Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
14 Apr 2014
Minister praises rural crime network
A GOVERNMENT minister has praised a rural network set up to combat crime in the countryside. Launched earlier this year, the Rural Crime Network brings together police and crime commissioners...
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14 Apr 2014
Views sought on small housing schemes
THE government is seeking views on exempting small housing schemes from section 106 affordable housing requirements. The Department for Communities and Local Government is canvassing opinion on proposals to introduce...
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14 Apr 2014
Incentive will ‘cut rural energy bills’
RURAL home owners are set to benefit from the government’s latest renewable energy incentive. The domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme will pay homeowners and landlords for implementing new renewable...
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14 Apr 2014
Coastal path ‘will boost economies’
TOURISM and local communities will benefit from two newly opened stretches of the England Coast Path, says the government. Some 91km of coastline officially opened in Cumbria and North East...
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14 Apr 2014
Rural academy ranked ‘good’ by Ofsted
THE UK’s first and only free school dedicated to the land-based sector has received a ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted. The Rural Enterprise Academy, which shares a 180-hectare parkland site with...
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06 Apr 2014
£320m ‘Transformation Challenge’ – How your local authority can apply
HOW local authorities can apply to the government’s £320m fund to help councils transform local services. THE government has launched a £320m ‘Transformation Challenge Award’ it says will help councils...
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06 Apr 2014
£410m to ‘transform’ local services
RURAL communities will be among those that benefit from a £410m package to help councils transform local services, says the government. Communities secretary Eric Pickles unveiled the funding package on...
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06 Apr 2014
MPs slam government over broadband
AN influential committee of MPs has blasted the government over the roll-out of rural broadband. Rural communities were counting the cost after the government failed to promote competition over rural...
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05 Apr 2014
Creative countryside – reproducing or redefining ‘rural’?
What does the future hold for the arts in rural areas? Jessica Sellick investigates. WHAT does the future hold for the arts in rural areas? Jessica Sellick investigates. With the...
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31 Mar 2014
Scheme for ‘micro-providers in East Sussex
SMALL organisations which help vulnerable residents could benefit from a scheme to help them reach more people in East Sussex. East Sussex County Council is seeking ‘micro-providers’ who can offer...
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