News in Oakham

Rutland Council is set to work with neighbouring councils to accept refugees from Afghanistan.

However, the county council is keeping under wraps how many may come to the county and where they may live.

Rutland has recorded 26 cases of Covid 19 today, bringing a small fall in its 7-day infection rate.

The same number of positive tests were also reported yesterday, following 23 on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Last Friday saw 25 cases, with 24 the Friday before.

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Rutland's Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has welcomed the findings of a national survey shedding new light on the experiences of victims caught in the justice system, saying they will provide a baseline for improvement.

Dame Vera Baird's 2021 Victims' Survey, published on Thursday (9 Sep), paints a worrying picture of justice across the UK, with many victims admitting to losing faith in the process and airing frustrations at unacceptable delays in their cases.

Two women who conned a local council and a Rutland cancer charity out of thousands of pounds have been convicted after a four-week trial.

Between June 2012 and April 2015, Kalvinder Garcha, Sharon Reeve and a third woman, Lynn Middleton, were involved in defrauding Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and the charity, Coping with Cancer in Leicestershire and Rutland, out of more than £40,000.

Last week, all 27 Rutland County Councillors sat for a special Full Council meeting to determine the future of our Local Plan. After three hours of discussion and a narrow vote, the decision was taken to withdraw the Local Plan from independent examination and rewrite it. At the centre of this was St George's Barracks and the question of whether councillors should revisit an earlier decision to reject £29.4million of Government housing infrastructure funding. This money was needed to support the development of a new garden community at St George's, after the army moves out. Turning down this critical funding after Full Council had previously approved the Local Plan for examination made both St George's and the Local Plan unviable. Without a way forward, the only thing we can do is return to the beginning and start again.

The importance of having a valid Local Plan can't be overstated. Local Plans contain policies that help to decide whether planning applications are approved or rejected. They allocate land for certain types of development and set out what infrastructure is needed to support new homes and businesses. Local Plans provide a framework for the neighbourhood plans that belong to individual towns and villages. They quantify an area's housing needs, state requirements for protecting the environment, list measures for addressing climate change, and so on.

Rutland MP Alicia Kearns is hosting an online event to encourage Rutland firms to export.

The MP said on social media: "You know your business produces great products – but have you considered exporting?

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Rutland's 7-day case rate is back up to its highest since July.

The county recorded 26 cases today, compared with 23 yesterday and 23 on Monday. Last Thursday saw 21 positive tests, with 19 the Thursday before.