Amazon has left a bag of Skinners dog food in someone’s shed or greenhouse – probably on Glebe Road.
If you find it please would you call 01780 720467 and Charles Cade will collect it from the bottom of your drive.
A range of tasty meals to fill your freezer, home made in Morcott, delivered to
your door, available for one, two or four persons.
Please click on the link below for details.
Dear resident,
It is now official, there has been a recorded case of Coronavirus in a Rutland resident. We in Rutland are not immune from this disease so I would urge you to take self-isolation and social distancing seriously. This means restricting visiting a shop to not more than once a week, having shopping delivered if possible, using your village’s prescription collection service to reduce the numbers going to the surgeries and pharmacies, and staying indoors. Some people have to go out to work, of course, and we are all allowed out for daily exercise but one session of daily exercise is just that. It’s not a bike ride/jog in the morning and a walk with the family or dog in the afternoon; it is one or the other and walking your dog is your daily exercise as well as the dog’s! It has been reported that young people have been seen playing football on our village open spaces. This is not acceptable because it is impossible to play football and maintain the 2 meter social distance required by Government and it is enabling cross family mixing, again not recommended. Don’t let your children and grandchildren out to play with other families till all this is over and if you see any football or other games going on, feel free to challenge the players. The latest modelling suggests the death toll in the UK from Covid-19 will be lower that first feared, largely because of the success of self-isolation and social distancing but we all need to keep it up. Look after yourself and if you need to contact me, or just want a chat, the details are below.
Gale Waller
County Councillor, Normanton Ward
gwaller@rutland.gov.uk 01780 722169
For patients of Uppingham Surgery who need their medications to be collected and delivered to them please note the following.
The dispensary team at the surgery are operating the following system:
1: Please order directly with dispensary as usual (phone, online etc) – in the morning
2: Email nlgns2020@gmail.com or phone 07825 697841 (a message can be left) the medicines that you require. Please do this the same day by the afternoon.
3: The surgery currently requires 72 working hours from time of ordering to dispensing turnaround: please see table below
4. A volunteer will deliver the medicines by first ringing your doorbell, leaving the the medicines on the doorstep and wait at least 2 metres (6 Feet) away to see that you collect them.
Order Monday-ready for collecting Thursday
” Tuesday ” ” Friday
” Wednesday ” ” Monday
” Thursday ” ” Tuesday
” Friday ” ” Wednesday
It has been brought to the attention of the Parish Council that there was a a group of children playing football on the Oval Recreation Ground this afternoon. We would kindly request that this does not happen again in accordance with the Government’s current guidelines. The more that people follow the current advice then hopefully the current restrictions will be lifted.
Thank you North Luffenham Parish Council
Arthur’s Mobile Fish & Chips24 March at 18:06
COVID-19 UPDATE
We will not be running this week (23rd-27th March) after this weeks announcement.
Next week we will be running but on a DELIVERY ONLY basis.
We will NOT be taking any orders at the van. If you come to the van you will be sent away.
Please understand that we can only deliver in the villages that we park in.. if you come to us regularly but don’t live in any of the villages please contact us on 07702318625 to see what we can do.
If you can call before 2pm if possible to place your order on the day please do. We will be taking orders over the phone while the van is out but it makes our job harder. We want this to run as smoothly as possible for everyone.
Payment can be made via BACS, PayPal or at the door via contactless card payment (our card reader will be on a stick to minimise contact) if you are only able to pay by cash please state while ordering and we will call you when we are on our way with your order to leave the money outside your door, and we will leave food with your change (we are disinfecting all cash handled)
If you are unable to pay by BACS or PayPal at Barrowden, Nassington or Elton you will have to pay by cash as we get no signal to use the card reader.
We will be unable to give you a time that your order will be with you, but it will be roughly within the time slot we are in your village.
There will be a £1.20 charge per order for delivery to cover the cost of the extra car and fuel used.
Kerrie-Ann will be delivering your food wearing clean gloves for each delivery and a face mask. She will knock on your door and leave the food on your door step and wait at the end of your drive way to insure you get your food unless payment is needed.
We will not be selling some items on our menu to keep things simple. We will post a menu by the end of the week.
The number to order on is
07702318625. If we don’t answer the phone please DO NOT leave a voice mail, either call again later or send us a text.
Sadly we are no longer permitted to keep the church building open, but Church is not buildings, Church is the Christian community. Rev. Pippa will be conducting a Service this coming Sunday for the whole of the Benefice at 0930hrs. It will be accessible on the Rutland Water Benefice Facebook page as a Watch Party. It has the options of being listened to, or joined interactively. It is very easy to access, but to do so you must be on Facebook and then join the Rutland Water Benefice group. And if you are not a Facebook person, joining both Facebook and the Group is easy!
To join Facebook, search for Facebook, answer a few questions, provide a password and there you are.
Then, search for The Rutland Water Benefice
To request to join the The Rutland Water Benefice Facebook group, “Press Join”..
You will then become a member of the group – it may take half a day to add to you or far far less !
You will then have access to the Watch Party ready for Sunday 0930hrs
Please spread the News of the Rutland Water Benefice Facebook page as it is updated daily and a valuable source of Christian fellowship locally.
