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 to Friday 24 December which means there will be no collections next week. More strike action is also planned for after Christmas.

We apologise to every Coventry resident because we know this has been timed to cause maximum disruption just ahead of Christmas. Unfortunately this is out of our control.

We remain committed to continuing negotiations as we want to lawfully resolve this issue to ensure full service is resumed as quickly as possible.
In the meantime we have put a number of plans in place to enable some collections to go ahead and to ensure that residents are able to dispose of any extra waste as easily as possible.

There are a range of ways people will be able to dispose of rubbish while we try to find a solution with the Unite union. We would like to thank the people of Coventry for their patience.

You can take securely bagged waste to one of four pop up disposal points:
War Memorial Park car park – CV3 6PT
Hearsall Common – CV5 6GN
Cheylesmore car park – CV1 2HJ
Sowe Common car park – CV2 2AE
Sites will be open 7 days a week between 8am and 4.30pm from Tuesday 21 December – except bank holidays.
There is no need to book – just turn up.

How the pop-up sites work:
Please make sure waste is bagged securely to avoid any spillages. We recommend double bagging waste. We always recommend you wear gloves when handling waste.

On arrival you will be directed by the on-site team. Height restrictions for vehicles are in place and we cannot accept vehicles that are over 6ft 9in or 2.05m.
Only bagged waste can be accepted and no bulky items can be taken. Please take your bulky items to the Household Waste and Recycling Centre (Tip) on London Road.

You will be asked to unload your bagged waste from your car into a holding area. The on-site team will take it from there.

You will then be directed to the exit.

Pedestrians need to use the same entrance points and will be directed by the on-site team.

We can’t accept bulky items. So, please take your recycling and bulky items to the Household Waste and Recycling Centre (Tip) on London Road.

You will have to book a slot to use the Tip. To book a slot, either visit our website at https://www.coventry.gov.uk/tipbooking or call our Customer Services team on 08085 834333

Garden waste collections are paused until February so the brown lidded bins provide a good additional storage facility for any waste that won’t fit in the household or recycling bin.

All teams that are working on 4 January will be diverted to collect waste from our most vulnerable residents alongside communal bins at blocks of flats and apartments. These locations are prioritised due to the amount of waste that is created / contained in each bin.

Teams working on 7 January will collect household waste from all homes that usually have a Friday collection.

Our website is the best place for the most up to date information. It will be updated as the situation develops. www.coventry.gov.uk/bindays and www.coventry.gov.uk/dropsites “

A Christmas Carol – Albany Theatre

As this show will have finished its run long before our next printed edition comes out at the end of January, we are providing an online only review now.

Described in the programme as “the perfect family-friendly alternative to a traditional panto” A Christmas Carol, is directed by Kevin Shaw, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Albany Theatre, is on till 26 December.

The story needs little introduction, but this tale of Christmas conversion from miserliness to merriment is just what we need at the moment. The cast consists of just seven actors, interchanging roles by the simple but effective use of additional accessories, such as a bonnet, apron or cloak, and portraying the whole range of characters between them. They also act as narrators, and an additional audience as they are all, for the most part, ever present on the stage, sometimes sitting at the side and providing additional reactions to the action.

The paucity of actors is perhaps a little stretched when Ebenezer Scrooge is taken to his own earlier life by the Ghost of Christmas past, and ends up not just spectating these scenes, but joining in as a representation of his own younger self. This provided an interesting different perspective, seeing how immersed Scrooge was in these scenes, but making it harder to portray current day Scrooge’s immediate reactions to his reviewing of parts of his life.

The portentous spirits are heralded by striking effects and vivid lighting to great effect, marking out their otherworldliness and Scrooge’s fear of them. The final ghost is particularly dramatic. The appearance of Marley’s chained ghost is reinforced, not only by bulges and distortions in the wall behind him, but by the other actors creating an impressive web of chains across the forestage, symbolising the burden Marley bears and hopes to prevent Scrooge from enduring.

The gripping action is interspersed with harmonised carols and the occasional dance, sometimes underlining the emotiveness and sometimes adding a spark of festive cheer. Scrooge’s final transformation from gloomy meanness to jubilant generosity is joyous, leaving the audience enveloped in seasonal warmth, heightened, rather than diminished, by any imitation snow.

 

Allesley Old Road Petition

This petition has been launched asking to further improve road safety on Allesley Old Road and roads nearby and oppose Government plans for an £8 Charging Zone in Coventry.

This link is provided for information and not because ECHO is recommending that people sign (or equally that people should oppose it). These are complex issues and everyone needs to think in details of the impact before supporting any of the proposals or campaigns.

See here

This ePetition runs to 08/02/2022.

Seasonal Issue December 2021 / January 2022

The combined December and January edition of ECHO is now on sale. This bumper 40-page issue includes 3 cash prize competitions, other seasonal items and the usual range of news reports, features and events.

Once more we owe a huge thank you for keeping us going during a difficult couple of years to:

– our advertisers

– our 23 sales outlets, all of which are now selling ECHO again after interruption during the pandemic

– all the individuals and organisations that contribute material

– our printers Buy-My-Print

– and, most of all, to you, our loyal readers and followers.

We will now take a rest from the printed version of ECHO for a month, but we will maintain our Facebook, Twitter and website feeds. In the meantime, the ECHO team would like to send seasonal good wishes to the whole community of Earlsdon, Chapelfields, Hearsall and Spon End.

 

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.

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 portal by submission date, and the application is still listed by its original date, 30 March, we had not picked this up for the September issue of ECHO but in any case by the time that issue is on sale later this week it will be too late for people to respond.

Fortunately Cllr Gittins picked up on it and warned us, too late for the printed issue but in time for us to post it online.

For more details see: http://planning.coventry.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=815691