Flood photos requested by Environment Agency

Message from David Hughes from the EA. Please forward any relevant photos to him at:

david.hughes@environment-agency.gov.uk

It would be extremely useful for us to know who exactly flooded at what properties and to what extent and to what depth they were affected. I will probably send round a flooding questionnaire again to capture this individual event. I believe things have settled down now, but please pay attention to any alarms. Some showers are expected through the rest of this week.

There were also problems with flooding in the area of Station Road, School Lane, Chapel Lane, Beacon Road and Craythorne Road. Also, there was a lot of flooding of roads which was not a result of water flooding out of the Rolleston Brook. Some of this flooding is related to land drainage, highway drainage and surface water that sheds off Beacon Hill and tries to run down through the village to join the Rolleston Brook. This flooding will need to be investigated by Staffordshire County Council, but I am happy to pass on any enquiries or concerns you may have to SCC, if you would also like to send me details of that flooding too.

I hope that working together we can resolve some issues and hopefully reduce risk to your properties in the future.

Please feel free to  send me your experiences of the flooding.

Welcome addition of 4 new flower planters on white railings along Burnside

You may have noticed the addition of 4 new flower troughs on the white railings along Burnside. which together with the existing ones, have all been planted with colourful autumnal and winter bedding.
Thank you to the generous donor for funding these.
Thank you also to the Civic Trust, who continue to help fund half of the yearly costs for the plants and planting up costs for the troughs, and the 2 planters located near the village John Bull sign.

St Mary’s Shoe Box Appeal – Update

St Mary’s Church Shoe Box Appeal
The shoe box appeal continues to go well. Thank you for the excellent support so far.
We have enough things already for 25 shoe boxes, which is marvellous. Thank you to those who have contributed items and to those who have covered and filled shoe boxes.
If anyone has any spare shoeboxes, they would be appreciated.
The following items will also be warmly welcomed, in addition to the things on the original list (pencils, pens, colouring books,, crayons, notebooks, drawing pads, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hats, scarves, gloves, small cuddly toys/ other small toys, games, puzzles, small balls, soap and sweets dated January 2024 or later)
hair accessories/brushes,
face cloths
scarves
socks/underwear
small musical instruments
toy vehicles
If anyone wants to write a card or message, or send a message on the back of a photo of themselves, this would be well received.
You can still do your own box if you wish.
If you wish to make a donation of £3 for transport costs, you can put this in the red box in church.The deadline for all items is 29th October, please.
This year’s boxes are going to the Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Bosnia and Romania.
Thank you once again for your generosity.
If you have any questions or want something collecting, please contact Vivien on 07772447727.

St Mary’s Shoe Box Appeal – Update

The shoe box appeal is going well. Thank you for the excellent support so far.

We have enough things already for 20 shoe boxes, which is marvellous. Thank you to those who have contributed items and to those who have covered and filled shoe boxes.

If anyone has any spare shoeboxes, they would be appreciated.

The following items will also be warmly welcomed over the next 3 weeks, in addition to the things on the original list:

hair accessories/brushes
face cloths
scarves
socks/underwear
small musical instruments
toy vehicles

If anyone wants to write a card or message, or send a message on the back of a photo of themself, this would be well received.

You can still do your own box if you wish.

The deadline for all items is 29th October, please.

This year’s boxes are going to the Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Bosnia and Romania.

If you have any questions or want something collecting, please contact Vivien on 07772447727.

Temporary Traffic Order

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 (AS AMENDED) ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

Beacon Road and Craythorne Road Rolleston On Dove NOTICE is hereby given that Staffordshire County Council on 02 November 2023 intends to make an Order the effect of which will be to prohibit any vehicle from proceeding in that length of Beacon Road and Craythorne Road in Rolleston on Dove. Beacon Road, Rolleston on Dove for approximately 20m either side of the junction with Craythorne Road. Craythorne Road, Rolleston on Dove from its junction with Beacon Road for approximately 330m, unless the vehicle is being used in connection with the works. Access for emergency services vehicles will be available via the alternative route. An alternative route for traffic will be available and signed on site.

For more information, visit: https://one.network/?tm=135601471.

The order will come into operation on 6th November 2023 and the said works will commence on or as near as practicable to that date. It is anticipated that the works will be completed by 8th December 2023.

The Order will remain in force for a period of 18 months, or until the drainage works works, which it is proposed to carry out on or near the road have been completed, whichever is the earlier.

Date: 20/10/2023 John Tradewell, Director of Corporate Services, No. 2 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford. ST16 2DH Ref: 4340342 Enquiries: Customer Contact Centre Tel: 0300 111 8000 https://one.network

St Mary’s Church Shoe Box Appeal

Thank you very much indeed for your very generous contributions for the shoe box appeal and to those who have made up a box. It’s so lovely to be part of a collective effort which enables St Mary’s to help to bring joy into the homes of under privileged children at Christmas.

You can continue to donate anything off the list at any time: pencils, pens, colouring books, crayons, notebooks, drawing pads, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hats, scarves, gloves, small cuddly toys/other small toys, games, puzzles, small balls, soap and sweets dated January 2024 or later.

Suggested items for the next 4 weeks are:

8/10  Games, puzzles, any small toys

15/10 Small balls, any small toys

22/10 Soap

29/10 Sweets (dated January 2024 or later)

Thanks to wonderful support from a family on Hall Road, we have lots of Christmas paper, but we still need shoe boxes if you have any you can donate.

Please place items and shoe boxes in the red box at the front of church, or I can arrange collection.

Thank you once again for a tremendous effort so far.

Deadline, Sunday 29 October.