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Rutland has recorded two Covid-19 cases and no deaths today.

This compares with no cases yesterday, one case over the weekend and no cases last Monday.

£450 million transformation plans to improve Leicester's hospitals' acute hospital and maternity services have been given the go-ahead.

The decision was made at an Extraordinary Governing Body meeting this afternoon, hosted by Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Groups (LLR CCGs) following a three-month public consultation last year.

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Rutland has recorded no Covid-19 cases and no deaths today.

This compares with one case over the weekend and no cases last Monday.

The Uppingham Hopper is to feature in a case study being undertaken on behalf of the National Lottery Community Fund.

The study will explore how national funding has helped local community projects to support their neighbourhoods during the Covid-19 crisis.

Rutland has been criticised for a lack of special needs provision.

Its county council has featured in a 'hall of shame' produced by a not-for-profit known as Special Needs Junction.

A local community group has called for an Environment Agency investigation into expansion plans at the Anglian Water Treatment Plant in Seaton Road, Uppingham.

The move comes after the water authority advised Rutland County Council and a local housing trust that previous communications advising that air pollution from the plant was not an issue were now thought to be incorrect and that current improvement works were likely to make the situation worse for the town.

Rutland has recorded no one Covid-19 cases yesterday after one on Saturday.

This compares with two last weekend and none the weekend before.

Leicestershire Police is urging people to respect the countryside as reports of criminal damage in rural areas across Leicestershire and Rutland have nearly doubled during the pandemic.

Rural areas and beauty spots have been popular with people looking to walk their dogs, meet friends and take their daily exercise during the national lockdowns. However, between April 2020 to March 2021, Leicestershire Police received 121 reports of damage to farms, farmhouses, stables and fields compared to 61 between 2019 and 2020 and 67 between 2018 and 2019.