Cllr Antony Tucker presented a petition at the December Full Council meeting, responding to residents’ concerns about the speed of traffic along Spencer Avenue, Spencer Road and Newcombe Road. The petition calls for speed reduction measures on these roads. The petition, which had 71 signatures, is now closed and local councillors hope to work to …
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Bin Strike Update
Councillors received the following email this evening. “Dear Councillor, We have been notified today by Unite that their strike involving bin lorry drivers has been postponed until the week starting 4 January 2022. We welcome this news and will continue to talk to union representatives in an attempt to lawfully resolve the issues they have …
Waste Disposal During Strike Period
News Release from the council (shared from Cllr Bally Singh’s post): “The Council has today set out its plans to provide pop-up disposal sites to help people get rid of their waste following the news that bin lorry drivers are set to strike. The first round of strike action is set for Tuesday 21 December …
Earlsdon Cycleway Petition
This epetition was raised just as our December/January issue went to press and closes on 22nd January, before our February issue is published. See here
Taylors Butchers
Due to a regrettable communication failure the wrong advert appeared for Taylors Butchers in the November issue of ECHO. This is what should have appeared.
ECHO Distribution Update
Copies of the November issue are now available in ECHO’s major outlets, including Earlsdon Street Post Office and the Earlsdon and Allesley Old Road Co-ops. Most of the remaining outlets will be stocked over the weekend and the rest by Monday.
November Issue
Unfortunately due to illness in the team, there will be a delay to the distribution of the November ECHOs. Please bear with us and we will get copies out to our main outlets as soon as possible.
Earlsdon charity shop’s entire stock ruined after water leak floods the building – CoventryLive
Source: Earlsdon charity shop’s entire stock ruined after water leak floods the building – CoventryLive
Updated Planning Application – 34 Belvedere Road
The planning application for the premises at 34 Belvedere Road (ref: FUL/2021/0974), which was previously ruled invalid, has been resubmitted and validated. The proposal remains to convert from use as a care home to 4 self-contained flats. There is a very short period for public consultation, which ends 30 August. Because we search the planning …
ECHO FOUNDER’S LIFE CELEBRATED
Around 80 people gathered at the Village Hotel yesterday afternoon for the long-delayed celebration of the life of ECHO founder, Graham Partridge. Graham died in January 2020, aged 68. As a succession of speakers testified, Graham’s contribution to the community went way beyond creating ECHO, important though that was. Among the initiatives he was responsible …