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05 Nov 2017
Commission seeks to improve rural life
AN independent high-profile commission aims to improve life for rural communities after the UK leaves the European Union. The Royal Society for the encouragement of…
02 Nov 2017
Project seeks to reduce rural flood risk
A £1.2m project aims to trail low-cost ways to reduce the risk of flash floods in rural communities. Led by geographers from Manchester university, the project’s…
01 Nov 2017
Countryside is good for you – study
SPENDING time in the countryside is better for your brain than spending time in the city, says a study. Researchers found time spent in rural…
31 Oct 2017
RSN welcomes pledge on business rates
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Rural Services Network welcomes pledge on business rates retention The Rural Services Network [1] has welcomed a…
27 Oct 2017
Council to tackle rural fuel poverty
A major project to tackle rural fuel poverty is to be funded by one of England’s largest county councils. The iniaitive is being funded by North…
19 Oct 2017
7% increase in fly-tipping incidents
Fly-tipping incidents have soared by 7% over the past year – excluding the number of cases on private land. For the 2016/17 year, local authorities…
19 Oct 2017
Councils fight for fairer funding
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from…
12 Oct 2017
Rural Services Network – £20,000 ‘golden hello’ for rural GPs
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 12 October 2017 Responding to news that the government is to pledge a £20,000 ‘golden hello’ for rural GPs [1],…
12 Oct 2017
£20,000 ‘Golden hello’ For Rural GPs
TRAINEE doctors are to receive £20,000 to work in rural and coastal communities struggling to recruit GPs. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the funding as…
10 Oct 2017
Wellbeing and the countryside exhibition
A new exhibition explores the complex relationships between wellbeing and the countryside. The exhbition runs until 31 October at Reading University’s Museum of English Rural Life with…
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