Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
18 Nov 2015
Call to support rural post offices
POST offices are central to combating social isolation in the countryside, a rural affairs champion has warned. Councillor Rob Humby, of Hampshire County Council, said more help was needed for rural...
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17 Nov 2015
Technology ‘will boost rural policing’
NEW mobile technology will boost police visibility in rural communities, says a police and crime commissioner. Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, was guest speaker at the county’s National Farmers’...
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16 Nov 2015
Call for detail on broadband pledge
A government pledge to bring faster broadband to the countryside must be made reality, say rural leaders. It follows a promise by Prime Minister David Cameron that even the most...
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16 Nov 2015
Flawed housing targets ‘threaten countryside’
LOCAL housing targets are being driven by over-ambition rather than need, claim campaigners. An overhaul of the way local authorities set housing targets in order to stop countryside being lost...
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12 Nov 2015
Pilot jobs scheme to be rolled out
A pilot scheme to boost skills and careers is to be rolled out across rural East Sussex. East Sussex County Council said the job prospects of hundreds of residents had...
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11 Nov 2015
£2m for rural business in Herefordshire
ONE of England’s most rural counties has been awarded just over £2m to create jobs and support small businesses. Herefordshire Council received the funding from the European Union and Defra...
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09 Nov 2015
Mind the [rural] funding gap
With less funding now available, are rural communities feeling the pinch? Jessica Sellick investigates. Many community groups, parish and town councils, charities and social enterprises have relied upon grants programmes...
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08 Nov 2015
‘Best teachers’ destined for rural schools
Outstanding teachers are to be sent into struggling coastal and rural schools, the government has announced. Education secretary Nicky Morgan said she was “acutely aware that recruitment isn’t easy at...
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08 Nov 2015
Fast broadband to become legal right
Everyone will have a legal right to request a 10Mbps broadband speed by 2020, the Prime Minister has pledged. David Cameron said the government was putting access to fast broadband...
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03 Nov 2015
Rural funding available in Cheshire
COMMUNITY groups can now apply for a rural support grant from Cheshire West and Chester Council. The Rural Support Fund accepts applications from community organisations, charitable groups and other constituted...
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