Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
20 Feb 2014
£4m boost for East Sussex economy
BUSINESSES wanting to grow or relocate to East Sussex are being invited to apply for a share of £4million. The money was awarded to East Sussex County Council following a...
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16 Feb 2014
Councils receive £11.5m for rural services
RURAL local authorities are to receive more than £10m to help them improve service delivery and work more effectively. The government has confirmed £9.5m in Rural Service Delivery funding for...
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16 Feb 2014
‘No decision about me, without me’?
Jessica Sellick looks at the changing face of healthcare and rural patient pathways. With cottage hospitals under threat, a shortage of doctors and dentists, lack of out of hour’s services...
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16 Feb 2014
Extreme weather hits rural tourism
RURAL tourism businesses say extreme weather and flooding has led to a drop in enquiries. Flood damaged transport links and wet weather have prompted rural tourism chiefs to issue a...
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16 Feb 2014
Communities donate to flood victims
RURAL communities across the UK are being urged to donate to a fund to help flood-stricken families in Somerset. Villages on the Somerset Levels have now been under water for...
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12 Feb 2014
National rural crime network launches
A national network to combat rural crime has been backed by police commissioner across the country, including Devon and Cornwall’s Tony Hogg. The National Rural Crime Network has so far...
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12 Feb 2014
Devon and Cornwall join rural crime network
A national network to combat rural crime has been backed by police commissioner across the country, including Devon and Cornwall’s Tony Hogg. The National Rural Crime Network has so far...
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12 Feb 2014
New initiative to combat rural crime backed by Crime Tsar
THE CRIME Tsar for Devon and Cornwall has backed an initiative to combat rural crime, which costs the West Country millions each year. Tony Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)...
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12 Feb 2014
Response to Rural and Urban Needs have Equal Priority for Commissioner
Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins has told the Countryside Alliance of his determination “to respond to the needs of rural communities just as much as those of the urban...
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12 Feb 2014
Rural Crime is set to be cut by new network
People living in rural areas will soon get a helping hand from the law with the launch of a new National Rural Crime Network. Thames Valley’s force has joined the...
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