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18 Jul 2022

Heatwave advice from the RSN

After a week of high temperatures across the UK, the Met Office has issued a very rare amber warning for much of England In many…

18 Jul 2022

£200 million broadband investment in rural Cumbria

Westmorland Gazette reports that broadband provider, Fibrus, has revealed its plans for its roll out across Great Britain – starting with ‘underserved towns and villages’…

18 Jul 2022

North Yorkshire to receive £17 million boost to rural economy

ITV reports that over the next three years almost £17million pounds will be spent in North Yorkshire on improving broadband coverage and transport links in…

11 Jul 2022

Rural Planning in the 2020s

Rural Planning in the 2020s is a report launched this month by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) It examines the challenges facing rural communities…

11 Jul 2022

Reaching Rural Properties

The Yorkshire Post reports on a new report launched by Localis, an independent think tank, titled Reaching Rural Properties: Off Grid heating in the transition…

11 Jul 2022

Dartmoor charity stopping service due to carer shortage

The BBC report a Devon charity that provides care to people in their own homes is stopping its service because it cannot find enough carers North…

11 Jul 2022

English farmers count cost of changes to subsidy regime

The Financial Times reports that a new report by the Countryside and Community Research Institute calculated that across the south-west of England, the wider region…

04 Jul 2022

Gove announces multi-year funding and new Office for Local Government

As detailed in the Local Government Chronicle – Councils can expect a funding settlement covering the next two financial years and are to face greater…