David Dubas-Fisher-Cov

More than 14,000 drivers with Coventry or Warwickshire postcodes—about 2% of drivers in the area—currently have six or more penalty points on their licences, according to quarterly DVLA data. The national average is 2.1%, while Halifax has the highest rate at one in 21 drivers. The figures also show that male drivers are nearly three times as likely as female drivers to have at least six points.

North Warwickshire recorded the lowest proportion of A-Level students achieving A or A* grades across Coventry and Warwickshire, at 14.6%, followed by Nuneaton and Bedworth at 15.8%. Stratford-on-Avon performed best locally at 35.1%, while Warwickshire overall reached 29.3%, above Coventry’s 23.3% but below the England average of 28.3%. Nationally, the City of London had the highest rate at 65.4%, while Harlow had the lowest at 7.0%.