Playground campaigners in chocolate bar protest

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the Meriden Adventure Playground will be handing out chocolate Freddos before tomorrow night's (Tuesday's) Full Council meeting.
The parents, children and volunteers will be offering the bars to councillors on the steps of the Civic Suite to press the point that the £20,000 funding that was turned down last month would cost each of Solihull's taxpayers less than the well-known Cadbury's snack.
Following a price rise earlier this year, Freddos now retail for 30p, while the money for the playground would have worked out at 27 and a half pence per taxpayer.
As well as protesting outside the meeting, the group have also applied to address the council chamber and will be re-emphasising the importance of the site to the local community.
The meeting is due to start at 5.30pm and if you can't make it in person, you can watch the live webcast here.
Footage is then archived on the website.

• There will be much more coverage of the campaign to keep the facility open in this month's edition of Other Side of Solihull.