The current outage of the telephone system in North Luffenham has been confirmed to be caused by theft of the copper cables from the Telephone Exchange on Ketton Road to the villages.

Internet services are not affected as they are carried by fibre optic cable from the Exchange to the villages, and only use copper cable from the green cabinets on the streets.

Various estimates from BT have been reported to reinstate the telephone services, but the last time this happened it took approximately 10 days to repair the cable.

Thanks everyone for the information on the phone line outage.

It looks like all villages served by the North Luffenham exchange- North Luffenham, South Luffenham, Edith Weston and potentially Barrowden – are affected

BT are aware and working on it

The earliest estimate from BT / Openreach to resolve the problem is tomorrow evening

The phone lines are down on Lyndon Road. Is this the same anywhere else in North Luffenham?

There will be an evening of Jazz and Soul at Barrowden Church on Friday 3rd June at 7.30pm – See poster for details

Please note that the airfield is out of bounds tonight from 21:00 to 06:00 due to protection dog training

It has been a rather strange two years, with restrictions on a lot of our usual activities and many people have missed the social interactions that are usually part of their everyday life. North Luffenham is a lovely village, with a lot of history and having village events & clubs enables us to develop a sense of community and friendship.

Please come along to our village ‘get together’ and make new friends, meet old friends, all while enjoying delicious homemade cakes & biscuits! There will also be coffee, tea and a variety of fruit & herbal teas available. The room is well ventilated and sanitiser will be available.

There is no entry charge for this event but cash donations will be given to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.

For anyone needing assistance, help is available to get to the community centre.

Contact Liz Ritchie on 01780 720210 or at liz.ritchie23@me.com

As you may have seen around the village, the Men & Women in Sheds Team have been busy making bespoke garden furniture to order. Over the coming month we have some slots available should you want anything wooden built to your own design (or one inspired by us).

Our prices are very reasonable and are based on cost of the wood plus a donation to AgeUK to enable us to run the Shed.

Examples of our handiwork are picnic tables, garden benches, potting tables, bug boxes, mud kitchens & planters.

For further information and inspiration visit our website:-
https://rutshed.wixsite.com/home

Alternatively, contact Brian Lee on 01572 720319 or via email Brian.Lee@ageukleics.org.uk

The Full Fibre Internet connection for the Community Centre and the School has been funded by RCC to encourage the further roll out of of fibre optic cabling in the village.

The installation by OpenReach has placed a limited number of properties within the connecting distance for a Full Fibre Internet upgrade. An upgrade would enable speeds of up to 1Gb/sec (Gigabit Internet)

The purple dots on the map below show which lucky residents now have availability for a full fibre connection.

You would need to contact your Internet provider for details on how to upgrade and costs.

The funeral of well known and respected North Luffenham resident, Gerry Wells, will be held at Peterborough Crematorium tomorrow, at 1:30 and afterwards at The Fox for villagers who would like to pay their respects.

Gerry Wells 1926 – 2022