Weekly Review: 29th October 2021
Vintage tractors; Christmas in Cawston; Halloween activities; what's on and more.
In South Rugby News this week
Vintage tractors on sale at farm auction
Massey Ferguson, International Harvester and Ford tractors are on the list for the auction in Upper Boddington next weekend. Machinery expert Harry Henderson tells SRN more about what's on sale...
Get planning for Cawston’s ‘best dressed house’
Cawston neighbours will once again be holding a competition for the best-dressed house this Christmas.
Cars and coffee prove a winning line-up
Second staging of get-together at Cawston Community Centre attracts eye-catching vehicles from across the generations
“If the Random Opera Company is in town, go and see them!”
Guest writer and opera-lover Ilke Cochrane reviews the Random Opera Company’s production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore.
We remember: Dunchurch
We begin the countdown to Remembrance Day 2021 with a look at Dunchurch’s Commonwealth War graves.
Rare opera treasures from Cawston
Cawston’s own opera company is putting on a concert of ‘rare and revered’ pieces in London on Saturday 30th October.
Is there more to this story? Yes. Read on🔓
Thurlaston to be planted ‘purple for polio’
We got in touch with Rotarian Tony Mennell for an update on Thurlaston's crocus-planting project, with World Polio Day on Sunday just gone.
Number 13 not a problem for Rugby house sales
Dunchurch estate agents say Rugby is bucking the West-Midlands trend for superstitions around properties with the number 13.
Rugby MP visits new nuclear power station
Mark Pawsey, visited the site of the new nuclear power station, Hinkley Point C, as part of a Parliamentary briefing on the future of nuclear power in the UK's energy mix.
Find out what he said, and how Rugby Friends of the Earth responded 🔓
Clocks go back on Sunday
This Sunday marks the end of British Summer Time for another year. Don’t forget!
Covid-19 figures for Rugby
For the week up to 27th October 2021:
536 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an decrease of 65 people (-10.8%) compared with the previous seven days.
0 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. That’s one less than last week
At 26th October, a total of 82,508 people have had one vaccination dose and 75,925 have had both doses. That’s 78.3% and 72% of the population aged 12+, respectively.
The estimated R number for the Midlands as of 15th October is 0.9 to1.1.
Source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Anyone aged 18 or over can now book a vaccine online. Anyone aged 16 or 17 can attend a vaccination walk-in centre without an appointment.
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.
Dunchurch Halloween Trail: Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st October, 4pm to 7pm. Read more
Spooky Proms Concert: Saturday 30th October, 7pm, Temple Speech Rooms, Rugby. The Jaguar Land Rover Band plays in this fundraising concert in aid of the Friends of St Cross and the Rugby Dunsmore Rotary Club's charities. Read more.
Rugby Library Lego Club: Saturdays, 2pm. Suitable for children aged 4-11 years.
All children to be accompanied by an adult. Book to attend.Dunchurch car boot sale: Saturday 30th October, 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.
Drop-in vaccination clinics: See the full list of clinics
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Church services
Saturday 30th October:
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.
COP 26 Prayer Event at St Andrew’s Church, Rugby, 10am to 12 noon, organised by the Rugby Green Christian Group.
Sunday 24th October:
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, 8am and 10am communion in St Mark’s and via Facebook/YouTube. Also 6pm, ‘In Loving Memory’ in St Mark’s and via Facebook/YouTube.
Dunchurch Baptist Church, 10.30am service at the Dunchurch Methodist Church, also livestreamed.
St Peter’s Church, Dunchurch, 10.30am.
Bilton Evangelical Church, 10am, in-person and online service
Bilton Methodist Church, 10.30am in person
Democracy: coming up next week
There are no parish, borough or county council meetings next week.
Tuesday 2nd October
Warwickshire County Council Regulatory Committee 10.30am
Warwickshire County Council Special, Staff and Pensions Committee 1pm
Thursday 4th October
Warwickshire County Council Audit and Standards Committee 10am
Rugby Borough Council Audit and Ethics Committee Meeting, 5.30pm
Rugby Borough Council Licensing Sub-Committee Meeting
Foodbank
This week the foodbank urgently needs men’s razors, shaving foam, sweeteners, dried milk and quality carrier bags. They’re running low on long-life fruit juice and UHT milk.
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: £1,792 (Limousin x sold by N W Turner)
Prime heifers: £1,652 (Limousin sold by RW & HER Trivet)
Prime bulls: £1,575 (sold by PC & RA Nichols)
Cows: £1,396 (British Blue sold by A K Wilson)
Prime lamb SQQ: £123.50 (Texel x sold by B C Burton)
Prime lambs: £148.5 (Texel x sold by L Krypczyk)
Store lambs: £91 (Continental sold by Warwickshire College)
Ewes: £146 (Texel x sold by AEJ & FJ Claridge)