Coventry
First UK industrial action against Amazon is ‘making an impact’, says GMB
Managers said to be covering for striking staff, though firm insists action has not disrupted activity
Heather Stewart
25, Jan, 2023 @5:54 PM
Mysie Sutherland obituary
Other lives: Physiotherapist who was a proponent of conductive education for people with cerebral palsy
Neil Sutherland
24, Jan, 2023 @6:23 PM
David Duckham obituary
Swashbuckling rugby union player who became a superstar of the game with Coventry, England and the British and Irish Lions
Ian Malin
11, Jan, 2023 @7:37 PM
Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63
Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band
Laura Snapes
19, Dec, 2022 @10:41 PM
Amazon workers vote to strike at Coventry depot in UK first
GMB union hails major victory as staff back stoppages over their demand for a pay rise to £15 an hour
Heather Stewart
16, Dec, 2022 @4:30 PM
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group serves Coventry City FC eviction notice
Club has no continuing rights after refusing to sign new tenancy agreement, says stadium’s owner
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
05, Dec, 2022 @6:37 PM
UK rapper Pa Salieu jailed for 33 months over mass brawl
Musician will go to prison on charges of violent conduct and possessing a bottle as a weapon relating to incident in 2018
Laura Snapes
02, Dec, 2022 @5:15 PM
Amazon: Coventry workers balloted for strike action in UK first
Firm refuses to engage with unions but faces pressure from ‘associates’ fighting for better pay and conditions
Heather Stewart
11, Oct, 2022 @6:00 PM
‘I just want to live’: how UK Amazon workers came to brink of strike
Worker describes conditions in the Coventry warehouse and why he ended up joining a union
Heather Stewart
11, Oct, 2022 @6:00 PM
‘A gift from God’: Binley Mega Chippy owner basks in TikTok fame
Kamal Gandhi, 70, and his Coventry chip shop became a sensation after its name was turned into a catchy song
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
12, Jun, 2022 @3:14 PM
West Midlands chip shop becomes TikTok sensation
‘We assume it’s someone local who likes the food,’ says Binley Mega Chippy owner as visitors flock to West Midlands takeaway
Jessica Murray
30, May, 2022 @5:36 PM
The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…
A site-specific quest gets to the heart of George Eliot’s novel; Mike Bartlett makes a Shakespearean tragedy of Trump; and six young black men find full expression in Ryan Calais Cameron’s eloquent new play
Susannah Clapp
17, Apr, 2022 @9:30 AM
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