Hello everyone.

Well with the festivities of Christmas well behind us and the days slowly getting longer we can start to look forward to the wonderful sights and smells of Spring.

The past month has been a little quiet for Parish Council business with no meeting in January except an extraordinary meeting to discuss the budget and precept for the coming year. Normal service will resume hopefully in February when the topics being discussed will include:

Happy New Year to you all!  We are now very nearly two years since the covid pandemic began and the impact on this country, and the world, has been huge.  I don’t think there’s any doubt that covid will continue to be an issue well into 2022 as well, but with an increasingly triple jabbed population I believe this year will be about us seeing the long-term effects on society after the pandemic itself ends become increasingly apparent. 

People are being urged to check online for the latest updates on Leicestershire County Council’s services as the omicron surge continues.

Richard Mitchell, Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, said: “Every known medical condition is made worse by Covid, yet we still have unvaccinated people in our communities.

“The majority of our hospital intensive care beds are taken by Covid patients. Over 75% are unvaccinated, some will not make it home. This is having a big impact on our colleagues and on patients waiting for cancer and cardiac surgery who require an intensive care bed to have their operation.

“Covid vaccination protects against severe illness, it is safe, it is effective. Getting your jab is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself and others.”

Andy Williams, Chief Executive of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Clinical Commissioning Groups, said: “I commend our frontline health and care staff for all they are doing to continue the fight against COVID, which has simply not gone away. If you are not vaccinated, COVID could cost your life, it could cause unbearable pain for your family, and your time in intensive care denies someone else the vital care they might need.”

Andy Williams added: “I urge everyone to just get their vaccine – it’s not too late for even a first dose. It’s the best New Year’s resolution you could make, so if you’ve been putting it off for any reason, please get the vaccine now.”

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Members of the Parish Council would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe 2022.

What an amazing morning, great to see so many villagers, families and friends enjoying the Tug of War and the Duck Race.

Well done to everyone joined from adults to children, a great village event and a massive thank you to everyone involved in organising, sponsoring and supporting the morning.

What a wonderful evening yesterday (11th December) in the village.

So lovely to see the church full of families and friends sharing in the Carol singing, the Christmas story and refreshments. Thank you Rita Meade and all the ladies who helped in the church.

Then there was the village Christmas tree switch on and the decorated houses, so many to choose from all very splendid with some really spectacular displays. Well done to everyone who joined in and thank you for making the village look so festive.

Last but not least a massive thank you to the Christmas light team for organising the evening especially the lantern walk which was magical.

The Parish Council are delighted to confirm that the NP was formerly approved by Charnwood Borough Council at their cabinet meeting on the 9th December 2021.

A special thank you to everyone who has made this happen!

Update from local Policing team for PC.
We haven’t had any crime reported to us over the past thirty days for your area. The school has made us aware of possible bullying happening on the park after school. The Beat team are aware and will try and curb this.
We also have plans to go to the school to talk to the children about bullying.