Welcome to your final South Rugby News Weekly Review of 2021. Your next edition will be on Thursday 6th January 2022. Thank you so much for reading and supporting South Rugby News. If you like what you read, please do share it and help spread the word.
Have you spotted this Christmassy gingerbread house in a window near you? Can you guess where it is? (no prizes, just glory!)
In South Rugby News this week
Footpath diverted from tomorrow
🔓16th December 2021
Footpath R168y to be moved to make way for warehouse developments.
Planning Committee members at Rugby Borough Council’s meeting last Thursday (9th December 2021) agreed for part of a footpath running north from the Northampton Lane byway to be redirected.
Cricket heads indoors for winter training
🔓17th December 2021
Dunchurch & Bilton Cricket Club will be training indoors from January to March 2022 to prepare for the season to come.
Land at Police HQ sold for housing
🔓17th December 2021
A section of unused land at Warwickshire Police’s headquarters in Leek Wootton has been sold to CALA Homes.
Rotary raffle for Myton Hospices
🔓18th December 2021
Pauline Kimber of the Rotary Club said: “We’re all aware of how much Myton Hospices have suffered during the last two years. We never know when we might need their services and they’re struggling - so please let’s see what we can do to help.”
The draw took place on 20th December.
"We have a great village and a wonderful community"
20th December 2021
Mike Judge from the Save Dunchurch Action Group reflects on 2021.
He said: “Despite the horrid COVID and all its restrictions and the sadness it caused we all continue to battle on in the best traditions of our country…”
Improvements in hand surgery thanks to Friends of St Cross
🔓 21st December 2021
The Friends of St Cross have donated two sets of equipment for performing Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Releases (eCTR) to the operating theatres at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby.
Christmas joy from Dunchurch band
🔓 22nd December 2021
Band members brought Christmas joy to Ryton village hall on Saturday 11th December 2021 with their first concert in more than two years.
Heated debate over County Council tree-planting plan amendment
🔓 23rd December 2021
There was a long and heated debate at Warwickshire’s full county council meeting this December, when the Liberal Democrat party sought to add a friendly amendment to the Conservatives’ tree planting motion.
In other news…
Helping out this Christmas
If you’re looking for ways to help asylum seekers and refugees in our community this Christmas, Rugby-based charity Hope4 is taking clothing donations but please do check what they need before dropping anything off.
And Coventry-based charity Carriers of Hope has been serving as an umbrella organisation to co-ordinate the work of voluntary and community organisations who want to offer support. Contact them to find out how you can help.
Don’t forget to have your say on the new road
The consultation period on the new road planned link Rugby Road with Coventry Road, via the fields north of Dunchurch, has been extended until 7th January.#
Complete the consultation online via the ‘virtual exhibition’
Covid-19 figures for Rugby
Thousands of people received booster or third jabs in the last week. And while cases are still rising in Rugby, the infection rate is slightly lower than the average for England.
MP for Rugby Mark Pawsey said: “The vaccine remains our best defence against serious illness from Covid-19 and the evidence shows that getting your booster jab will help to protect you against all variants, including omicron. I am urging everyone who is eligible to come forward and get their jab as soon as they can. The walk-in clinics are a good opportunity for people to drop by when they have the time, or you can book an appointment on the NHS website.
“I also want to take this opportunity to thank, on behalf of all local residents, our GPs, pharmacists and volunteers who will be working tirelessly over the Christmas break to help get these jabs out. They have done an incredible job over the last 12 months with the UK administering over 25 million booster jabs already, but there remains more work to do.”
For the week up to 19th December 2021:
811 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 221 people (37.5%) compared with the previous seven days.
1 death within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.
84,886 people had received one dose of the vaccination; 78,431 had received two doses; and 51,943 had had a booster or third dose. That’s 80.8%, 74.7% and 49.4% of the total population aged 12+.
The estimated R number for the Midlands as of 17th December 2021 is 0.9-1.1.
