Access to Services
10 Oct 2022
Call for Rural to be at the heart of the journey to Net Zero
The impacts of dangerous climate change will affect all communities. This much is already clear from the rural impacts of increasingly frequent storm damage, flood events and periods of drought....
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10 Oct 2022
Uber style’ bus service to increase hours to help rural communities in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge News reports that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has announced that an ‘Uber style’ bus service will be extending its hours to cater for rural communities, starting from...
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03 Oct 2022
What happens when all the banks leave town?
The BBC reports that it’s been a couple of months since the last bank closed its doors in Brechin Some people have hardly noticed. They moved to internet banking years...
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26 Sep 2022
Anger over Cambridgeshire bus company axing 18 routes
The BBC has reported that Cambridgeshire’s mayor has called a bus company’s plans to axe 18 routes as “unacceptable” According to data seen by the BBC, the routes, which are...
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30 Aug 2022
Campaign to Protect Terrestrial TV & Radio for Rural Areas
Press Release from Arqiva about 2040+ campaign: Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life....
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29 Aug 2022
Broadcast is an enormously valued national asset for rural communities – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article
Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life. Watching and listening to our favourite shows...
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22 Aug 2022
Fear of yet more ‘devastating’ cuts to North East bus routes as leaders plead for new funding
The Chronicle reports that North East leaders have pleaded with the Government to act now to save bus passengers from being hit with yet more devastating cuts Ministers have been...
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15 Aug 2022
Concerns about rural access to dentistry
The BBC last week reported on the Full extent of NHS dentistry shortage The article highlighted how, “Nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new...
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15 Aug 2022
People turning back to cash as prices rise
The BBC report that people are going back to cash to keep tighter control on their spending as living costs soar, according to new research by the Post Office Post...
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15 Aug 2022
Oxfordshire County Council secures £12million funding for cheaper youth bus fares, bus priority measures and rural services
Oxford Mail reports the government has awarded £12.7million of funding to Oxfordshire County Council for improvements to its bus services The funding will support cheaper fares for under-19s, new rural...
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