Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
26 Aug 2014
Bank supports Prince’s rural fund
A major High Street bank says it will commit “substantial funding” to a rural charity set up by the Prince of Wales. The Prince’s Countryside Fund supports a multitude of...
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23 Aug 2014
Communities ‘keen’ to support services
MORE than 150 people and groups have expressed an interest in helping to support local public services in Devon. It follows consultations by Devon County Council on the futures of...
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21 Aug 2014
Call to ‘better regulate’ bus services
BUS services need to be better regulated outside London, says a think tank report. Britain’s bus passengers have been let down by a lack of competition and a failure of...
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20 Aug 2014
‘Bungalows will ease rural housing crisis’
BUILDING bungalows would help ease Britain’s housing crisis, say rural business leaders. The Country Land and Business Association said the government was “absolutely right” to promote bungalows as part of...
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16 Aug 2014
A brighter future for market towns?
INITIATIVES set up under the 2000 Rural White Paper to help market towns may have passed into history, but their legacy lives on, finds Brian Wilson. INITIATIVES set up under...
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16 Aug 2014
‘Unfair’ rural deal from government
RURAL communities get an unfair deal from the way the government funds local authorities, an independent commission has been told. The warning was made by the Rural Services Network in...
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15 Aug 2014
Unveiled: £200m brownfield site plan
A £200m government fund aims to protect the countryside from development by making it easier to build on brownfield sites. Councils can now bid for government assistance to build thousands...
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15 Aug 2014
Rural mobile phone users unhappy
One third of rural mobile phone users say they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. Users in the countryside experience problems with making phone calls more frequently than their...
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14 Aug 2014
Rural Matters
Kent Police have published the second edition of ‘Rural Matters’ To read this issue click here
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13 Aug 2014
Faster broadband for Northamptonshire
MORE than 21,800 homes in Northamptonshire can now get faster fibre broadband thanks to a project led by the county council. Fifteen roadside fibre broadband cabinets have just ‘gone live’...
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