Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
09 Dec 2014
£1.6m boost for rural economy
A £1.6m bid has been approved to boost farming and rural businesses in Leicestershire. The county council and the Leicestershire Rural Partnership (LRP) are celebrating after Defra and the European...
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07 Dec 2014
Devolution: a new deal for rural England?
Devolution is often talked about in a national or urban context. But what might devolution mean for rural England? Jessica Sellick investigates. When devolution began it was a process designed...
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06 Dec 2014
Councils win ‘work together’ funding
FOUR largely rural local authorities working together to save money have been awarded £2.9m in government funding. The four councils said the funding would enable them to work together effectively...
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06 Dec 2014
Rural post not under threat – Ofcom
A GOVERNMENT watchdog has dismissed warnings that postal deliveries to rural areas are under threat. Ofcom said a new package of measures was designed to safeguard the universal postal service,...
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06 Dec 2014
Groups unite for rural communities
RURAL organisations have come together to warn that the priorities of rural communities risk being sidelined. With six months to go before the 2015 general election, the Rural Coalition of...
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03 Dec 2014
Call for parity on mental health
RECOMMENDATIONS in a report calling for parity between the treatment of physical and mental health could benefit rural patients. Achieving parity of esteem between mental and physical healthcare has been...
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02 Dec 2014
Rural housing decision is ‘huge blow’
A GOVERNMENT decision means developers will no longer have to provide affordable housing on many smaller rural sites. Communities minister Brandon Lewis announced the removal of Section 106 agreements from...
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30 Nov 2014
£25m rural transport fund opens
A £25m fund to provide minibuses for hundreds of rural communities is opening for applications. Rural charities are being urged to apply to the community transport minibus fund when it...
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28 Nov 2014
Police clampdown against rural crime
POLICE forces have embarked on a series of initiatives aimed at combating crime in the countryside. Avon and Somerset police bolstered their rural crime prevention and detection capability with kit...
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26 Nov 2014
Travelling criminals targeted in cross border crackdown
139 vehicles were stopped last night and cash and drugs seized in a joint police operation across the north of England. Five police forces took part in Operation Checkpoint which...
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