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I spent months with Amazon workers in Coventry before they narrowly voted against unionising. This is what I learned

Amazon workers in Coventry, England, have narrowly voted against a proposal that would have forced the retail giant to grant the GMB Union formal recognition. With a high participation rate of 86% of eligible voters, 50.5% voted against forcing recognition, a margin of just 28 votes.

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Woman in her 30s is mauled to death by pet dog in Coventry

The animal’s breed is yet to be confirmed but it is not believed to be a banned breed

Evening Standard

Woman in her 30s dies after attack by pet dog in Coventry

The dog is not suspected to be a banned breed

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Union recognition vote by Amazon staff fails to reach majority

Workers at the online giant’s Coventry site were involved in the ballot.

The Independent UK

Amazon workers in Coventry lose union recognition ballot by handful of votes

TUC insists fight will go on after GMB fails to secure right to represent retailer’s staff by just 29 votes

The Guardian - UK

‘Let’s make history!’: Amazon staff at UK warehouse vote on union recognition

In Coventry, the GMB has been canvassing hard to represent workers officially – and the potentially historic result is due this week

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Inside the fight to unionise Amazon warehouses

In today’s newsletter: The company’s UK workers watch on as thousands of employees in the West Midlands vote on a trade union recognition ballot that has been years in the making

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Amazon’s Coventry workers begin voting in historic union ballot

More than 3,000 staff could get right to bargain collectively for rights and pay for the first time

The Guardian - UK

First picture of seven-month-old baby killed by pet dog as police rule ‘no criminal offence’ committed

West Midlands Police say no criminal offence was committed after seven-month-old Elle Doherty tragically died in a dog attack at her home in Coventry

The Independent UK

Family release heartbreaking footage of son, 12, killed in hit-and-run amid manhunt for driver

Crimestoppers has offered a £10,000 reward for information on suspect Dolars Aleksanders, who might have fled the UK

The Independent UK

Baby girl dies after being bitten by family dog at Coventry home

The seven-month-old girl was mauled to death by her family dog at her home in Coventry on Sunday

The Independent UK

Baby girl mauled to death by family’s pet dog at home in Coventry

The dog, not classed as a dangerous breed, was removed from the house and humanely destroyed

Evening Standard

Ingram throws hat in ring for Coventry WRX run

One-time British Touring Car champion Tom Ingram has said that he is keen to contest the World Rallycross Championship’s planned Coventry round in 2025.

Autosport

GMB starts ballot process to be recognised at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse

GMB officials urge staff to ‘together, vote yes’ as month-long process begins which may result in first union recognition in UK

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The Independent UK

Police manhunt launched in Coventry after ‘beautiful’ boy, 12, killed in hit and run

Police are looking to speak to a driver of a black BMW

Evening Standard

Tributes to boy, 12, killed in hit-and-run crash in Coventry

Family say Keaton Slater, who died after a collision with a black BMW in Coventry on Friday was ‘so beautiful inside and outside’.

The Independent UK

Coventry full-back Jay Dasilva says making Wales debut ‘an honour’

The 26-year-old Coventry left-back impressed with a player of the match display against Gibraltar.

Autosport

World RX plans UK street race in 2025 with MotoFest Coventry organisers

It was announced on Friday, on the eve of this weekend's MotoFest, that a proposed layout has already been drafted and that a feasibility study conducted by circuit designer Driven International has been submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for approval.

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The Independent UK

Coventry Building Society confirms purchase of Co-op Bank in mega-deal

The tie-up will create a banking giant with millions of customers and about £89 billion worth of assets.

The Guardian - UK

Swim, Aunty, Swim! review – powerful tale of women healed by water in an empty pool

Siana Bangura’s play follows three west African women in Coventry who are cajoled into the water – and find themselves surfacing from grief

LiveScience

Stone with 1,600-year-old Irish inscription found in English garden

Investigations show the stone is inscribed with a message in ogham, an Irish alphabet used from the fourth century A.D.

The Guardian - UK

Teacher finds stone with ancient ogham writing from Ireland in Coventry garden

Exclusive: Sandstone rock featuring language markings created 1,600 years ago to go on display at museum

The Guardian - UK

Peter Searby obituary

Other lives: School teacher who went on to become a history lecturer at the University of Cambridge

The Guardian - UK

GMB launches legal action against ‘out of control’ Amazon at Coventry warehouse

Employment tribunal sought over claims firm tried to induce workers to leave union in long-running row

The Guardian - UK

Coventry’s defeat was the most scintillating and sickening football experience of my life

I’ve seen plenty of setbacks down the years – enough to become desensitised, I thought. But then came an entirely new kind of trauma

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