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Palm Sunday and Easter
Do join us for services in church this Sunday and on Easter Day at 9.30am.
All are welcome at both services + when the church is open on Wednesday and Sunday.
Also come and see the figures decorated at school and around the village have been transformed to tell the story of Palm Sunday and Easter.
(Please remember that to comply with the law, masks must be worn in church and households cannot mix indoors)
Planning Application 2021/0233/DIS – Land on Glebe Road
Planning application for variation on materials and tree removal for the 3 dwellings on Glebe Road has been received.
Details can be found via the link below
Planning Application 2021/0246/FUL Robin Cottage Butt Lane
Planning application for an extension has been submitted – details can be found in the link below
Lost Dog – Found
Happy to say that Albert has been found, thanks to everyone who shared the message
RCC HIF Vote – Which way did each Councillor vote?
Rutland County Council have released the details on how each Councillor voted in Mondays HIF vote – see the link below for details
RCC lose crucial St George’s Barracks Vote
Rutland County Cllrs have just voted against accepting the £29 million HIF grant. 13 against, 12 for and 2 abstentions
Parish Magazine – Online Only This Month
For February and March the Rutland Water Benefice Parish Magazine will not be printed and delivered. It will be available online only
The link to the February edition of the magazine is below
Dog Mess in Local Fields
People may not be aware, but in order to protect sheep from diseases such as you need to pick up your dog mess when walking in the fields local to North Luffenham
Local Farmers have lost several sheep to dog faeces transmitted disease
Dog waste on grazing land can pass worms and parasites to sheep, so it is vital that dog owners pick up their dogs’ droppings when walking pets on farm land. The eggs of worms and parasites can survive on the ground for a long time, so dog mess must even be cleared from fields that do not currently have livestock grazing in them. It is also important to keep your dog thoroughly wormed all year round.
For more information see the link below
Rutland Covid Vaccination Update
Just to let you know we have now vaccinated 89.6% of the 2753 patients aged over 80. We have finished vaccinating residents of all 11 care homes.
An attempt to contact all the patients over 80 has been made, and there will be more calls made tomorrow. Where we cannot contact patients, we will try their next of kin if recorded in their records. We have not yet started vaccinating housebound patients but hope to do so after this week if we get a vaccine delivery. Any housebound patients who can be brought to the centre will be vaccinated this week (we can vaccinate 600 per day at eth vaccination centre, but only 20/day at home and the vaccine centre is better supported for potential reactions)
We have a larger delivery this week, and we are now able to start offering vaccine to the next cohort, 75-79 year olds. Again there are over 2000 people in this cohort, so they will not all be invited this week. Some patients who are aged 77-79 will receive an invitation to book. We have sufficient vaccine to start this process using the automated booking whilst we are also finishing the over 80 invitations by phone, and we are also offering vaccination to local frontline health and care staff who have contact with multiple older adults. I hope that the simultaneous booking of 77-79 year old using a rapid process, whilst we also use a slower process to invite the remaining over 80s does not cause confusion, and any help you can give in allaying any concerns is much appreciated. We are making the best use of the vaccine that we receive – most is administered to patients within 48 hours of our receiving it, and we are using the extra doses in the vials whenever possible( all but one vial on Friday!)
Dr Hilary Fox
Clinical Director Rutland Health Primary Care Network
Rutland Covid Vaccinations
Rutland Covid Vaccination Programme
If you are registered with a surgery in Rutland, they will be sending booking details for the Covid Vaccination Programme to your mobile phone, if you have one, over the next few weeks and month. If you are aged over 70 and have not yet received an SMS message (text message) about the Covid Vaccination Programme then they may not have your mobile phone number.
If you have a mobile phone please let your practice know the number by writing to your practice or emailing rutlandhealth.cvp@nhs.net. Please do not phone your practice. If you do not have a mobile phone then they will contact you by other means.
Message sent on behalf of Rutland Health Primary Care Network (rutlandhealth.co.uk)
The Boot Inn South Luffenham – Christmas Opening Hrs
With Christmas just around the corner, why not make a visit to The Boot as part of your Christmas plans.
We will have festive homemade scotch eggs, the Boris Menu and our lovely full menu running at various times.
We have also planned a New Years Eve “Boot to the Future” party (more details to follow). Please remember to book your table by messaging us on Facebook or emailing thebootinnrutland@gmail.com
All closing hours may vary dependent on bookings.
