City of Culture fight comes to Coventry

Will Coventry be the next UK City of Culture in 2021?

Judges are visiting the city as it vies with Stoke-on-Trent, Paisley, Swansea and Sunderland to take on the title.

Members of Coventry-based youth group Positive Youth Foundation explain why they think it has got a good chance.

Video Journalist: Martin Winch

19 October 2017

Two elderly ladies stood together in front of a window laughing and smiling together

'If I can walk, I can dance' says 92-year-old viral hit

June and her friend Julie's have become social media stars after their day centre dance off was shared.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Rosaline Winstone (left) dressed as a flamingo, Debbie Winstone (middle) dressed as Penelope Pitstop, and Rebecca Winstone (right) dressed as the Pink Panther. They are stood next to a Honda Civic with the cartoon character Penelope Pit Stop and the words everything is better pink

Trio take on 'bonkers' 950-mile charity challenge

Three women take on Bangers and Cash Rally as part of 60th birthday celebrations dressed in pink.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Tanned man with grey hair smiling with his thumb up stood next to a self service machine there is a wooden counter and glass and metal screen behind him

The 91-year-old working at McDonalds

Eric Edwards from Coventry is a part-time customer experience manager at McDonald's and has no plans to stop

Coventry & Warwickshire

Bipin Patel's Coventry City shirt and his son Anant's scarf on his seat which is sky blue in colour, at the stadium

Son's stadium tribute to dad missing in Nepal flood

Coventry City fan's tribute to dad at Premier League match as parents still missing after Nepal floods.

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Map of Warwickshire against a white background with the north area shown in maroon with the words North Warwickshire, Nuneato and Bedworth and Rugby. The south of the county is shown in red with the words Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon showing.

Two-council plan for Warwickshire gets go-ahead

A divisive plan to split Warwickshire in two is approved by the government.

Coventry & Warwickshire

A crowd of people stood on grass against the backdrop of a blue sky with arms outstretched to release the balloons

Vigil in memory of a young biker killed in a crash

Jayden Cornwall died after a collision with a bus in Coventry.

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A multi-story car park with brick and glass frontage with the letters N C P on the glass section against the backdrop of a cloudy sky.

Closed car park still being used by drivers

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Woman with long brown hair swept to one side wearing a grey v neck sweater with a white round neck blouse underneath sat against a purple background with a BBC CWR branded microphone in front of her

Sky Blues promise ticket prices hike 'solutions'

Coventry City FC's chief business officer says club will find a 'solution' to concerns over pricing.

Coventry & Warwickshire

A man in brown trousers and navy shirt sits on a wooden bench, an old typewriter on his knee. Behind him are low iron railings, grass, and a flower bed.

Typing poems for strangers

Fraser Logan has been writing for strangers in Leamington Spa since January.

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A sinkhole within a square-shaped cordoned-off area surrounded by red barriers.

Investigation under way as sinkhole appears

Regent Street in Leamington Spa is closed after the emergence of the sinkhole.

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Betty Miller standing at the information desk in the lobby of Coventry's University Hospital. She has white hair and is wearing her blue volunteer's uniform with a volunteer lanyard. She is standing in front of a blue sign marked "Information Desk".

NHS volunteer, 95, has no intention of stopping

Betty Miller has been helping hospital patients and visitors for 36 years.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Image of sixteen-year-old girl with long brown hair smiling she is wearing a white high neck jumper with a gold chain over the top and is stood in front of a white wall with dark wooden panelling with a metal candelabra overhead.

Road safety strategy must go further, says PCC

Warwickshire's crime commissioner calls for more safety measures after a relative died in a crash.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Blind sailor aims for 2032 Paralympics

Karl Haines learned to sail four years ago and is a gold medal-winning parasailor with Team GB.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Swimmer's '12 Dips of Christmas' to support sister

Will Johnston from Kenilworth says it was "scary" being told his sister had breast cancer.

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Man in grey suit with pink shirt and blue sat sat in front of a purple and pink background

Reform UK school taxi letter used as 'political football'

Council leader George Finch answered questions on home-to-school transport on BBC CWR on Friday.

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A woman with grey hair walking along a canal with a camera around her neck. She is wearing blue jeans with a white top which has blue horizontal stripes

'Once I got an editor's pick, I was hooked'

Josie Weller has been a BBC Weather Watcher for eight years.

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A man, whose face has been blurred, wearing a black top is standing outside a car on the fast last of a motorway with his arms wide open in an aggressive gesture

Road rage driver banned for stopping in fast lane

A man stopped on the M40 near Warwick then got out to shout at the driver behind him.

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A man in a black jacket and black cap with dark sunglasses playing a saxophone next to a field of brown cows

Saxophonist's moo-d music for cows

Former Britain's Got Talent finalist Julian Smith tries to entertain a herd of South Devons.

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A person's head in a silver swimming cap emerging from the water of a swimming pool

Deaf swimmer fundraising to go to Tokyo games

Charlotte Gower, 15, qualifies for Team GB at the Deaflympics but has to fund the trip herself.

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Men in a cherry picker working on windmill stocks with a vapour trail above in a blue sky

Work to restore landmark windmill is under way

A specialist team is in Warwickshire to restore Chesterton Windmill after four years with no sails.

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