The Latest Breaking News from Coventry

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is set to make a massive return after two years away with a huge lineup of firm fan favourites. Here's what you need to know about how to get tickets

Coventry audiences will take their own journeys through the production as 150th anniversary celebrated

Armed officers brought Anthony Russell’s twisted killing spree to an end, with officers swarming the stolen car he was sleeping in. He is due to be sentenced on Friday

New general secretary Sharon Graham has not met with Labour leader or any of his top team in months - but the party says the two leaders are in touch

The Fair Chance Employer programme was launched by the Warwickshire Skills Hub in November 2021

Threat to 3,000 jobs appears to have receded but GFG consulting on possible closure of Coventry factory

A mandatory 45-day consultation has begun at Liberty Steel Pressing Solutions after tycoon Sanjeev Gupta abandoned attempts to sell the factory after 11 months

The company will use the cash to invest in new equipment and create seven new jobs in the coming years

Eighteenth-century socialites have been depicted as vain, silly women who were poisoned by their white lead makeup. The Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning — a society hostess reknowned for her beauty — is said to have refused to stop wearing foundation containing white lead, even as she lay dying. Why…