From Alison Woods – My daughter Erin has her GCSE art exam that she is expected to complete at home on Monday and Tuesday next week. I was wondering if anybody in the village has an easel that they would be willing to lend her to help her to complete this exam? Apparently a table top easel would be best but anything/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Please reply to this message if you can help
Dear resident,
This is my third note during these difficult times and this time it is a plea. Many people, understandably, are taking this period of forced isolation to have a good clear out. That’s great but please store what you want to dispose of until the municipal waste sites and charity shops re-open. Both were closed partly because of the need for social distancing but mainly because of the risk of staff becoming infected from the virus being on the goods disposed of/donated. DO NOT leave goods outside the closed charity shops. The charities will not be collecting these donations and their removal will be the responsibility of refuse collectors/street cleaners, both of whom will be at risk if the bags are contaminated. Thank you for your co-operation.
We have all witnessed the courage of NHS staff, albeit for most of us through the medium of our TV screens. We recognise their dedication and the risks to their own health this brings. Can we also remember the dedication of staff working for Rutland County Council and give them a “thank you” too. Like all employers Rutland Council has adopted home working where possible but not all staff can work from home nor follow safe working practices such as social distancing. Staff answering your calls are in the office, refuse collectors cannot keep a safe distance from each other as they dispose of our waste and social workers, RCC’s Admiral Nurses and so on still visit people in their homes and like health service colleagues do not always have sufficient personal protective equipment. So, if you see any of these folk going about their work give them a cheery wave –from a safe distance, of course!
Gale Waller
County Councillor, Normanton Ward
gwaller@rutland.gov.uk 01780 722169
The MoD have closed off the informal access to the airfield area at the top of the lane leading up from Butt Lane, due to Corona virus compliance. I assume they did not have any Royal Engineers available to help install the No Entry sign…
Several people have been searching the vilalge web site for information on the status of the North Luffenham Household Waste and Recycling Centre (The Tip..)
This was closed on 20th March by RCC as part of the Coronavirus distancing measures. Its not known when it will open again
Edith Weston Village Store & Post Office are coordinating home deliveries of food & other provisions from their shop, through a team of local volunteers, to people self isolating in the community.
If you cannot leave your home to shop for food because you are self-isolating, you can call the Store on 01780 722164, and place your order over the phone. They will endeavour to deliver your order asap, but if you can order in the morning it will help them deliver it sooner to you.
Please note the new slightly contracted opening hours for the store below. This will allow the store more time to re-stock shelves , coordinate deliveries and maintain employee distancing in the workplace.
In accordance with new Government guidelines on play areas and equipment we have today had to close the use of the play equipment on the Oval Recreation Ground. Please respect this notice. Thank you NLPC
Dear resident,
This is my second note during these difficult times. Rutland County Council has recently announced additional on line support to businesses which can be found here https://www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk/priorities-and-plans/covid-19/ Rutland County Council is now part of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP so their services are open to Rutland businesses.
Our local health providers have also set up a web site which can be accessed here https://rutlandhealth.co.uk/covid-19-coronavirus-rutland-gp-services/ Stay isolating if you can and stay safe. If you need to contact me the details are below.
Gale Waller
County Councillor, Normanton Ward
gwaller@rutland.gov.uk 01780 722169
As you may have heard we’ve sadly made the decision to close all of our water parks, including Rutland Water, to the public along with all activities with immediate effect to help limit the spread of coronavirus. None of our car parks will be open and all tracks and gates are closed. Public access will not be permitted in any areas.
All events at our parks will be cancelled until the end of June which sadly means that the Anglian Water Music Festival will be postponed until next year. We’ll be excited to welcome festival goers to the shores of Rutland Water then, but are advising those who have bought tickets for this year’s event to choose whether to defer their booking until next year, or claim a full refund. Refunds can be claimed via Eventbrite, and if we don’t hear from ticket holders by Monday 31st August, tickets will automatically be rolled over to next year’s festival.
We would encourage everybody to follow the Government’s advice to social distance and not travel wherever possible to protect the most vulnerable in our communities.
Bus Services from Monday 23 March 2020 until further notice
Centrebus will be operating in Rutland as follows:
12 & 29 – For details see Centrebus website
747 – normal service
RF2 – normal service
9 – no service (see separate RCC notice)
146 – normal service
RF1 – may go to a two hourly service
47 – no service
For up to date information on all services please visit www.centrebus.info / @CentrebusLive
—————————————————————–
CallConnect services are operating as normal and the Booking Centre will open:
Mon-Fri 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
Sat 8.30 am – 4.00 pm
Tel: 0345 263 8153 / www.lincsbus.info / @callconnect
The above information is subject to change
Dear resident,
I hope you are well and safe at this difficult time. Rutland County Council is rising to the challenge of delivering essential services for residents but you will find changes to what is normally provided such as the closure of the municipal waste sites. The Council is regularly updating its Covid-19 web pages, including explaining how Government announcements, for example on business rates, is being managed. To find out more please go to https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-services/health-and-family/health-and-nhs/health-and-support-services/coronavirus-covid-19/ In addition for those of you who don’t subscribe the Council produces a free regular newsletter “Your Rutland” which also carries useful information. You can subscribe here https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-council/your-rutland-e-newsletter/ Remember, follow the social distance advice and stay safe. If you need to contact me the details are below.
Gale Waller
County Councillor, Normanton Ward
gwaller@rutland.gov.uk 01780 722169
Jason is offering to sell today, on a take out basis, between 4pm and 8pm real ale for £1 per pint.
If you are interested please take your own container
