A 97-year-old man has told how his family's air-raid shelter caved in on the night of the Coventry Blitz, leaving them buried before his father dug them out. "The air was foul with cordite, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Christmas Day service was broadcast from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral weeks after the blitz destroyed the city in 1940 ...

An annual festival returns next month, marking 85 years since the Coventry Blitz. Running from 1-16 November, Coventry City Council said this year's Peace Festival would reflect "Coventry's proud role ...

A series of events will be held in Coventry over the next fortnight to remember those whose lives were lost in conflicts across the decades. The city will Coventry is paying tribute to the fallen, ...

The concept of the Blitz Spirit is something we hear a lot about - the idea of people hunkering down, dealing with atrocities with grace, and maybe a jolly singsong. This stiff upper lip approach is ...

It's a day that Coventry will never forget. But as the years pass and many of those who were around to witness it are no longer with us, it's important to make sure a new generation understands the ...

A cardboard depiction of a city's cathedral has been built and demolished to mark its destruction 85 years ago. The building was destroyed in November 1940 when the Luftwaffe launched a devastating ...