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01 Aug 2022

Why heat pumps sum up all that is wrong with ‘net zero’

The Telegraph reports how strict planning could force households to buy heat pumps even if they do not want them They were intended to be…

01 Aug 2022

Shropshire rural care staff hit by rising fuel costs

BBC Shropshire reports that the rising cost of fuel is contributing to a lack of staff in rural areas, according to Shropshire carer Ash Turner…

01 Aug 2022

Selaine Saxbyn MP: To end the rural housing crisis, we must stop treating the countryside like a holiday park

Writing in Conservative Home, Conservative MP for North Devon, Selaine Saxbyn outlines her mission has always been to level up the pockets of deprivation in…

01 Aug 2022

New Programme in Remote and Rural Medicine at University of Central Lancashire

Remote & Rural Medicine, MSc – UCLan Are you a clinician working or aspiring to work in Remote and/or Rural settings? Our Remote and Rural…

27 Jul 2022

New campaign launched to support long-term free-to-air broadcast connectivity for rural audiences

A new campaign, ‘Broadcast 2040+’, has been launched to protect broadcast TV and radio through to 2040 and beyond by Arqiva – a communications infrastructure…

27 Jul 2022

It’s back! Catch the Bus Month relaunches for September 2022

Bus Users UK is calling on operators, local authorities, passenger groups, community transport providers and passengers to get on board for ‘Catch the Bus Month’…

27 Jul 2022

Neighbourhood Planning: Back to the Future

It seems the death of neighbourhood planning implied by 2020’s Planning White Paper – likely quietly welcomed by many in the planning sector – has…

27 Jul 2022

A one stop shop for countryside jobs

Nine miles inland from Whitby in the middle of the North York Moors National Park is the small honeypot village of Goathland. It’s here that…

27 Jul 2022

Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities

The Patients Association chair the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health and in May we published a report based on research…

27 Jul 2022

Mobile UK webinar: Making the case for local authority digital champions

Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network operators – EE/ BT, Virgin Media O2, Three and Vodafone is calling on the Government…