coventry

Women's safety campaigners and bar staff in Oxford, parts of the West Midlands, Manchester, Coventry, Kent and Brighton all reported concerns to the BBC about inconsistent implementation and staff training, while women's safety organisations in Cornwall, Sheffield and Devon said the scheme had failed to be adopted by many venues there.

A house fire that killed two people in Coventry was started accidentally, a fire service has said.

Therese Roberts, a retired marketing worker from Coventry, said she bought £500 worth of vouchers for her children last Christmas, before also spending money on a £250 voucher for a friend.

Lynval Golding, founding member of The Specials, is angry that this summer's riots have given him "flashbacks" of his experiences in Coventry in the 1970s and 80s.

A Coventry event on Saturday, involving a gig with local bands, will add poignancy, organisers say, given the city's history of brutal racist killings and violent assaults.