ECHO’s regular readers will know that we always welcome additional material from local people and organisations. That’s even more important in the current situation. We remain hopeful that we can keep publishing monthly issues but with most of the regular community activity that we report on postponed or cancelled, the more contributions we get from …
Category: Community
Listen to Science
One of the features of the coronavirus crisis is that people appear to be starting to reverse a perceived or actual trend of ignoring experts and science. All advice should be delivered and received with caution. The following has been shared by an NHS contact and originates from Johns Hopkins University in the USA. ECHO …
April issue out now
The April issue of ECHO in now on sale but a few of our usual outlets are currently closed. It is available from these shops: Broomfield News Butts News Co-op, Allesley Old Road Co-op, Earlsdon Street Costcutter, Sovereign Road Earlsdon Park Village (for residents only) Hearsall News, Hearsall Lane Popping Cork Post Office, Earlsdon Street …
Here’s what’s happening with bin collections in Coventry
Source: CoventryLive
Coronavirus: volunteers to be asked to deliver food
Read the article on The Guardian‘s website.
APRIL ISSUE OF ECHO
With an extra special effort we have managed to complete the April issue of ECHO and it is now ready to be printed. It should be on sale by the end of the week. We cannot rule out the possibility that our printing and distribution may yet be interrupted but we hope we can carry …
Bus Pass Restrictions Lifted
From Thursday 19 March, and until further notice, the restriction on travel before 09.30 has been suspended meaning that you can travel free of charge on all bus and tram services in the West Midlands Network area from the start of service – excluding services run by A&M Group – Flexibus. Many leading supermarkets have …
Graham Partridge
It is with great sadness that we have to inform the community of the death on Sunday 12th January of Graham Partridge, a founding member of the ECHO team and for 40 years its Chairman and public face. In due course we will pay a full tribute to Graham, both in the pages of ECHO …
Coventry Spires U3A Open Day
Our apologies to Coventry Spires U3A – due to an error in the compilation of the September issue of ECHO, the information which appeared was from last year. The correct information for this year’s Open Day is as follows:- Coventry Spires U3A will be having an Open Day on Thursday 19 September at 2pm at …
Rob Bills
Since the September issue of ECHO was printed, we have been shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely death of Rob Bills, owner of CV Nutrition in Albany Road. The business is featured, and Rob is quoted, on page 7 of this issue. Rob died in a road traffic accident on Saturday 24 August …