Category: News
BUS SERVICE UPDATE
Following posts earlier in the week, outbound bus services to Earlsdon and Spon End have been restored, except in respect of Croft Road. The full announcement from NX is as follows: “To allow for air pollution work to be carried out, Butts Road will be closed to traffic from Croft Road. While the road is …
BUTTS ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE
After it rapidly became clear that the closure of Butts Road outbound from the Ring Road junction 7 with effect from Monday 14 November was unworkable, Coventry City Council has instructed the contractors to re-open the road and devise an alternative plan to complete the planned works. However only the left most lane is open, …
Lengthy Road Closure and Buses Rerouted
With effect from today, Monday 14th November, it will not be possible to access Butts Road from the Ring Road junction 7. This restriction will apply for around 12 weeks while the remodelling of the junction is completed. The diversion will take drivers from junction 8 via Holyhead Road and Four Pounds Avenue. However access …
Welsh Elvis Show Postponed
The Coventry Cambrian Society’s concert featuring Rocking Rev. Wynne Roberts BEM as The Welsh Elvis that was due to take place on Friday 16 September, has been postponed because of the period of National Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. ECHO will announce the rescheduled date when it is known. Coventry Cambrian Society
By-Election On 22nd September
The by-election in Sherbourne ward to elect a successor to the late Cllr Seamus Walsh takes place on 22 September. Sherbourne ward includes Spon End and parts of Chapelfields north of Allesley Old Road. Cllr Walsh won the seat on 4 occasions, most recently in May this year when he had an ultra-thin margin of …
Lord Mayor Joins Marathon Grandad for Charity Walk
Next Tuesday, 9 August, Lord Mayor Cllr Kevin Maton will join 72-year-old local man Tony Cunningham’s year-long sponsored walk to raise money for Warwick charity, Molly Ollys. If you want to see Tony, Kevin and his wife and Lady Mayoress, Angela, tackle a few laps together on Tuesday they will be at the War Memorial …
Bus Timetables Tweaked
Bus timetable changes are being implemented later this month, which in the ECHO area affect the 14/14A service through Chapelfields. Changes
Earlsdon School Shortlisted in National Competition to Win Playground Worth £5K
Children from Earlsdon Primary School have collected and transformed 7,000 plastic bottle tops into stunning art murals, as part of a nationwide recycling campaign to raise awareness about the dangerous impact of plastic waste on the environment. Earlsdon Primary has been named among the top ten finalist schools in the Message in a Bottle Top …
LIBRARY CORRECTIONS
There are a couple of errors in June’s ECHO, relating to Earlsdon Library. Firstly, it is stated that the next folk night (the Hush! event) costs £5 but the correct cost is £10 per ticket. and secondly the storytime session starts at 10.30am not 11am on Tuesdays.