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6 hours on a bus from Scotland just to visit
#Binleymegachippy
. The Binley Mega Chippy song was posted on TikTok now people are visiting from all over UK.
The HGV Supercab catching drivers in Warwickshire driving badly. The HGV is being used by
@warkspolice
to help make our local road network safer. We're talking about it this morning 👉🏻
Coventry City owners SISU has agreed to sell a majority stake in the football club to local businessman, Doug King.
He'll take an 85% share and clear debts.
The club will also bid for the CBS Arena.
More as we get it:
BREAKING: Coventry City Football Club have been issued with an eviction notice by the new owners of the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Tune into BBC CWR for the latest:
Happy 6th Birthday to the coolest campus cat in town!
Hope you're the cat that got the cream! 🐈⬛
Here's Rolf turning on the Christmas lights at
@warwickuni
🎄
@RolfatWarwick
@WarwickSU
"It's not a scam Nan, I'm going to Amsterdam!"
It's the Adventure of a Lifetime for
@Fingaldinz
as
@coldplay
surprise him with a free ticket.
🎧Listen to the full interview
#pusb
Coventry IS UK City of Culture 2021.
@Coventry2021
will launch the year long festival with a short film released tonight at 20:21.
The one minute film features the words of George Eliot set to a music track from Coolie.
Lauti’s due to fly back to Argentina today, after a weekend supporting Coventry City at Wembley! It’s been an emotional few days!
🚨 Listen to the Sky Blues Fancast:
A message for
#Coventry
&
#Warwickshire
primary school leavers from
@Coventry_City
boss Mark Robins and his granddaughter Leah. Tell us your school leaver message and
@AduduTrish
will read them out during our special School Leavers Disco after 5pm
#pusb
⚽️ Mark Robins has been talking to Football Focus about
@coventry_city
’s start to the season.
Let’s hope Clem is a good luck omen!
It’s on
@BBCOne
at 12pm.
📺
Remember Lauti, the Coventry fan from Argentina?
He's rooting for
@Coventry_City
in the play-offs and if we get to Wembley, he's going to sell his car to be there!
#pusb
Coventry musician
@KING_SALIEU
has been crowned this years winner of BBC Music Sound of 2021. The 23 year old from Hillfields was selected by a panel of 160 industry experts and alumni artists including
@billieeilish
and
#Stormzy
.
Lauti’s due to fly back to Argentina today, after a weekend supporting Coventry City at Wembley! It’s been an emotional few days!
🚨 Listen to the Sky Blues Fancast:
Three councillors have been removed from a Warwickshire County Council committee after their comments about children with special educational needs.
Tap to read:
Doug King completes full purchase of
@Coventry_City
"I am happy to announce today my full, 100% takeover of the Club with my purchase of the 15% SISU shareholding."
More on
@BBCCWR
after 6pm
💙 Things we love to see,
@MaxBiamou
on Singers' Corner Lynden's drum. 🥁
🎧 The things that happen when we record the Sky Blues Fancast!
Fresh episode from the first leg of the play-offs
@Coventry_City
vs
@Boro
.
#pusb
BREAKING: Coventry's empty
@IKEAUK
store could become home to a new national arts facility, housing collections from across England, according to
@coventrycc
. More to come.
"Mums have a super-power."
Talking to
@thelornashow
,
@mattgoss
reflects on the special relationship boys have with their mums, whilst paying tribute to his mum Carol.
Listen in full:
Ever wondered who made all that noise in Singer's Corner?
Meet Lynden 🥁 . . .he's part of this week's Sky Blues Fancast, a
@Coventry_City
podcast
@BBCSounds
🎧
BREAKING: Coventry’s Ricoh Arena to be known as the Coventry Building Society Arena for the next ten years from this summer. Coventry Building Society has agreed a long-term deal with the venue owners Wasps Group.
Latest
The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall have visited
@covcathedral
today to mark the 59th anniversary of its Consecration year as well as Coventry's City of Culture year. For the latest from our reporter
@UshmaMistry
listen at 1300
Things you don't see every day...
Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench leading sheep through the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon.
#FreedomofStratford
TRANSFER NEWS:
@Coventry_City
have signed 24-year-old Danish central midfielder Victor Torp.
Victor joins City from Norwegian Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08 for an undisclosed fee, joining the Sky Blues on a four-and-a-half-year deal until June 2028.
Do you have a goodbye message for Dave Boddy?
The outgoing Chief Executive of
@Coventry_City
joined the Fancasters this week to reflect on his time with the club.
#pusb
Listen:
BREAKING: Labour councillors on
@coventrycc
have been called to an emergency meeting tonight where it’s understood they will be asked to vote on signing off a financial support package to help
#WaspsRugby
stave off administration.
More in the news at 1:
The Turner Prize is coming to Coventry this September, one of the judges is
@russelltovey
.
He was on
@BBCTheOneShow
this week and says "don't be scared by art. . . come and join the party."