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Weekly Review: 27th August 2021
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Weekly Review: 27th August 2021

Your round-up of the week's news from South Rugby; cricket reports; what's on and letters

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Aug 27, 2021
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In South Rugby News this week

Young Christian Climate activists walking through Warwickshire

A group of young Christian climate activists passed near South Rugby this weekend as part of a walking relay from Cornwall to Glasgow. They plan to reach the Scottish city in time for November’s UN climate talks.

The walkers in Warwickshire’s countryside. Picture submitted by YCCN.

Read the full story 🔓


Three festivals this weekend

Choose from Tanks, Trucks and Firepower, the Rotary Rugby Music Festival and Rugby Summertime this Bank Holiday weekend.

Find out more


Help stop waste crime in South Rugby

Whether it's a bin-bag of rubbish or a lorry full of waste in the wrong place, Warwickshire Rural Watch wants you to report waste crime. They said everyone who disposes of waste has a ‘duty of care’ to make sure it is handled safely and correctly.

Read the full article 


Extra day of holiday for South Rugby schools next year

Warwickshire County Council leaders agreed today (Monday 23rd August 2021) that the 2021-22 school term will finish a day early.

The extra day of holiday will be on Friday 22nd July 2021, meaning that the school term will finish on Thursday 21st July.

Read more 🔓


Planning permission sought to turn listed Dunchurch lodge into home

The Grade II listed building sits on the left-hand side of the entrance to Dunchurch Park Hotel.

Is there more? Yes. Read the full article 🔓


They made it! Arthur and his Dad complete 153-mile walk

There were emotional scenes in Llanhilleth, Wales, on Saturday 21st August as South Rugby’s Arthur Mortimer finished his 153-mile walk for heroes.

The 15-year-old Bilton School student and his Dad completed the tough trek from Old Laurentians RFC to Llanhilleth RFC to raise money for Help for Heroes.

Read the full story 🔓


The joys and frustrations of life as a parish councillor

John Bretherton joined Thurlaston parish council in 2019 and is now chairman. We asked him to share his thoughts on life as a parish councillor; what the voluntary role involves and all the ups and downs in between.

Read the full story 🔓


Dog show added to Dunchurch Family Fun Day

There will be three categories in the competition on Sunday 5th September: best fancy dress, waggiest tail and best rescue dog.

Find out more 🔓


Huge display of tanks and firepower set for this weekend

Tanks, Trucks and Firepower is taking place in a field near Dunchurch. SRN visited to bring you an exclusive sneak preview.

Read the full story


Drivers caught speeding on the A45

Data released this week revealed that Warwickshire Police officers issued 23 speeding tickets to drivers for excess speed on the A45, Ryton-on-Dunsmore on Monday 26th July 2021.

“Speeding is a choice drivers make and we will continue to target those irresponsible and dangerous drivers who choose to drive above the speed limit," said Chief Inspector Faz Chishty.

Read the full story 🔓


Covid-19 figures for Rugby

For the week up to 18th August :

  • 474 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 7 people (1.5%) compared with the previous seven days.

  • 2 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. That’s up two compared with last week

  • At 17th August, a total of 77,369 people have had one vaccination dose and 68,826 have had both doses. That’s 80.7% and 71.7% of the adult population, respectively.

  • The estimated R number for the Midlands as of 6th August is 0.9 to 1.2.

Source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk

If you’re going out to work or have children at school, college or university, you can now collect home Covid test kits from many pharmacies or the Indian Centre, 1 Edward Street, Rugby, CV21 2EZ, or order one online. Find out more about twice-weekly covid-19 community testing.

Anyone aged 18 or over can now book a vaccine online. Anyone who is yet to receive their second vaccine can book one eight weeks after receiving their first dose.


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.

  • Tanks, Trucks and Firepower: Saturday 28th to Monday 30th August, showground on the A426, 10am - 5pm.

  • Rugby summertime festival: Saturday 28th August, Rugby town centre, 1.30pm - 4pm. Live music.

  • Safer Neighbourhoods Team at Draycote Water: Sunday 29th August, 10am - 2pm. Crime prevention advice, road safety advice and bike property marking.

  • Rugby Rotary music festival: Monday 30th August, Caldecott Park, 2pm - 7pm.

  • Bead fair: Monday 30th August, Dunchurch Village Hall, 10.30am - 3.30pm.

  • Dunchurch car boot sale: Saturday 28th August, Alwyn Road (weather permitting) Gates open at 8am. Booters £7 a car, £10 car with trailer, £12 a van. Buyers’ entry fee 50p a person. Toilets and refreshments.

  • Open Gardens: All gardens are listed on the National Open Garden Scheme website.

  • Drop-in vaccination clinics: See the full list of clinics

Share your events or special offers with us at editor@southrugbynews.co.uk.

Church services

Saturday 28th August

  • 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 29th August

  • 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 communion service in St Mark’s and via Facebook/YouTube. Call 01788 572611 to attend.

  • Dunchurch Baptist Church, 10.30am at the Dunchurch Methodist Church, also livestreamed. No booking required for in-person services, but please wear a face mask and avoid contact with people from other households.

  • St Peter’s Church, Dunchurch, 10.30am. No booking necessary

  • Bilton Evangelical Church, 10am, in-person and online service

  • Bilton Methodist Church, 11am: Join the live-streamed services from the Wesleyan Chapel and Leysian Mission


Democracy: coming up next week

Here’s the list of meetings coming up if you’re interested in how decisions get made at our parish, district and county councils.

