at Joseph Cash primary school are at least satisfactory or good on over half of the lessons observed according to a recent OFSTED inspection on 12 and 13 November 1998. The school situated in Owenford Road has 317 pupils. Over 40% of the pupils are of non-white ethnic origin, the majority of whom are of Asian heritage.   MORE

[27 JAN 99] HIGH PROFILE VISITORS FROM ST ETIENNE, FRANCE

[26 JAN 99] ARTS AWARDS FOR ALL

Are you planning a small arts project for the year 2000? – Th Millennium Festival Fund Roadshow is holding a meeting for arts organisations on Wednesday 17 February at 6 pm in the Council House Committee Rooms.  MORE

[26 JAN 99] MO MOWLAM TO BECOME FREEMAN OF THE CITY

The Right Honourable Dr Marjorie Mowlam, MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is to be admitted as an Honorary freeman of the City of Coventry in recognition of her significant contribution to the peace settlement in Northern Ireland.  MORE

[25 JAN 99] COUNCIL IN STEP WITH URBAN REGENERATION

A half way report published by the Government’s Urban Task Force shows that Coventry City Council is on the right track when it comes to breathing new life back into urban areas, creating a living environment that people can enjoy and be proud of.  MORE

[22 JAN 99] ARENA 2000 GETS GO AHEAD

Coventry City have been given the green light by the Government to build the finest stadium in Europe and one which will be at the head of England’s bid to stage the 2006 World Cup Finals.The football club’s project cleared its last major hurdle when the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions decided there was no need to hold a public inquiry.  MORE

[21 JAN 99] VIEWS ON CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN RELEASED

The City Council received a good response to the recent public consultation on the Coventry Development Plan with the views of developers and land-owners and those concerned about the environment of the City forming the majority.   MORE

[18 JAN 99] COUNCIL PROSECUTE FOR DAMAGE TO TREES

In a landmark case on Thursday 14 January 1999 the City Council took Hearsall Golf Club to court for wilfully damaging two mature oak trees that are protected by a tree preservation order. At Solihull Magistrates Court the Golf Club pleaded guilty and were fined £1,500 and ordered to pay over £1,000.   MORE

[15 JAN 99] ALL COUNCIL OWNED TREES TO BE SURVEYED

Most vital piece of equipment for council worker Paul Rich in the next two years will be a pair of walking boots as he tramps the city counting every council-owned tree. The city council owns an estimated 100,000 trees in parks, open spaces, roads and woodland, and as the newly appointed tree inspector Paul has the task of building a database.   MORE

[14 JAN 99] CLLR WAUGH HITS BACK AT HOSPITAL CRIME SCARES

Coventry City Council deputy leader Arthur Waugh has hit back at claims that a city centre hospital would be less secure than the Walsgrave site, and that fear of crime in the city may result in a city centre hospital facing difficulty in attracting staff.   MORE

[14 JAN 99] CONSULTANTS TO STUDY SUPERHOSPITAL OPTIONS

The City Council has this week appointed consultants to study the socio – economic impact of the new Superhospital on both of the proposed sites. Major international consultancy firm DTZ Pieda have been chosen to conduct the study to look in depth at the effects of building the hospital on both the city centre and Walsgrave sites.    MORE

[14 JAN 99] COUNCIL SETS VISION FOR ECONOMIC REGENERATION

Coventry City Council has released the first draft of the Economic Development Plan for the forthcoming year. The Economic Development Plan for 1999/2000 has a central role to play in the regeneration and rebirth of Coventry and it sets out six strategic aims which will help the City Council tackle the important issues of job creation and economic regeneration.  MORE

[13 JAN 99] BUS SHOWCASE TRIAL EXTENDED

An initiative introduced to increase the efficiency of Coventry’s bus services has been extended for six months despite a catalogue of objections. The Bus Showcase scheme operates from the city centre along the Foleshill Road, Longford Road, and Bedworth Road and aims to give customers "A faster and more reliable service."    MORE

[13 JAN 99] RULING ON GOODS FOR SALE IN BROAD PARK ROAD

Coventry City Council’s Housing Policy Team yesterday ruled on two applications from traders in Broad Park Road to extend the range of goods and services they are permitted to offer under the terms of their agreement.    MORE

