Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
23 May 2016
‘Serious’ impact of lorries on villages
HEAVY commercial vehicles are having a serious impact on rural communities, warns a council transport leader. Mark Winnington, of Staffordshire County Council, was speaking after the publication of a select...
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23 May 2016
Escaping the rural pay penalty
Those who start out and then stay in rural jobs find themselves earning the least, finds Brian Wilson. Dr Martin Culliney of Sheffield Hallam University has published a journal article...
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23 May 2016
Dorset ‘on track’ with broadband plan
Dorset says it is on track with plans to deliver faster broadband for its residents and businesses. The Superfast Dorset project is on track to lay 1,000,000 metres of fibre...
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23 May 2016
Devon keeps bus services on road
DEVON County Council has stepped in to keep two important rural bus services on the road. Service 688, a Dorset-based service which serves Hawkchurch in east Devon on its way...
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23 May 2016
Researchers investigate food labeling
RESEARCHERS are investigating the extent to which consumers use traffic-light nutrition labelling when choosing food. The project is being conducted by the Countryside and Community Research Unit of the University...
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19 May 2016
Police launch largest rural operation
A MAJOR operation involving six police forces saw a clampdown on criminals across the rural north of England. Dozens of officers from North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and Northumbria,...
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19 May 2016
Referendum uncertainty for rural economy
The forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership is contributing to uncertainty for the rural economy, says a report. A protracted slump in farm commodity prices, an ever-changing property-tax regime and...
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16 May 2016
Rural childhood ‘leads to lower earnings’
RURAL youngsters grow up to earn less than their urban counterparts – even if they move to a city for work. In the first analysis of its kind, a study...
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14 May 2016
Expansion for innovative bus service
AN innovative rural bus services is set to carry more passengers after expanding to cover North Lincolnshire. Rural residents are being offered access to Lincolnshire County Council‘s unique CallConnect rural...
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13 May 2016
Rural areas bear brunt of bank closures
Rural areas have borne the brunt of more than 600 bank branch closures over the past year. Parts of south-west England, Scotland and Wales lost the most branches per head...
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