3% DECREASE in COUNCIL TAX passed by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, well, It Should Have Been!

Sometimes in life we don’t deserve what we get and we certainly do not deserve the budget that was passed last night in the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council chamber. During the financial year nothing is certain regarding the financial status of a borough council.  Sometimes windfalls occur such as some that you may have [...]

Do you recognise these men?

Back in November the Shivom newsagent in the heart of our community was robbed.  Please take a look at the photographs at the foot of the page linked to and help if you can: http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/wpnews_pressrelease/rss/14064?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

WCC touchy on subject of street light switch off

Warwickshire County Council would seem to be a little touchy on the subject of its decision to turn off the county’s street lighting after midnight.  In this article on the BBC website the South Warwickshire village of Salford Priors is used as a successful example of turning off the lights after midnight without a rise [...]

Camp Hill Library may close

A few days ago I shot this clip and wrote this posting but, clumsy that I sometimes am, changed a setting and saved the post instead of publishing it.  Sorry about that, only human. The point of the clip is very serious however.  The Camp Hill Library is outside of our ward but clearly people [...]

Streetlight misery is coming

Half a million lights go out the piece begins.  The article in question is referring to County Councils up and down the country turning off streetlights to save money. Warwickshire County Council is not named in the article but they have decided to turn off the vast majority of streetlights from midnight until dawn every [...]

Wheelie bin collections – weekly or fortnightly?

My thoughts on the matter and how the current fortnightly collections could revert to weekly.  The only barrier to this is the councillors that form the controlling Labour group in the council chamber.

Snow place for a gritter

I was out for another reason but as I was driving around the ring road I could not resist taking this shot of the council house.  Looks quite nice doesn’t it? I was out for a little over an hour in total and saw no sight nor sign of a gritter.  I have seen gritters [...]