[13 JAN 99] CORLEY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORT

Corley (Coventry) School is a day/residential special school for children with special educational needs maintained by Coventry City Council.  The school was inspected by Ofsted 16 – 20 November 1998 and the resulting report is very positive and fulsome in its praise throughout concerning the work of the school.    MORE

[13 JAN 99] £46,500 GIVEN TO ARTS PROJECTS

32 different grants have been awarded to local Coventry arts groups who have all applied for funding for new and innovative arts projects for 1999/2000. The Arts and Culture Policy Team meeting on 19 January announces all of those organisations and groups who have been successful in their applications for a grant.   MORE

[12 JAN 99] 21ST CENTURY IT CENTRE FOR COVENTRY LIBRARY

[11 JAN 99] THE MEADOWS SPECIAL SCHOOL OFSTED REPORT

Teaching standards at a Coventry special school are at least satisfactory in 90 percent of its lessons according to a recent OFSTED report. The Meadow School, Hawthorn Lane, caters for 38 secondary aged pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties.    MORE

[07 JAN 99] NEW £4m LEISURE CENTRE FOR FOLESHILL

Coventry could soon have its first purpose-built public leisure centre for over a decade. Coventry City Council has passed plans which could see a new £4million centre created in Foleshill.  MORE

[06 JAN 99] COVENTRY AWAIT OLYMPIC SWIMMING DECISION

An initiative aimed at producing Olympic swimming success for Britain is set to have a base in Coventry. A proposal was yesterday passed by the Coventry City Council’s sport and leisure committee and now awaits a decision by the Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain.  MORE

[06 JAN 99] MILLENNIUM MONGOLIAN CIRCUS

Leisure services are pleased to announce that as part of its Millennium Events package, the famous Mongolian State Circus will appear in Coventry in march 2000.  MORE

[05 JAN 99] TIDY UP FOR CITY CEMETERIES

City Councillor at the Environment and Transport Policy Team yesterday gave their approval to a pilot scheme being introduced to help make safe and tidy up specific areas of two city cemeteries following a number of complaints by members of the public last year.  MORE

[22 DEC 98] WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ARENA

Proposals for Arena 2000, the flagship element at he heart of proposals to create the North Coventry Regeneration Zone and bring jobs and prosperity to a disadvantaged part of Coventry and Warwickshire, have received widespread local support.  MORE

[21 DEC 98] EDUCATION - ANNUAL CAPITAL GUIDELINES

The Government has announced the national annual award for major works and repairs in schools, Coventry being granted a share of £632,000. Whilst not sufficient to meet the total school premises needs within the City, the Council welcomes Government policy of attaching a high priority to the premises needs of schools.  MORE

[18 DEC 98] LABOUR DITCH TWO LOCAL COUNCILLORS

The Labour Party in Coventry has ditched its second sitting councillor within two weeks. Councillor Tom Burke has been de-selected in the Woodlands ward after being censured by party chiefs earlier in the year for his poor attendance at meetings.  MORE

[18 DEC 98] GO-AHEAD FOR BAR IN OLD COURTHOUSE

Councillors have given the go-ahead for ambitious plans to turn Coventry’s most famous courthouse into a café-bar, but the developers have raised a question mark over the property.  MORE

[17 DEC 98] COUNCIL CREATE NEW JOB FOR NEW DEAL

Coventry City Council is considering creating a £34,000-a-year post to handle the government’s New Deal employment initiative. The idea comes in the wake of figures which showed that Coventry came 113^th out of 142 local authorities in finding work for people on the scheme.  MORE

[17 DEC 98] COUNCIL UNVEIL NEW CANAL SIGNS

Coventry City Council are to unveil the first of more than 40 new signs for the five and a half mile stretch of Coventry Canal. The signs have been designed to give the whole area a unique identity and the very first one is now in place at the Canal Basin.  MORE

[17 DEC 98] PLAY IT SAFE WITH TOYS MESSAGE

To coincide with the opening of a brand new consumer advice centre Christmas shoppers are today being urged by Coventry City Council Trading Standards Officers to play it safe when buying childrens toys.  MORE

