2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (749+ words) New rules for council housing have been approved New rules have been approved for who gets council housing in Nuneaton and Bedworth - and who does not. It includes banning sex offenders from trying to get a council property as well…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (210+ words) Coventry Telegraph A vulnerable man has described being 'constantly looking over his shoulder' after enduring more than three years of forced labour and abuse at the hands of James Dean Harrison Harrison, 51, from Keresley End, forced the homeless couple to…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (439+ words) He was found guilty of assault by beating A former police officer has been sentenced after he injured a woman while making an arrest in Halesowen. Calum Brand was dispatched to a domestic incident alongside three fellow officers on June…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (217+ words) Coventry Telegraph A man who strangled his ex-girlfriend and forced her to walk over broken glass has been spared jail Dean Marshall, 32, of Leamington Spa, subjected the woman to months of controlling behaviour between November 2025 and February 2026 Marshall barricaded the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (126+ words) Police were called to Flynt Avenue in Allesley(Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire) Police have launched an investigation after a shotgun was recovered in Coventry. It was discovered on Flynt Avenue in Allesley. Officers were called to reports of a…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (376+ words) Peter Hawke was arrested at the gates of HMP Risley on the day of his release and has now been jailed for a further six years A high-risk sex offender was hauled back into custody moments after walking free from…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (283+ words) Vishal Vinod was spared jail at Warwick Crown Court(Image: Samir Hembram) A Kenilworth drug dealer caught with hundreds of pounds' worth of cocaine has avoided jail after claiming he was 'just weeks away from leaving the game behind.' Vishal…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (163+ words) A full closure order has been slapped on an 'anti-social behaviour' house in Warwickshire. Police in Warwick swopped yesterday, Wednesday, September 9, to close down the property at the centre of trouble. Officers said there were' ongoing anti-social behaviour concerns' about…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (862+ words) While 36-year-old Chereiss Bailey lay murdered at her father's bungalow in West Bromwich, Hayley-marie Ferguson was dressing up in fancy dress for a Peaky Blinders-themed night out at Planet Ice in Coventry. It was just one of a series of…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (301+ words) Russell Smith was spared jail at Warwick Crown Court(Image: Jorge Romero) A Coventry man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl after deliberately taking a detour in his van has been spared jail. Russell Smith also forcibly hugged the victim…...