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1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Charlotte Benton |Vic Minett

Image caption, The monument honours George Curtis and John Sillett, who managed the team that lifted the FA Cup in 1987A statue to celebrate the careers of two Coventry City football legends has been unveiled. The monument honours George Curtis and John Sillett who managed the team that lifted the FA Cup in May 1987. Crowds gathered at the Coventry Building Society Arena, near the south entrance, on Thursday and applauded as the statue was revealed.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Charlotte Benton |Vic Minett

Campaigners have welcomed proposals to give a former speedway stadium more protection from development. Rugby Borough Council submitted a proposal as part of its Local Plan to support the restoration of Brandon Stadium in Coventry for speedway or stock car racing, as well as other motorsports and community uses. The council said planning permission at the former site of the Coventry Bees racing team would not be granted for any schemes that conflict with that.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Charlotte Benton |Vic Minett

Image source, Inside the 22Image caption, 21-year-old Ella McCauley said performing CPR in a real life emergency was "like something out of a film"A restaurant manager who performed CPR, days after she completed her first aid course, has helped to save a man's life. Ella McCauley, 21, who works in Rugby, had recently been promoted, with her boss asking her to complete the course before she started her new role.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Vic Minett

Woman, 73, runs marathon 38 years after first raceTanya GuptaLesley KeighleyLesley Keighley said she was "still going strong"A Coventry woman is preparing to run the London Marathon later this month - 38 years after first competing in the race and now at the age of 73. It will be the 12th time Lesley Keighley has run in the race and this year's marathon will be part of her preparation for a 56-mile run along a canal route in Scotland with a friend later this year.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Vic Minett

Jordan a loyal supporter, says ex-Sky Blues chairWill JeffordGetty ImagesEddie Jordan died with his family by his side in Cape Town on ThursdayFormer Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson has said his friend Eddie Jordan, who has died aged 76, jokingly called him a "mug" when he asked him to invest in the club. Mr Richardson, who was the chairman of the Sky Blues from 1993 until 2002, was good friends with the former racing boss, and took him to his first Coventry City game.