[15 DEC 98] SANTAS SALE OR RETURN GUIDE

With the winter sales about to get into full swing, consumers are being urged to think twice before spending large sums of money and avoid getting caught up in "Sales Fever".  MORE

[14 DEC 98] OFSTED PRAISE FOR WHITLEY ABBEY

The recent Ofsted report for Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School which is being released tp parents today, raises the progress the school has made since the last report in 1996, despite having moved into ‘less suitable’ temporary accommodation.  MORE

[12 DEC 98] ENABLING OLDER PEOPLE TO LIVE LONGER AT HOME

A multi-agency pilot project which is being led by Coventry Social Services will give older people who are discharged from hospital up to six weeks intensive care packages aimed at helping them to stay in their own homes.  MORE

[09 DEC 98] COVENTRY LAUNCHES ICT PROJECT IN CITY SCHOOLS

Following the launch of the Government’s National Grid for earning initiative, which aims to have all schools in Britain connected to the internet by 2002, Coventry City Council in partnership with Siemens Business Information and Communication Project (ICT).  MORE

[08 DEC 98] NEW COVER LIST WILL MAKE CHILDCARE CHILDSPLAY

Coventry City Council are set to launch a brand new childcare staff cover lists which will make it easier for nurseries, playgroups, crèches and out of school clubs to manage staff shortages.  MORE

[07 DEC 98] STEPPING OUT TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Thanks to a City Council initiative more unemployed people in Coventry are set to take S.T.E.P’s towards a brighter future. Designed by The Pacific Institute (TPI) the S.T.E.P’s programme – Steps To Excellence for Personal Success was piloted last year with amazing results.  MORE

[07 DEC 98] NEW BOOKLET FOR HOMEWORKERS

Coventry City Council are set to launch a new guide for homeworkers. Packed with advice and information the new booklet covers some of the key issues facing homeworkers, including what kind of work is on offer, how to recognise scams, tips on how to avoid being ripped off and what to do if things go wrong.  MORE

[04 DEC 98] CITY LIBRARIANS HONOURED FOR THEIR WORK

Four Coventry librarians will next week be presented with medals by HRH the Princess Royal in honour of their work. The four will travel to London on Tuesday 8 December to receive the medals as part of The Library Association’s 100^th anniversary.  MORE

[03 DEC 98] BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

An employed Coventry woman has found a route back to work, thanks to a unique recruitment initiative led by the City Council in partnership with Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber, Coventry Employment Service and Coventry Technical College.  MORE

[03 DEC 98] TAXI DRIVERS SUPPORT ANTI DRINK DRIVE CAMPAIGN

Coventry’s taxi drivers are to publicly back the City’s Blue Ribbon Anti Drink drive Campaign this year. He drivers will be sporting blue ribbons from Monday as a reminder to the city’s partygoers to plan ahead and not to drink and drive.  MORE

[03 DEC 98] TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERS GATHER IN COVENTRY

[03 DEC 98] MONEY AVAILABLE TO CELBRATE MILLENNIUM

[02 DEC 98] SUTTON STOP TRANSFORMATION COMPLETE

[02 DEC 98] COUNCIL LOOK FOR PHOENIX BACKERS

[02 DEC 98] COVENTRY AT THE CENTRE OF THE SPOTLIGHT

[01 DEC 98] DOOR SUPERVISORS REGISTRATION SCHEME

[30 NOV 98] MORE DETAILS NEEDED ON ARENA 2000

[27 NOV 98] COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL ENTERS NATIONAL AWARDS

[27 NOV 98] NEW BUS SERVICE TO COOMBE PARK

[27 NOV 98] COVENTRY AT THE CENTRE OF EUROPE

[26 NOV 98] NEW ACTING DIRECTOR FOR COVENTRY SOCIAL SERVICES

[25 NOV 98] REFUSE COLLECTION REVIEW UNDERWAY

[25 NOV 98] COVENTRY HAS ITS SAY AT EU URBAN FORUM

[20 NOV 98] CONSTRUCTION OF SCULPTURE BEGINS

[18 NOV 98] NEW HOSPITAL AT WALSGRAVE

[16 NOV 98] NEW MOVES TO COMBAT AGE DISCRIMINATION

[16 NOV 98] ALLESLEY HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL - OFSTED REPORT

