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BBC News
2 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
HS2: Busy road linking Coventry to Kenilworth closes
A busy road linking Coventry to Kenilworth in Warwickshire will shut for a month for work to be carried out on the HS2 project. The A429 Kenilworth Road will close from Monday morning until Saturday 28 June to allow work on embankments, footpaths and utilities, said the company. It will then shut again from Monday 30 June to Sunday 20 July. It follows the recent closure of the nearby A46 Kenilworth Bypass to allow a 14,500-tonne box structure, which will carry the railway underneath, to be moved into place. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How to watch Sunderland vs Coventry: TV channel and live stream for Championship play-off today
It is all to play for in the second leg of the Championship play-off between Sunderland and Coventry, with Regis Le Bris' side leading 2-1 heading into the showdown at the Stadium of Light. Frank Lampard's Coventry are chasing a long-awaited return to the top flight. They were inaugural members of the Premier League before being relegated in 2001, but face a rescue job to reach the play-off final as they trail Sunderland by one. Advertisement For the Black Cats, promotion would mark a return to the top flight since they were relegated in 2016-17, finishing rock bottom with just six wins. Fans were made to wait for the action to start in the first leg, as the deadlock went unbroken before Wilson Isidor struck in the 68th minute. Coventry responded with an instant equaliser through Jack Rudoni, before Eliezer Mayenda netted late on to give Sunderland the advantage ahead of the second leg. Speaking ahead of the tie, Lampard called for perspective: 'The players have to understand how we've got to where we have. From being around 17th at Christmas, looking a long way from the play-offs, the reason we've got to where we are is because of the way we play. Advertisement '[The players] need to keep doing what they are doing and trust themselves.' How to watch Sunderland vs Coventry TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on Sky Sports. Coverage begins on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event at 7:30pm BST, ahead of kick-off at 8pm. Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app.
BBC News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Coventry woman singing in BGT final in memory of sub-postmistress mum
A singer who is part of a choir performing in the final of ITV's Britain's Got Talent this weekend said she would be singing in memory of her late mum, who was a Ellison, from Coventry, is part of the 40-strong Hear Our Voice choir, which is made of up of people affected by the Post Office Horizon joined the choir to represent her mother Janet Bradbury, who ran a Post Office in Shropshire and was one of the original group of 555 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses who took part in group legal a statement, the Post Office has previously said it was "deeply sorry for the suffering caused to so many people" by its past actions. Speaking to BBC CWR, Ms Ellison said her mother took on a Post Office in 2003 but did not tell her or her sister until 2010."It was meant to be their happy ever after," she said of the business. "After a couple of years that's when the shortfall started to happen and they put [their own] money in."Ms Ellison said he mother was eventually forced to move back to Warwick after losing her business and home and struggled to find permanent accommodation."She'd always worked hard to own her own home and she'd lost everything and we were angry," she said."I think for many years she was frightened that the police were going to knock on her door and drag her away." Ms Bradbury was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in September 2022, with the family saying that doctors told them that it made worse by long-term is a debilitating and terminal condition, which affects people's ability to move, talk and Bradbury died last year, one day after her grandson was joining a support group for people affected by the scandal, Ms Ellison said the idea for a choir was described the experience as "absolutely amazing" and said she had "found a new family"."Being in the choir, is something I'm doing for my mum," Ms Ellison told the BBC."I think she'd be really proud and I think she's be so happy at last, that finally, people's voices are being heard and people are being recognised for what they've gone through."She'd definitely be in the audience cheering on." The Post Office/Horizon IT scandal saw more than 900 sub-postmasters wrongfully prosecuted after faulty software suggested money was missing from their branch Post Office said it acknowledged that victims of the scandal needed answers, as well as justice and redress.A spokesperson added: "The business failed to put postmasters first, did not listen to postmasters, and did not act on concerns postmasters raised with us."We are doing all we can to help get victims answers, including fully co-operating with police investigations to help try to put things right."Fujitsu Group, which developed the software Horizon, said it offered its deepest apologies to the sub-postmasters and their families.A spokesperson added: "Fujitsu Europe's boss has previously said that the firm has a 'moral obligation' to contribute to compensation for sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted as a result of its faulty IT software." Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Coventry: Man jailed for Andrew Flamson killing dies in prison
A man convicted of killing a father-of-one in a hit-and-run following a row over a longstanding drugs debt has died in Henneberry, 64, was one of four men jailed for killing Andrew Flamson, who was struck by a car on Grosvenor Road, Coventry, in July Prisons & Probations Ombudsman said that Henneberry died on 10 May while in HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire, with an investigation in who was a passenger in the car, was jailed for 15 years for manslaughter. The driver of the car, Ashley Donald, 26, from Birmingham, was jailed for life for murder, with a minimum term of 23 other two passengers in the car, Carl Tomlinson and Callum Ayre, both from Coventry, were jailed for manslaughter for 13 years and 12 years said the car had been used as a weapon of revenge. Tension had existed for months between Mr Flamson, a cannabis dealer, and one of the men over a debt of up to £400, a court heard following the said the men went out in the car on the day in question, taking weapons including a baseball bat and wooden Mr Flamson, the vehicle was driven the wrong way on the road, with a no-entry sign, cones and bollards all ignored. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
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Woman appears in court after four guns found at Coventry property
A woman has appeared in court charged with firearms offences after guns and ammunition were discovered in a police raid in said a revolver, a pistol, two sawn-off shotguns and ammunition were found when they searched a property on Uxbridge Avenue on 25 Baxendale, 32, was charged with five offences relating to the possession of the guns and ammunition, West Midlands Police entered no plea at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday and was remanded in custody, ahead of her next appearance on 13 June. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