Tuesday 2nd September

  • Warwickshire County Council Regulatory Committee 10.30am

Thursday 5th September

  • Warwickshire County Council Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions 12pm

Friday 6th September

  • Warwickshire County Council Portfolio Holder Decisions/Leader Decisions 12pm


Foodbank

This week the foodbank urgently needs squash drinks, shaving foam, sugar and quality carrier bags. They’re running low on tinned snack meals, toothbrushes, ladies’ deodorant and razors.

There are donation locations throughout South Rugby. See the full list of drop-off points.


Cricket reports

Saturday

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 6: Desborough Town II v Willoughby. Desborough Town 292 for 6. Match abandoned. Rain came to Willoughby’s rescue on Saturday as the visitors looked to be on their way to defeat at Desborough Town seconds.

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 7: Dunchurch & Bilton CC 1st XI8 / 0 (4). Won the toss and elected to field. Isham & WI CC. 3rd XI111 / All out (38.2). Match abandoned.

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 12: Willoughby II v Barton Seagrave II. Willoughby 317 for 7. Barton Seagrave II 81 all out. Willoughby won by 236 runs. There was another high scoring encounter at The Green as Willoughby’s second encountered no such problems with the elements before wrapping up a handsome win over their Barton Seagrave counterparts.

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 13: Brixworth CC 4th XI151 / 8 (40). Dunchurch & Bilton CC 2nd XI153 / 2 (33). Dunchurch & Bilton CC won by 8 wickets.

Sunday

  • Club friendly: Warwick v Willoughby. Warwick 173 all out. Willoughby 160 all out. Warwick won by 13 runs. Sunday’s 1st XI friendly at Warwick saw Willoughby fall short in their run chase.

  • Club friendly: Willoughby II v Bourton and Frankton. Bourton and Frankton 250 for 6. Willoughby II 137 all out. Bourton and Frankton won by 113 runs. Willoughby’s Sunday seconds suffered defeat in their last friendly of the season as visitors Bourton and Frankton proved too strong at The Green.

Fixtures

Saturday, Noon starts

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 6: Willoughby v Northampton Saints II

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 7: Gretton CC - 1st XI v Dunchurch & Bilton CC - 1st XI

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 12: Carrib United II v Willoughby II

  • Northamptonshire Cricket League Division 13: Dunchurch & Bilton CC - 2nd XI v Horton House CC - 4th XI

Sunday

  • Club friendly: Lutterworth v Willoughby


Rugby Farmers Mart

This week’s prices per head, at a glance:

  • Prime steers: £1,893

  • Prime heifers: £1,741

  • OTM cattle: £1,580

  • Prime lamb SQQ: £126

  • Prime lambs: £146

  • Ewes: £166

  • Calves: £430


Letters to Editor

Dear Sirs,

I'm fed up with the adverts on the TV about:

  • buying an electric or hybrid car – when my guess is that we have neither the necessary supply of rare earth metals (and probably won't ever have) for their batteries, nor the required energy infrastructure to install charging points, and the stable supply of electricity, to all our houses; or,

  • getting my electricity from "renewable" sources – when I know that, despite their claims that 100% of the electricity I would get will have come from renewable sources, actually the vast proportion of power on the National Grid is from Fossil Fuel or Nuclear sources; or,

  • the one from Amazon involving children and young people in which one child says, "I'm only six, you figure it out" – which implies that adults are too simple minded to see the problem. My fed-up-ness isn't just because of the mind-numbing number of times these adverts are screened, but because they're not actually telling us the truth.

The problem is that they're perpetuating the depressing "news" that the planet is doomed. Small wonder that so many of our children and young people are increasingly facing mental illness! But, of course, it's not just the adverts that are feeding us this diet of disaster. Our newspapers, and national and local media – including South Rugby News – are all doing the same. And, of course governments (local and national) and the United Nations are also driving the issue. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) "Climate Change 2021 Report" published this month adds further to the downward spiral of our hopes for the future.

Is our planet really doomed by the increase in CO2 caused by human activity - which is what the IPCC report's "Code Red" Headline Summaries appear to be saying? An increasing number of climate and weather scientists and experts disagree with the computer modelling hypotheses on which the IPCC report is heavily based. They take the view that the earth's climate systems are just too complex and chaotic to be modelled by even the most powerful mega-computer and they frequently comment on the past failures of these "models" to predict observational climate behaviour. So, while the computer models provide interesting and discussion-worthy hypotheses, they don't constitute scientific evidence.

So, with all this bad news about, I was heartened to watch a discussion on-line when Dr Cal Beisner of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation [editor’s note: an American-based Christian organisation] was a guest on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, on the UN IPCC's 6th Assessment Report. You can see it here, starting at 37:53.

I'm not suggesting that there are not big issues to be dealt with globally and locally on:

  • how to reduce pollution and to limit unnecessary waste, or

  • to be more careful about where and how we build houses, or

  • to have strategies to limit indiscriminate destruction of the Rain Forest, or

  • to properly care for the forests generally so that wide-spread wild-fires don't have vast amounts of untended tree and foliage waste materials to "feed" from on the ground, or

  • to effectively manage our waterways - not building on known flood plains, or covering vast tracts of land with concrete, etc. - to reduce flooding risk.

But fear-based strategies are not the solution. Perhaps some of the more balanced news in the transcript above needs to be more widely disseminated – especially to our children and young people so that they realise that there is a hopeful future for them.

#CO2_is_our_friend_not_our_enemy

Dunchurch
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