Source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Book a vaccine online or attend a drop-in clinic
In Rugby, the walk-in sites are at Locke House at The Railings, and at Hillmorton’s Ex-Serviceman’s Club on High Street in Hillmorton. In addition to the walk-in clinics, you can book a jab on the NHS website.
Locke House is open Monday to Friday between 8am and 8pm, and on Saturdays between 8am and 5pm and on Sundays between 8am and 2pm for walk-in clinics. You can also book an appointment by calling 119.
The Hillmorton Ex-Servicemen’s Club is doing walk-in clinics from Saturday 18 December to Thursday 23rd December, between 9am and 6pm and then from Saturday 26th December to Thursday 30 December between 9am and 6pm. On New Years Eve (Friday 31 December) the Club will be open between 9am and 5pm and then reopens in the new year on Sunday 2 January until Sunday 9 January 2022, between 9am and 6pm.
Both sites will be offering booster jabs for all eligible patients as well as first and second doses for over 16s. To be eligible for a booster jab, people must have had their second dose at least three months ago.
What’s on
Please remember to wear a face mask in public places where required, wash your hands regularly with soap and maintain social distancing. Share your events or special offers with us at editor@southrugbynews.co.uk.
Naughty Elf Christmas Trail: 23rd December, 10am to 3pm; 24th December, 10am to 2pm Draycote Water. Activity sheets cost £4 from the visitor hub. Find out more on their Facebook page.
Rugby Rokeby Lions Club - Santa’s travels
The Rugby Rokeby Lions will be helping Father Christmas visit our communities this year, and fundraising for local causes at the same time. Here’s a pick of his stops in South Rugby:
Thursday 23rd December, 5pm: Overslade estate, starting from Fish Plus
Christmas Eve, 5pm: Rokeby and Hillside estates
Donations can be made in person or online.
Church services
Christmas day and Christmas eve: look out for the final South Rugby News Advent Calendar coming out tomorrow morning with details of all the Christmas church services.
Sunday 26th December:
Sacred Heart Church, Bilton: 9.30am Holy Family Feast, 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. The Children’s Liturgy has started up again at Sunday Mass. All are welcome. Tea and Coffee in the Hall after Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart.
St Mark’s Church, Bilton: Communion at 10am in St Mark’s and via Facebook/YouTube.
Dunchurch Baptist Church: 10.30am at Dunchurch Methodist Church, also livestreamed.
St Peter’s Church, Dunchurch: 10.30am service.
Bilton Evangelical Church: 10am, in-person and online service.
Bilton Methodist Church: 10.30am in person
Democracy: coming up next week
No meetings this week or next week.
Foodbank
This week the foodbank urgently needs rice (250g, 500g and 1kg packets), tinned custard, packet soups, custard packets, bottled squash, cup-a-soups. They are running low on shampoo, long-life fruit juice, UHT milk, tinned potatoes and shower gel.
There are donation locations throughout South Rugby. See the full list of drop-off points.
Rugby Farmers Mart
This week’s prices per head, at a glance:
Prime steers: £1,818 (Charolais x sold by W R Keeves & Sons)
Prime heifers: £2,161 (Charolais x sold by R F & J A Nichols)
Prime bulls: £1,335
OTM cattle: £1,333 (Limousin x sold by AE & AN Tacy)
Prime lamb SQQ: £145 (Texel x sold by J P Page & Sons)
Prime lambs: £168 (Beltex x sold by V J Roots)
Ewes: £180 (Beltex sold by V J Roots)
Store cattle: £1,260 (Limousin steer sold by J Jackson, Market Bosworth)
Store lambs: £116 (sold by Rob Calcot)
Calves: £360 (Limousin bull calf sold by Peter Hemmings)
Rugby Farmers Mart is held on a Monday at the Charolais Pavilion, Avenue M, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2RG.
There is no market on Monday 27th December 2021. The next sale will be on Monday 3rd January.