Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
03 Oct 2014
Village halls struggle to find volunteers
VILLAGE halls are struggling to find new recruits to manage the buildings, reveals a study. England’s 10,000 village halls rely on more than 12m hours of volunteering each year to...
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02 Oct 2014
Communities urged to tackle crime
RURAL leaders are urging people in Nottinghamshire to remain vigilant in order to help police combat crimes in the countryside. Crimes that need to be tackled include fly-tipping, heritage theft,...
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29 Sep 2014
Westminster push to tackle digital divide
BUSINESS and community leaders visited Westminster to push for improvements to mobile phone signals and broadband in rural areas. The meeting with Ed Vaizey, minister for the digital economy, is...
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29 Sep 2014
A healthcare settlement for rural England?
HOW can we ensure debates about health and social care address issues faced by rural communities? Jessica Sellick investigates. In 2013, The King’s Fund established the ‘Commission on the Future...
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29 Sep 2014
MPs launch postal competition inquiry
MPs have launched an inquiry amid claims that Royal Mail faces unfair competition. The inquiry into competition in the UK postal sector is being conducted by MPs on the business,...
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29 Sep 2014
Poor internet hampers rural schools
RURAL pupils are missing out because their schools are among those with the poorest internet connections. Pupils in more than half of all UK state schools have poor access to...
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25 Sep 2014
Call for action on rural fuel poverty
THE government is being urged to address the growing crisis of fuel poverty in rural communities. The call comes in a joint report by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action...
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24 Sep 2014
UFU launch 2014 rural crime conference
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has announced that registration is now open for the Union’s first official rural crime conference entitled ‘Tackling Rural Crime in Northern Ireland – Working Together’ To...
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24 Sep 2014
Working together to bring down rural crime
CHIEF CONSTABLE SIMON PRINCE of Dyfed-Powys police is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on wildlife and rural crime. He writes exclusively for the Countryside Alliance about the...
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24 Sep 2014
Councils urged to ban sky lanterns
RURAL business leaders are calling on local authorities to ban sky lanterns. A handful of councils have banned the lanterns, which campaigners say can harm livestock and are a fire...
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