Weekly review: 19th February 2021
Health features large this week, and we've also got interviews with Rugby Farmers' Mart and Old Laurentians RFC; Covid-19 figures; what's on this weekend and a man-hole cover update.
This week
Health matters to us all, and this week we featured three important stories in our free articles. Volunteers are making Cawston Greenway into a nature trail for the whole community, and gaining better mental health as they do it. Our South Rugby churches joined a national call to fight covid-19 vaccine misinformation.
South Rugby GP Dr Erica Wright said: “As a GP I would fully back having the Covid-19 vaccine and encourage those to attend when invited for their vaccination. I’ve had my first vaccination - it was a quick and uncomplicated procedure. Please help the UK with the fight against Covid-19 and have your vaccination when called.”
We also reported on the latest draft air quality data available from Rugby Borough Council.
For our paying subscribers this week we had the following stories:
What should South Rugby’s transport look like in the future?
Old Laurentians RFC: “We’ll still be there after lockdown ends”
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Covid-19 figures for Rugby
For the week up to 17th February:
182 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows a decrease of 17.6% compared with the previous seven days.
2 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. This shows an decrease of 71.4% compared with the previous seven days.
The estimated R number for the Midlands is 0.7 to 0.9 as of 12th February 2021. There’s been no change in this since last week.
Source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk
What’s on this weekend
If you’ve got an event you’d like us to include, please get in touch with us at editor@southrugbynews.co.uk.
Please remember to only make essential trips out, wear a face mask, wash your hands and maintain social distancing.
Thinkusaurus?
Keep your eyes peeled for T-rex, Triceratops and their other giant inflatable friends this weekend. Find out more on their Facebook page
Empty Stage
A first major digital commission by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s director Carlos Acosta, Empty Stage is ‘is a poignant, hope-filled response to COVID’s impact on live performance and demonstrates the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s deep-rooted desire to keep ballet alive during difficult times.’
This collaboration between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Impermanence was released today.
Watch the five-minute performance on YouTube
Look out for hearts
When you’re taking your daily allotted exercise, look out for bright displays of hearts around South Rugby, like that on the statue of Dunchurch’s Lord John Douglas Montagu Douglas Scott, or these in the window of Bilton Free Church House:
Saturday 20th February
Sacred Heart Church, Bilton, 5pm mass: public worship and on YouTube. No booking necessary to attend the service, but please wear a face mask, wash your hands and observe social distancing.
Sunday 21st February
Sacred Heart Church, Bilton, 9:30am mass: public worship and on YouTube. No booking necessary to attend the service, but please wear a face mask, wash your hands and observe social distancing.
St Mark’s Church, Bilton, 10am Holy Communion: via Facebook and also now on their YouTube channel
Dunchurch Baptist Church, 10:30am, online service: The Lord’s Prayer: Perspective. The service includes Communion. If you would like to join in please have some bread and wine or juice ready.
St Peter’s Church, Dunchurch, 10:30am, online service: call 01788 891066 for the link
Bilton Evangelical Church, 10am, online service
Bilton Methodist Church, 11am: Join the live-streamed services from the Wesleyan Chapel and Leysian Mission
Future events to book now
Be a firefly!
Next month, the Royal Shakespeare Company has a retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set in a virtual forest. Puck is on a mission with his four sprites, and he’s the guide for this 50-minute immersive experience.
It’s a live, online performance, where the audience can choose to be a firefly, “lighting the forest for Puck and influencing what is happening in the world of the performance with movements of the mouse, trackpad or touchscreen. Guided by Puck you explore and support him on his mission.”
Dream is online from 12th to 20th March 2021.
Behind the headlines
Who’s who in South Rugby politics?
Coming up next week
If you’re interested in how decisions get made at our parish, district and county councils, here’s the list of meetings coming up. A benefit of the pandemic is that they’re mostly livestreamed and therefore more accessible for us all.
Tuesday 23rd February
Rugby Borough Council meeting, 7pm. Find out about the agenda and livestreaming
Warwickshire County Council children and young people overview and scrutiny committee, 10am
Wednesday 24th February
Rugby Borough Council planning meeting, 5:30pm. Read the agenda and access the livestream
Foodbank
This week the foodbank urgently needs custard, pot noodles and cream crackers. It’s running low on rice pudding, sweetcorn and tinned carrots.
There are donation locations throughout South Rugby. See the full list of drop-off points.
Rugby Farmers’ Mart prices at a glance
Top prices this week were:
Prime Limousin x steer (sold by F. Hodgkin): £1,576
Prime Limousin heifer (sold by G.R. Fountaine & Son): £1,659
Simmental cow (sold by N. J. Foster): £1,342
Prime lamb SQQ (under 45.5kg): average £127/head
Prime Texel x lamb (sold by L. Smart): £162
Texel x ewe (sold by RFS Ltd): £124.50
Store Texel lamb (sold by S. Oakes & Son): £95.50
In other news
Last week we asked if you’d seen this man-hole cover? Now that the footpath in Bilton has been resurfaced, this little piece of history has been consigned to memory.
