Coventrians spent days building a huge cardboard installation before demolishing it to mark the 85th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz. Hundreds joined in on the project near Broadgate. St Michaels ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 Christmas Day service was broadcast from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral weeks after the blitz destroyed the city in 1940 [Getty Images] On Christmas Day 85 years ago, just weeks after the ...

Coventry Cathedral, smashed by the Nazis in the blitz of 1940, will rise from its ashes. Last week Britain’s Ministry of Works granted a rebuilding license, thereby overruling the utilitarian ...

On Christmas Day 85 years ago, just weeks after the devastation of the Coventry Blitz, a small group gathered in the shattered shell of the city's cathedral for a service broadcast live to the nation.