Residents should continue to treat food waste as household waste until 30 March, after which they should stop putting any food waste into their black bins.

The online application process by which eligible households can apply for additional household waste capacity is live. This is available for families of five or more, people with medical needs and those with children aged under two years in nappies. If an application is approved, these households will receive: 

• Families with children in nappies – a 240litre bin instead of a 140litre bin 
• Large families of 5 or more people – a 240litre bin in addition to a 140litre bin  
• Residents with medical needs – a 240litre bin in addition to a 140litre bin

Applications for extra household waste capacity can be made via MyAccount, email or phone. Once approved, we aim to deliver additional capacity to these households within 15-20 working days. A reminder that any household in Rutland can request an additional 240litre grey bin in the same way, if they produce a lot of recycling.

For more information please visit RCC’s Council’s website at: www.rutland.gov.uk/recycling, together with guides that explain exactly what items should be placed into black and grey bins. 

This Post will expire at 2:12pm on Tuesday May 12th, 2026.

The firm emptying our roadside bins at the junction of Glebe Road and Lyndon Road, adjacent to The Jetties, report that it is constantly filled with cat litter. It has recently been emptied but once again is overflowing due to cat litter.

Cat litter should be put into the black bin and not roadside bins.

Please click on the link for more information: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/council-news/2026/02/no-increase-general-council-tax-rutland-county-council-agrees-spending-plans-year-ahead

This Post will expire at 3:35pm on Friday April 3rd, 2026.

 The replacing of the 240 litre black bins with smaller 140 litre bins from Monday 2 March 2026 onwards. The process is simple and will coincide with your normal black bin collection day.

Just keep putting your black household waste bin out for collection, as normal. At some point in March, it will be emptied, taken away and replaced with your new, smaller black bin. This will be done all in one go, so that your old bin is emptied, removed and replaced at the same time, on a normal black bin collection day. RCC plan to complete all bin swaps by 30 March.

There have been reports that some of the smaller bins delivered today havef mis-shapen lids. 

The supplier and he has advised that the plastic has a memory and will settle and return to its right shape and that this can happen during storage and transportation. 

🏇 Race Night – Only 2 Weeks to Go! 🏇

Tickets are selling fast – only a limited number left.
If you’re planning to come along, please buy your ticket soon –

DON’T MISS OUT

It promises to be a fun evening for the whole village with plenty of laughs and the chance to back a winning horse 🐎

Please bring cash – Bets, Games & Raffle are CASH ONLY

*Have a bet on the Races*

6 in total such as – The Monday Club Stakes, Do Yoga Donkey Derby & Woody’s Electrical Sprint

*Try your luck on the Fairground Games*

Including Splat the Rat, Quoits & Pin the Tail on the Donkey

*Take a punt on the Raffle*

Valuable Prizes – Hamper, Lunch Vouchers & a Round of Golf

Please bring cash – Bets, Games & Raffle are CASH ONLY

Pay Bar (cash and card) open 6.30 – 10.00

🎟 Tickets: £10 includes your first drink
📍 School Hall, North Luffenham
📅 March 7th
⏰ 6.30 – 10.15

This Post will expire at 11:21am on Monday March 30th, 2026.

We are so excited to be presenting Handel’s Messiah for our Spring concert on Saturday
28th March at 7.30pm, Oakham School Chapel, Oakham. Rehearsals are now well under
way of this powerful and much loved work under the enthusiastic and expert leadership of
our musical director Jamie Conway. We will be joined by the Raikes Consort orchestra
together with professional soloists. This will be the biggest production Rutland Choral
Society has ever put on making this a stand out, not to be missed concert.
Jamie says “The Messiah is in many ways the pre-eminent choral masterpiece. I am so
excited to bring this story to life with the Rutland Choral Society. The choir has come on a
tremendous journey in the two and a half years I have been working with them, and they
perform with not only beautiful singing, but such meaning and a connection to the music and
libretto. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience all three parts of the Messiah
performed with the Raikes Consort and a top-rate team of soloists.”
Make sure you don’t miss out and get your tickets now priced £20 (under 16’s free) from
choir members or https://wegottickets.com/rutlandchoralsociety

Everyone is welcome to Breakfast church at 9:30am Sunday 21st December in the North Luffenham Community Centre. We will be looking at the events leading up to Christmas from Joseph’s point of view.

On 20^th October 2025, the eight councils published a draft of the proposal submission and accompanying appendices. This draft was then considered by each Council as part of its own governance process. Further engagement was also undertaken with key stakeholders including MPs and Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government. Having considered any feedback received a number of refinements and amendments were made which have been built into the final submission.

Please click on this link for the final proposal: https://www.northcitysouth.co.uk/final-proposal