[12 NOV 98] COVENTRY MARKET UNVEIL RESTORED MURAL

[12 NOV 98] EXPECT THUMBS DOWN FOR ALDI PLANS

[12 NOV 98] ASIAN LANGUAGE SESSIONS TO EXPLAIN COVENTRY PLAN

[11 NOV 98] MANAGER APPOINTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT

[11 NOV 98] BARGAIN HUNTERS WARNED BEWARE

[10 NOV 98] SIGNS POINT WAY TO BRIGHT FUTURE FOR COVENTRY'S CANAL

[09 NOV 98] COVENTRY'S PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 1997/98

[06 NOV 98] HEALTH RISK OF CHEWING TOBACCO IN PAAN

[05 NOV 98] A CITY FOR THE FUTURE - HAVE YOUR SAY

[03 NOV 98] FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA AT COOMBE IS CANCELLED

[03 NOV 98] THE ROYAL CONNECTION

[02 NOV 98] THE ANNUAL POPPY APPEAL

[02 NOV 98] LORD MAYOR DELIVERS HOME MEALS

[30 OCT 98] COUNCIL LIST DOOMED BUILDINGS

[29 OCT 98] MORE CASH FOR CHILD PROTECTION IN COVENTRY

[28 OCT 98] TROUBLE SHOOTER FOR COUNCIL

[28 OCT 98] RESIDENTS IN TILE HILL INVITED TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

[28 OCT 98] CITY TO STUDY TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY

[28 OCT 98] RESIDENTS INVITED TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD

[27 OCT 98] AREA COORDINATION GOES CITY-WIDE

[26 OCT 98] NEW STATION MOVE

[26 OCT 98] DELAYS FOR COUNCIL TAX ENQUIRIES

[26 OCT 98] IRISH AND PORTUGESE YOUTH CLUBS WELCOMED BY MAYOR

[22 OCT 98] CITY LANDLORD FINED FOR IGNORING REPAIRS

[22 OCT 98] FUNDING BOMBSHELL FOR CITY VOLUNTARY GROUPS

[22 OCT 98] LA VIE DE JESUS GETS THE GO-AHEAD

[21 OCT 98] STORY TIME FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES

[20 OCT 98] COUNCIL TO SPEND THOUSANDS REPAIRING CITY BATHS

[16 OCT 98] EUROPEAN HEALTH AND SAFETY WEEK

[12 OCT 98] SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TAKES EARLY RETIREMENT

[08 OCT 98] COVENTRY'S SOCIAL SERVICES CRITICISED

[08 OCT 98] CCS FIASCO REPORT

[08 OCT 98] FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE GOES ON SHOW

[07 OCT 98] CANLEY RESIDENTS TO SAVE MONEY

[07 OCT 98] COULD YOU BE A SUPPORTER?

[05 OCT 98] ADULT LEARNERS REAP REWARDS

[29 SEP 98] DISABLED PEOPLE INVITED TO HAVE THEIR SAY

[29 SEP 98] NEW EDUCATION SERVICE FOR CHILDREN

[29 SEP 98] COMMUNITY AFFAIRS POLICY COMMITTEE

[29 SEP 98] WOMEN'S INFORMATION GUIDE

[25 SEP 98] COUNCIL TO WORK WITH CENTRO

[24 SEP 98] DISABLED PEOPLE INVITED TO HAVE THEIR SAY

[22 SEP 98] FURTHER PLANS FOR CITY CENTRE REGENERATION

[22 SEP 98] CENTRO OBJECT TO MILLENNIUM SCHEME

[22 SEP 98] COVENTRY CAR PARKING BONUS

[17 SEP 98] COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT INTIATIVES GRANTS TOP £MILLION

