By Jo Vitols

IT seems the number thirteen bus route is in line for some changes as consultations have taken place along this route to see what people think about the alterations Primelines Ltd have in mind to do.

They want to create bus lanes along here and bring some on verge parking, and on road parking in places along the route to make for a smoother and quicker ride.

I went along to Jubilee Cresent when discusions were taking place .

There were photographs and maps displayed so that people could view what the planners had in mind to do.

I also filled in a questionaire along with others.

It seems they would like to widen the road in some way at Jubilee Crescent as it is such a congestion area and really something drastic needs to be done here to improve the situation and to keep the buses flowing and running on time.

You might like to know the the old Woolwoorths store in Jubilee Crescent has now opened under the new name of Newey's.

This was the Pound shop but they transferred to the bigger premises.

Murphy suffered serious internal injuries and died on Sunday morning following the attack.

Owner Bridie West, 69, of Evenlode Crescent, Coundon, said she was very upset by the cat's death after looking after it since it was a kitten.

She had let the cat out on Saturday evening and when she went to let it back in on Sunday she saw it lying motionless in the garden.

"She was more of a house cat really but she did used to go out sometimes. It was so hot on Saturday she wanted to stay out," Bridie said. "I saw her lying in the garden. She was barely alive. I picked her up and tried to open her mouth but she died. I took her to the emergency vet and they found the pellet inside her. It had gone through her major organs.

Whitmore Park School, in Halford Lane, Keresley, will be shut today but is due to reopen tomorrow.

It has acted on advice from environmental health officers after a number of pupils and staff reported a stomach complaint.

Workers have been at the school over the weekend conducting a thorough clean of the school, including equipment and play areas.

Parents are advised that local radio stations and the city council website will update them in the unlikely event of the school being closed for longer.

Staff have also urged parents to keep their children home if they report feeling unwell, adding they must be symptom free for 48 hours before returning to school.

The men, aged between 17 and 20, have all been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the clash in the Longford area of Coventry on December 14 last year.

The disorder - believed to be between two opposing groups - is thought to have begun in Longford Park before spilling out onto the Longford Road, near to its junction with Blackburn Road, at about 5pm.

The two injured men, aged 17 and 18, were treated at University Hospital, Walsgrave.

West Midlands Police said the brawl had involved a "large group of people".

The five men are due to appear at Coventry Magistrates Court today for an initial hearing.

THE FAMILY of a Coventry grandad who was killed while riding one of his beloved motorbikes has hailed him as "funny, easy-going and friendly."

Terry Toland, who was from the Foleshill area, died at the scene after his Suzuki machine was in collision with a white Citroen Xsara car at the junction of Withybrook Road and Coventry Road, outside Wolvey, near Bulkington.

The 58-year-old, who has four children, three stepchildren and several grandchildren, was on his way home from work on Friday, June 12, at 4pm, when he suffered fatal injuries.

He was a van driver for Cobley Transport, in Leicestershire.

Terry's devastated family issued the following statement through Warwickshire Police yesterday: "Terry sadly died at the scene in a tragic accident on his way home from work.

POPULAR children's character Elmer the Elephant has celebrated his 20th birthday in Coventry.

Pupils from St Osburg's Primary School, in Radford, and Frederick Bird's Primary School, in Hillfields, gathered at the city's Central Library, to share a piece of cake and a story or two.

The fictional character's creator, David McKee, was also among the guests.

YOUNGSTERS have been working to brighten up a special school in Coventry.

As part of community payback, young people on court orders aged between ten and 17, have created three pieces of artwork that show people with a disability taking part in sport.

The boards, which were completed over a series of weeks, will be displayed in the grounds of Sherbourne Fields Special School, in Rowington Close, Coundon.

Staff from the city's Youth Offending Service and the school worked with the young people to decide on the final images before they were created by a community artist and painted by the youngsters.

The volunteers from the charity based in Herald Court on the University of Warwick Science Park did the project at St Osburg's Catholic Primary School in Hill Street, Radford and St Christopher Primary School in Allesley Old Road, Allesley. At St Osburg's 25 HTI staff members built a willow fence to create an enclosed garden, dug a pong, planted plants which attract butterflies, planted wildflowers, laid a bark path and built benches and nest boxes.

At St Christopher there were six HTI staff members who replanted a bed, installed a bench and created a small play area for children.

COVENTRY primary school teacher Helen Budds is set to hit new heights, 15 years after a stroke left her wheelchair bound.

Helen was told she was lucky to be alive after a blood clot on her brain caused a stroke on the day before her 20th birthday.

Now 35, she is setting herself the challenge of taking part in a parachute jump to raise money for other stroke victims.

She has even persuaded her friend Jane Nicol to join her for the daredevil fundraiser - despite the fact she afraid of heights.

Helen's stroke had a devastating effect on her life.

She had to drop out of her training as a music teacher at Warwick University, move home to live with her parents in Norwich and report to hospital for regular lumbar punctures to relieve the pressure on her brain.

Losing the use of the left side of her body also meant she was no longer able to play her favourite instrument, the French horn.

"That was probably the hardest time," said Helen, of Holbrooks.

Staff from CWT Chamber Training based in St Nicholas Street, Radford, visited people working as nurses and carers and doing courses as mature students and gave out chocolate.

The 65-year-old was walking along Windmill Road in Longford at 3pm on Monday when a man punched him in what appears to have been an unprovoked incident.

City charity Global Care, which supports impoverished children across the world, launched an appeal with the paper in March asking people to put together packs of basic school equipment.

Later this year the packs will be taken to primary school pupils in the Soroti region of Uganda.

A NEW generation of Coventry couch potatoes will place a heavy burden on the NHS unless urgent action is taken, health bosses fear.

A new survey shows that nearly three quarters of children in Coventry and Warwickshire are not getting the recommended 60 minutes of activity outside school every day needed to keep healthy.

Lisa was recently voted by readers of a music magazine as the world's No.1 DJ.

A DISABLED man from Coventry who was left paralysed in an accident 12 years ago has died at the age of 60.

Jack O'Neill, of Gutteridge Avenue, Keresley, touched the hearts of Telegraph readers when they read his tilt table had been stolen. They raised £1,700 for new equipment which helped Mr O'Neill's circulation.