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04 Feb 2019

Snow causes chaos across the Countryside

The UK was subject to a spate of cold weather and snow over the last week which was widely covered in national and local media…

04 Feb 2019

Countryside out of reach

New research from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) shows that the UK’s poorest residents are missing out on England’s most beautiful countryside and…

29 Jan 2019

Walking & Cycling Statistics

The Government has an ambition for increased levels of activity both through cycling and walking.  The following analyses take a look at statistics from the…

28 Jan 2019

Clean air strategy to intensify rural fuel poverty

The RSN has this week written to the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, to ask him to consider the impact that the Clean…

23 Jan 2019

Rural Economy Committee – RSN Summary of the Final Evidence Session

The House of Lords Rural Economy Committee met for a final evidence session on the Government’s vision for the rural economy on Tuesday 22 January.…

23 Jan 2019

Podcast Episode – The rural food bank

Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC.  She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly…

21 Jan 2019

Underfunding of rural hospitals

Health think tank The Nuffield Trust has published its review on the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care in partnership with…

21 Jan 2019

Students walk ‘dark and dangerous’ route in the face of bus cuts

Parents and students in North Hampshire are protesting proposed cuts to school bus services that would see pupils walking three miles across ‘unlit heathland and…

21 Jan 2019

First Church Archdeacon for ‘Rural Mission’ appointed

Canon Sally Gaze is the first Church of England Archdeacon for Rural Mission to be appointed, according to the Church Times. The Archdeacon for Rural…

14 Jan 2019

‘Sandwich Generation’ are vulnerable

The Office for National Statistics has published data on the ‘Sandwich Generation’ – those who care for both their parents and dependent children. The report…