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19 Nov 2018

Over 2000 villages expansion concerns

More than 2,000 English villages have been classified as unsuitable for expansion and are therefore missing out on new affordable housing, according to a new…

19 Nov 2018

Rural area faces ‘major winter problem’

NHS regional bosses have identified the East of England as a ‘trouble spot’ during this winter, according to the Health Service Journal. Norfolk and Norwich…

19 Nov 2018

Internet speeds bad for rural businesses

Small companies face losing money due to poor broadband connections after research shows more than a quarter of employees find slow internet the most frustrating…

19 Nov 2018

Cuts causing rural bus crisis

The Campaign for Better Transport has published a report into buses across the country entitled, ‘Buses in Crisis’. Using Freedom of Information requests, the report…

19 Nov 2018

9 million Brits put off rural move

58 per cent of UK adults have said they would not move to the countryside because of poor broadband, according to a new uSwitch report.…

19 Nov 2018

Two-thirds of UK bank branches lost

New analysis from Which? suggests that nearly two thirds of the UK’s bank branches have closed over the past 30 years, the Mirror reports. Parliamentary…

19 Nov 2018

Spotlight on Rural Health & Social Care – November 2018

This newsletter is provided by the Rural Health Network, part of the Rural Services Network. It includes a roundup of rural health & social care…

12 Nov 2018

Focus on tackling rural crime

There was coverage of the first rural crime day of action, a nationwide event organised by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on Thursday 8th November.…