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Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor.
The vulnerability service aims to disseminate information about three key rural issues: fuel poverty, broadband and rural transport.
14 December 2017
The percentage of public transport journeys taken by local bus is at its lowest since records began.
(The Telegraph)
15 December 2017
Surrey County Council (SCC) has deferred its decision over introducing controversial parking fees at some of the county's top rural beauty spots.
(Get Surrey)
27 November 2017
Fears have been raised for the future of many rural villages after Staffordshire County Council last week approved plans to cut bus subsidies from next April.
(The Sentinel)
1 December 2017
A TRAVEL scheme for rural areas has been extended in Wales.
(Leader Live)
18 December 2017
With a decline in bus services available locally, transport for those without a car can be a big challenge.
(Richmondshire Today)
8 December 2017
New bus routes starting in Lancashire next week will see public transport restored to a number of villages.
(Burnley Express)
18 December 2017
Learner drivers in the west of Ireland are more likely to pass their driving test – and this may help to explain the higher numbers of deaths on rural roads, a study has revealed.
(The Times)
30 November 2017
Calls have been made for an increase in public transport for rural areas over fears elderly and disabled people are becoming socially isolated.
(Chard & Ilminster News)
27 November 2017
Parents and schools may have to fork out if major proposals to overhaul the free school transport system in Suffolk are approved, it is feared.
(EADT)
9 December 2017
A volunteer bus service is providing a lifeline for rural communities in the Yorkshire Dales.
(Yorkshire Post)
29 November 2017
Firms which operate passenger services would also manage the tracks their trains run on, under government plans to fix "creaking" UK railways.
(BBC Online)
11 December 2017
Lack of public transport in rural areas is worsening a drink-drive epidemic, the transport minister has suggested.
(The Telegraph)
13 December 2017
A review of excessive delivery fees in which Scottish consumers are charged more than shoppers in the rest of the UK has been ordered.
(The Times)
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