diff --git a/libcovebods/common_checks.py b/libcovebods/common_checks.py
index f04f572..7146507 100644
--- a/libcovebods/common_checks.py
+++ b/libcovebods/common_checks.py
@@ -1,11 +1,101 @@
+import json
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from libcove.lib.common import common_checks_context
 from libcovebods.lib.common_checks import get_statistics, RunAdditionalChecks
+from django.utils.html import format_html
+
+
+validation_error_template_lookup = {
+    'date': 'Date is not in the correct format. The correct format is YYYY-MM-DD.',
+    'date-time': 'Date is not in the correct format. The correct format is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ.',
+    'uri': 'Invalid uri found',
+    'string': '\'{}\' should be a string. Check that the value {} has quotes at the start and end. Escape any quotes in the value with \'\\\'', # noqa
+    'integer': '\'{}\' should be an integer. Check that the value {} doesn’t contain decimal points or any characters other than 0-9. Integer values should not be in quotes. ', # noqa
+    'number': '\'{}\' should be a number. Check that the value {} doesn’t contain any characters other than 0-9 and dot (\'.\'). Number values should not be in quotes. ', # noqa
+    'boolean': '\'{}\' should be a JSON boolean, \'true\' or \'false\'.', # noqa
+    'object': '\'{}\' should be a JSON object',
+    'array': '\'{}\' should be a JSON array. Check that value(s) appear within square brackets, [...]'}
+# These are "safe" html that we trust
+# Don't insert any values into these strings without ensuring escaping
+# e.g. using django's format_html function.
+validation_error_template_lookup_safe = {
+    'date': 'Date is not in the correct format. The correct format is YYYY-MM-DD.',
+    'date-time': 'Date is not in the correct format. The correct format is YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.',
+    'uri': 'Invalid uri found',
+    'string': '<code>{}</code> should be a string. Check that the value {} has quotes at the start and end. Escape any quotes in the value with <code>\</code>', # noqa
+    'integer': '<code>{}</code> should be an integer. Check that the value {} doesn’t contain decimal points or any characters other than 0-9. Integer values should not be in quotes. ', # noqa
+    'number': '<code>{}</code> should be a number. Check that the value {} doesn’t contain any characters other than 0-9 and dot (<code>.</code>). Number values should not be in quotes. ', # noqa
+    'boolean': '<code>{}</code> should be a JSON boolean, <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.', # noqa
+    'object': '<code>{}</code> should be a JSON object',
+    'array': '<code>{}</code> should be a JSON array. Check that value(s) appear within square brackets, [...]'}
 
 
 def common_checks_bods(context, upload_dir, json_data, schema_obj):
 
     common_checks = common_checks_context(upload_dir, json_data, schema_obj, 'bods-schema.json', context)
 
+    # Rewrite validation errors
+    # We do something similar for OCDS
+    # https://github.com/open-contracting/lib-cove-ocds/blob/74c459c06136af45db76487f39408664fd2d4854/libcoveocds/common_checks.py#L32
+    validation_errors = common_checks['context']['validation_errors']
+    new_validation_errors = []
+    for (json_key, values) in validation_errors:
+        error = json.loads(json_key, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+
+        e_validator = error['validator']
+        e_validator_value = error['validator_value']
+        validator_type = error['message_type']
+        null_clause = error['null_clause']
+        header = error['header_extra']
+
+        message = None
+        message_safe = None
+
+        if e_validator in ('format', 'type'):
+            message_template = validation_error_template_lookup.get(validator_type)
+            message_safe_template = validation_error_template_lookup_safe.get(validator_type)
+
+            if message_template:
+                message = message_template.format(header, null_clause)
+            if message_safe_template:
+                message_safe = format_html(message_safe_template, header, null_clause)
+
+        if e_validator == 'required':
+            extra_message = ". Check that the field is included and correctly spelled."
+            error['message'] += extra_message
+            error['message_safe'] += extra_message
+
+        if e_validator == 'enum':
+            message = "'{}' contains an unrecognised value. Check the related codelist for allowed code values.".format(header) # noqa
+            message_safe = format_html("<code>{}</code> contains an unrecognised value. Check the related codelist for allowed code values.", header) # noqa
+
+        if e_validator == 'minItems' and e_validator_value == 1:
+            message_safe = format_html('<code>{}</code> is too short. You must supply at least one value, or remove the item entirely (unless it’s required).', header) # noqa
+
+        if e_validator == 'minLength':
+            if e_validator_value == 1:
+                message_safe = format_html('<code>"{}"</code> is too short. Strings must be at least one character. This error typically indicates a missing value.', header) # noqa
+            else:
+                message_safe = format_html('<code>{}</code> is too short. It should be at least {} characters.', header, e_validator_value) # noqa 
+
+        if e_validator == 'maxLength':
+            message_safe = format_html('<code>{}</code> is too long. It should not exceed {} characters.', header, e_validator_value) # noqa
+
+        if e_validator == 'minimum':
+            message_safe = format_html('<code>{}</code> is too small. The minimum allowed value is {}.', header, e_validator_value) # noqa
+
+        if e_validator == 'maximum':
+            message_safe = format_html('<code>{}</code> is too large. The maximum allowed value is {}.', header, e_validator_value) # noqa
+
+        if message is not None:
+            error['message'] = message
+        if message_safe is not None:
+            error['message_safe'] = message_safe
+
+        new_validation_errors.append([json.dumps(error), values])
+    new_validation_errors.sort()
+    common_checks['context']['validation_errors'] = new_validation_errors
+
     context.update(common_checks['context'])
 
     additional_checks = RunAdditionalChecks(json_data).run()
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 1252aa7..c89947c 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/flatten-tool.git@v0.5.0#egg=flattentool
--e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@v0.5.0#egg=libcove
+-e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@35d7c2f28d643f68455816983185eddafa39ec51#egg=libcove
 -e .
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df144bb..71b651f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/flatten-tool.git@4c13ef0b32a59e810919a3de09bc8f64ce8f9392#egg=flattentool
--e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@v0.5.0#egg=libcove
+-e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@35d7c2f28d643f68455816983185eddafa39ec51#egg=libcove
 ## The following requirements were added by pip freeze:
 bleach==3.1.0
 cached-property==1.5.1
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 876a61b..c7be921 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jdcal==1.4
 json-merge-patch==0.2
 jsonref==0.2
 jsonschema==2.6.0
--e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@v0.5.0#egg=libcove
+-e git+https://github.com/OpenDataServices/lib-cove.git@0d9937aa7bf9c7711f17824b1c78ecdba6a9219f#egg=libcove
 lxml==4.3.2
 mccabe==0.6.1
 more-itertools==6.0.0