[15 SEP 98] CITY COUNCIL TO CONSULT ON CLASS SIZES

[10 SEP 98] Launch of 'Heathy Hillfields Children' Project

[10 SEP 98] Clifford Bridge Primary School - OFSTED Report

[08 SEP 98] Risk Awareness Week - For City Council Employees

[04 SEP 98] Tighter Rules For Child Minders

[03 SEP 98] Bakery Fined For Mice Droppings

[03 SEP 98] St Mary's Hall To Be Developed As Tourist Attraction

[25 AUG 98] City Council Pledges Support For City Centre Hospital

[19 AUG 98] Chance To Learn Punjabi

[07 AUG 98] 600 More Hotel Rooms For Coventry

[30 JUL 98] Nuisance Neighbour Ordered Out

[24 JUL 98] City Council Awaits Decision On Arts And Media Centre

[22 JUL 98] Caribbean Beat Is Bang On Time

[17 JUL 98] OFSTED Report Praises Parkgate Primary Progress

[14 JUL 98] City Treasurer's Department Welcomes Best Value

[14 JUL 98] Appeal For Help - Missing Woman

[14 JUL 98] Management Failure Blamed For Building Services Loss

[10 JUN 98] Disabled People Do It Week

[09 JUN 98] Positively Webbed

[18 MAY 98] Bank Holiday Tunes

[12 MAY 98] Book A Stall At Foleshill Fun Day

[06 MAY 98] Radio One Roadshow Comes To Coventry

[01 MAY 98] Coventry's Commitment To Area Regeneration Attracts Government Visit

[23 APR 98] Dismissal of Employees at CCS - The Facts

[17 APR 98] Information And Communications Technology For Schools

[16 APR 98] New Deal Cash Boost For City Schools

[01 APR 98] BBC Radio One Roadshow Comes to Coventry

[23 MAR 98] City Council Meets Property Targets

[19 MAR 98] A Message for Pensioners

[12 MAR 98] Coventry Education Looking Good

[06 MAR 98] Operation Clean-up on Coventry Canal

[05 MAR 98] Local Diana Memorial to be Stitched

[04 MAR 98] Women's Festival gets Better and Better

[03 MAR 98] 20mph Speed Limit Zone - Stoke Aldermoor

[02 MAR 98] Leading City Councillor Welcomes "Better Deal for Women"

[26 FEB 98] New Committees Mean Better Business Says Leader

[26 FEB 98] Forum Launches Coventry Community Plan

[25 FEB 98] End of Grant Support for Coventry Black Council

[25 FEB 98] Millenium Architect to Review Fifty Year Old Plans for City

[23 FEB 98] Working for the Wildlife

[17 FEB 98] City Council Announces Council Tax For 1998/99

[17 FEB 98] TV Presenter Praises Local Swimming Success

[16 FEB 98] Difficult Choices in Social Services

[11 FEB 98] Citizens of Tomorrow Help Design Phoenix Iniative

[10 FEB 98] Launch of Coventry Women's Festival

[04 FEB 98] City Councillor Supports New Measures to Help Parents Seeking Child Care

[03 FEB 98] Coventry Shares Success

[02 FEB 98] Coventry Sports Trust - Formation of Shadow Board

[02 FEB 98] Library Charges Move to Daily Rate

[27 JAN 98] Splashtime Fun for Tots

[23 JAN 98] Leading City Councillor Appeals for Shoppers to Come Forward

[09 JAN 98] Splashpool to Remain Closed

[19 DEC 97] Small Grants for City Arts

[09 DEC 97] All Systems Go on £38 Million Deal for City Centre West LeisureWorld and Arena

[18 NOV 97] Council to Consider Partnership for CCS

[13 NOV 97] Millennium Project - the Next Steps

[13 NOV 97] Millennium Announcement: Now the Hard Work Begins

[10 NOV 97] Home Office Minister Backs Council Work on Racism

[16 OCT 97] City Councillor Welcomes IT in Libraries

[13 OCT 97] Inquiry Launched at Woodlands School

[02 OCT 97] CCS Fraud Hotline Open to the Public

[01 OCT 97] Monitoring Officer Calls for Harassment to End

[30 SEP 97] Council formally hands over CCS investigation to the Fraud Squad

[22 SEP 97] Coventry City Council Investigates Serious Allegations
  

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