Author: <span>Richard</span>
15 Nov 2021
Hinterland – 15 November 2021
In Hinterland this week – remembrance, COP’s rural implications, budget slight of hand to give rural areas a lesser deal in the successor to EU funding, hospitals at bursting point,...
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09 Nov 2021
RSP Member – Godolphin Cross Community Association
A decade ago, the residents of Godolphin Cross in west Cornwall faced a bleak future. Although to the many visitors and tourists passing by it was a picture postcard rural...
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08 Nov 2021
Community Renewal Fund announcements
The Government announced last week around 500 locally led projects to benefit from the Community Renewal Fund that will help ‘breathe new life into towns, villages and coastal communities across...
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08 Nov 2021
London has more public charging points than 36 rural counties combined
The i News reports on new analysis by the County Councils Network revealing that there are more publicly available charging points in London than in the entirety of England’s counties,...
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08 Nov 2021
Rural firms ‘losing out’ after EU funds replaced
The Times reports that rural businesses have accused ministers of “levelling down” the countryside after analysis of the budget found they will suffer a shortfall of hundreds of millions of...
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08 Nov 2021
Responses to Levelling Up report
Further to their new report (A strategic case for equitable recognition of rural economies in Levelling Up policies) and also the RSN Rural Conference 2021 (with particular focus on the...
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08 Nov 2021
Delay vaccine deadline for care-home workers or risk huge staff loss, provider warns
The Guardian reports that one of England’s largest social care providers, Anchor, has urged the Government to change the vaccination deadline for all care-home workers, warning of a risk to...
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08 Nov 2021
NHS staff unable to find rental homes in Cornwall
The BBC reports NHS workers have called the stress of finding a rental property in Cornwall “overwhelming” Graham Milne, who works in the radiography department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital,...
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08 Nov 2021
Scheme to tackle fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions launched
The Darlington and Stockton Times reports that residents on low incomes in parts of North Yorkshire are set to benefit from a scheme aimed at tackling fuel poverty and cutting...
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08 Nov 2021
Rural Media produces six short films for the 2021 Booker Prize ceremony
Herefordshire media charity and production company Rural Media have produced six short films based on the shortlisted books for this years’ Booker Prize ceremony. Partnering with The Booker Prize and the BBC, Rural Media...
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