News in Oakham

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Rutland has recorded 7 cases today- a third of yesterday's number- but its 7 day case rate has increased further.

But once more no deaths were recorded, with the county not experiencing a Covid-related fatality since April.

A leading Rutland care provider is hosting a Friendship Lunch in Oakham on Monday.

Home Instead is hosting the event at the Rutland Garden Village Cafe from 12 noon until 2.30pm.

Japan will be hoping to use the Tokyo Olympic Games to project the image of innovation and their power in Asia. Now, the questions about the sporting integrity of the Olympics keep growing as athletes arrive in Tokyo, test positive, and have to pull out. The host city is in a state of emergency. Fans are barred from most venues and athletes must follow a strict protocol.

Mohamed Sbihi, a proud St Mary's University graduate, is the first practising Muslim to row for Britain and will be the first Muslim Olympic flag bearer for Great Britain. This is a significant moment for ethic minorities in the UK, but the biggest victory for the athletes could be to participate at the Tokyo Olympics.

Rutland's Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has joined PCCs nationally in urging the government to rethink its decision to freeze police officer pay in 2021-22.

Mr Matthews welcomed the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners' (APCC) decision to write to Home Secretary Priti Patel expressing disappointment that police officers earning more than £24,000 would be hit by a public sector pay freeze. Those earning less will be given an annual rise of £250.

Rutland has recorded 20 cases today, further increasing its 7-day case rate.

But once more no deaths were recorded, with the county not experiencing a Covid-related fatality since April.

Rutland has now gone 12 weeks without a covid-related death.

The last recorded such death in England's smallest county was on Wednesday April 28. Before that it was Thursday March 25.

A charity which is due to receive a rescue boat thanks to the fundraising of a Rutland couple have praised their hard work and that of other fundraisers.

The York Rescue Boat this week ordered a new boat to help them rescue people on the Ouse and Fosse rivers in and around York, as reported by Nub News this week.

The Tesco superstore in Oakham is recruiting for staff.

A range of customer assistant roles are available at the store at 96 South Street

Two ponds are to be created on a Rutland farm for the benefit of great crested newts.

The ponds will go on a 900m2 site to the north of College Farm Lane, Belton in Rutland.