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17 Jun 2019
Families trapped in poverty in rural Britain
Channel 4 has produced a ten-minute news piece on poverty in rural Britain as part of its Breadline Britain series. The video emphasises that while…
17 Jun 2019
Rural surgery pioneers social prescribing
ITV covers the story of a rural medical centre in Lancashire that aims to turn patients away from pills and towards pastimes like dominoes, draughts…
10 Jun 2019
Bus drivers working long hours cause safety concerns
Labour MP Matt Western wrote on the website PoliticsHome.com about local bus drivers’ working hours and the impact on public safety. Currently, local bus drivers…
10 Jun 2019
Crowdfunding campaign launches to tackle Holiday Hunger this summer
With summer around the corner, Feeding Derbyshire (a local anti-poverty network) is Crowdfunding to provide activity clubs and meals for local children Following the shocking…
03 Jun 2019
500,000 patients forced to find new GP
The Mirror reports on a NHS GP crisis that has left over 500,000 patients across the UK looking for a new surgery. Data released from…
03 Jun 2019
Potential £1 billion boost for local charities with new recycling scheme
Local charities could receive £1 billion from the proceeds of a can and bottle deposit return scheme, according to research by the Campaign to Protect…
28 May 2019
Rural ‘healthcare deserts’ identified
The Telegraph covers warnings from nurses that patients in some rural areas are being forced to spend up to £100 on taxis to attend routine…
28 May 2019
Fly-tipping is not a victimless crime
The Lord Bishop of St Albans writes in PoliticsHome.com to raise awareness of the effects of fly-tipping on the British countryside. He notes that incidents…
28 May 2019
Arrests made in county lines crackdown
The BBC reports that nearly 600 people suspected of being part of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the UK in an operation…
13 May 2019
Rural lifestyles contribute to obesity
A new study of 112 million adults around the world found that rural lifestyles can be a major cause of the global obesity epidemic, according…
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