Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
11 Nov 2012
Rural development approaches
RURAL communities need capacity-building support if they are all to meet the challenge of austerity, writes Brian Wilson. RURAL communities need capacity-building support if they are all to meet the...
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09 Nov 2012
New rural strategy for east Yorkshire
A RURAL strategy highlighting goals for local communities has been launched in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Approved by East Riding of Yorkshire Council last month, the East Riding Rural...
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05 Nov 2012
Controversy over village green plan
GOVERNMENT plans for town and village greens are a “kick in the teeth” for localism, claim campaigners. The Open Spaces Society wants MPs to speak against clause 13 of the...
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05 Nov 2012
Our coastline: Life on the edge?
WHAT support is available to help our much loved coastal places create jobs and prosperity? Jessica Sellick investigates. The furthest point from the coastline in England and Wales is only...
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05 Nov 2012
Fears grow over deadly tree disease
A BAN on the import of ash trees to combat the threat of ash dieback could be too late to stop the disease spreading across the UK. Experts fear the...
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04 Nov 2012
Police conference targets rural crime
RURAL crime – from metal theft to livestock rustling – will top the agenda at a police conference. The second annual ACPO Rural Crime Seminar will take place on Thursday...
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02 Nov 2012
Council backs minister on wind farms
ONE of England’s largest rural counties has welcomed comments by a government minister who urged an end to the spread of wind farms across the country. Energy minister John Hayes...
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28 Oct 2012
Communities are ‘more vulnerable’
RURAL local authorities are becoming more vulnerable, reveals a study. At district level, coastal rural authorities have suffered particularly badly over the past year, according to the Rural Services Network....
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28 Oct 2012
Report highlights rural housing needs
BETTER understanding could help increase the provision of affordable homes in the countryside, suggests a report. Factors that mean rural housing is the least affordable in the UK include better...
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28 Oct 2012
Street lights turned off to meet targets
THOUSANDS of street lights are being turned off by local authorities, reveals a survey. Some 3,080 miles of motorways and trunk roads in England are now completely unlit, according to...
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