Monday 21st Dec – Closed
Tuesday 22nd Dec – Closed
Wednesday 23rd Dec – 6-9pm (pizza night)
Christmas Eve – 12-10pm (2-5pm festive scotch eggs only)
Christmas Day – 12-2pm -(festive scotch eggs)
Boxing Day – 12 – 4pm
Sunday 27th Dec 12-6pm (Roast)
Bank holiday Monday – 12-9pm (pizza’s)
Tuesday 29th Dec – Closed
Wednesday 30th – Closed
New Years Eve – 6-11pm – “Boot to the Future”
New Years Day- 12-10pm
Please remember Tier 2 rules apply throughout these times when visiting. We can’t accept visitors from Tier 3.
HGV Storage at St Georges Barracks – Planning Permission Refused
I’m sure the majority of North Luffenham residents will be delighted to hear that the retrospective planning application to allow the storage of up to 400 HGV trailers, lorries and coaches at St Georges Barracks was last night refused by RCC’s Planning Committee.
Many thanks to all of the local residents who provided input, wrote objections directly to RCC, and assisted with the Parish Council submission.
Particular thanks should go to Tim Collins for initially bringing this to the attention of the Parish Council, and for his very detailed analysis of the ecological impact of the activity. This was one of the key points for the refusal, along with the Councillors understanding of the impact of the HGV traffic on the roads and residents of North Luffenham and Edith Weston
North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan – Presentation Available
For those who could not attend the recent Zoom calls on the North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan, the presentation is available online below
For any questions, queries or comments on the Plan, please feel free to email planning@northluffenham.com
Final Neighbourhood Plan Zoom Call
A reminder that your last chance to take part in the Zoom presentations on the Neighbourhood plan is this evening at 7:30pm.
The Neighbourhood Plan will cover planning rules in the Parish for the next 15 years, plus objectives and plans for issues such as speeding, parking and the environment in the Parish
Topic: North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87263523277?pwd=Z0Iwd0Y2TmxtSElvQXFocFFEMUVqQT09
Meeting ID: 872 6352 3277
Passcode: 292804
Physical presentations are being worked on, however these are likely to be necessarily limited in the number of people that can attend due to the current Covid 19 restrictions. This means that the Zoom call will give you the best opportunity for information on the Plan, and the impact on the Parish
Neighbourhood Plan Zoom Meeting, 5pm Tonight
A reminder that there will be another chance to take part in the presentations on the Neighbourhood plan this evening at 5pm
The Neighbourhood Plan will cover planning rules in the Parish for the next 15 years, plus objectives and plans for issues such as speeding, parking and the environment in the Parish
Topic: North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87263523277?pwd=Z0Iwd0Y2TmxtSElvQXFocFFEMUVqQT09
Meeting ID: 872 6352 3277
Passcode: 292804
Xmas Jigsaws
Seeing some Christmas themed jigsaws in the phone box now 🙂
Does anyone have a picture of a completed jigsaw from the phone box?
Remembrance Sunday – Service Videos Available
For those who could not attend in person, a video of the Rutland Water Benefice Remembrance Services has been produced. Please click on the link below to view
Village Jigsaw Swap?
As “Lockdown 2” progresses, and the nights get ever longer, there has been a suggestion for a Jigsaw swap in the village.
If you have a jigsaw that you have completed, or do not need any more, and you want to pass it on to other people in the village, please leave it in the old telephone box on Church Street. It can then be recycled around the other jigsaw fans in North Luffenham
In Remembrance
Lest we forget.
Thinking of the men who died for our way of life from RAF North Luffenham and RAF Woolfox Lodge, local resident Gareth Jones is looking at how the heritage of these battlefields can be recognised.
Gareth has researched the background of the airmen buried in North Luffenham churchyard, and has recorded them on his website
You may be interested in his blog and some amazing stories documented there.
The WW2 men resting in the North Luffenham churchyard are a minor sample from Bomber Command war, where 55,500 aircrew died and 8403 were wounded. Not known is how many RAF and WRAF lost their lives on the ground. There are also 11 war graves at North Luffenham from the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1952, 53 and 54 in the Cold War.
We will remember them. Please contact me if you are interested or have any stories to add. http://www.rafnorthluffenhamheritage.me.uk/?p
You may also recall the previous posts on the website recording the men from North Luffenham who died during World War 1