Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
26 Aug 2013
Police highlight rural road dangers
POLICE and volunteers highlighted the dangers of rural roads to coincide with a European wide speed enforcement campaign from 19-25 August. In Cheshire, police warned agricultural drivers about their blind...
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26 Aug 2013
Pledge follows rural hub closure
LOCAL businesses and communities will still receive the backing they need – despite the closure of Staffordshire’s Rural Hub, says the county council. Rural communities and business played an invaluable...
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18 Aug 2013
Experts to discuss rural housing
THE issue of rural housing in a changing and challenging environment is set to be discussed by local authorities and other stakeholders. Organised by the Chartered Institute of Housing in...
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18 Aug 2013
Neighbourhood planning service launched
THE Rural Services Network is trialling a new service focusing on providing evidence for neighbourhood and community plans. It is evident that in the current climate authorities have limited resources...
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18 Aug 2013
Call for village green protection
Countryside campaigners have called for public paths, common land and village greens to be protected when land is sold. The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, said it...
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14 Aug 2013
‘Bedroom tax will destroy communities’
The government’s ‘bedroom tax’ will lead to the break-up of communities already bearing the brunt of benefit cuts, a rural charity has warned. The under-occupation charge for social housing tenants...
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13 Aug 2013
A special recipe is required for rural health and social care
Some hospitals highlighted by Keogh were hampered by geographic isolation and an inability to attract professional staff….(To read more from this article written by Jo Newton click here)
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08 Aug 2013
Plan to extend fuel rebate scheme
RURAL motorists could benefit from lower costs under government plans to extend its fuel rebate scheme for remote areas. The government has launched a consultation into extending the scheme which...
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08 Aug 2013
Cost of rural crime falls nearly 20%
RURAL theft cost an estimated £42.3m during 2012 across the UK – an annual fall of 19.7%. Driving this reduction was a significant fall in claim costs for farm machinery...
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08 Aug 2013
Urban-rural digital divide widens
A WIDENING gulf in broadband speeds between town and country is leaving rural communities languishing behind their urban counterparts. The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013,...
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