BBC Local news

• Cafe owner spots burglar on CCTV during break-in

  Friday, 7th November 2025

  Nicola Conneely tried phoning the burglar on the cafe landline mid robbery.

• 'Ten thousand affordable homes to be built' - WMCA

  Friday, 7th November 2025

  The new homes are due over the next decade, starting from April 2026.

• Plans to expand council-owned waste firm

  Friday, 7th November 2025

  Tom White Waste, owned by Coventry City Council, generated a profit of £1.26m in the last financial year.

• Arrest after reports of man wielding knife in road

  Thursday, 6th November 2025

  A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion on making threats to kill, West Midlands Police have said.

• Gurdwaras handing out rape alarms to community

  Thursday, 6th November 2025

  It follows the rapes of two women in what police are investigating as racially aggravated attacks.