Access to Services
03 Feb 2022
Continuing to support publicans and their local communities
Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services, is continuing to support publicans and their local communities. Despite the challenges faced...
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01 Feb 2022
Major Inquiry highlights the urban-rural divide in accessing health and care
A National Inquiry into Rural Health and Care calls for an overarching, place-based rural strategy to address rural health inequalities Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England’s Chief Medical Officer, will be...
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24 Jan 2022
Boris Johnson’s faster broadband promise is being broken, say MPs
The Guardian reports the UK ‘little nearer to closing great digital divide’ between cities and rural areas Boris Johnson’s promise to “level up” the nation by providing next-generation-speed broadband to most...
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17 Jan 2022
Rural communities risk Catch-22 situation as shift to online gathers pace but poor connectivity still leaves many behind
New research highlights growing rural-urban divide and calls on government to rural proof pandemic rebuild plans Many residents of England’s small towns and villages face being digitally excluded and locked...
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17 Jan 2022
Cuts to Rural Youth Services
The BBC programme Countryfile have featured a story focusing on young people in rural areas and the impact of cuts to rural youth services The feature posed the question as...
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17 Jan 2022
Millions of rural homes forced into expensive eco upgrades
The Telegraph has reported how rural areas will be disproportionately affected by the heating crisis over the next decade amid plans to ban fossil fuel systems in off-grid homes The...
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10 Jan 2022
The dark side of country living
The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on...
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20 Dec 2021
Ofcom Consultation: Review of postal regulation
Postal services play a key role in our society. They are used by almost everyone in the UK on a regular basis, from online shopping deliveries, to receiving important medical...
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20 Dec 2021
Rival banks join forces to protect future of cash
The BBC reports more shared banking hubs will open in UK towns and villages as banks continue to close a swathe of branches Major banks have signed a new voluntary...
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20 Dec 2021
YorBus rural transport scheme now has 450 users
Darlington and Stockton Times reports that the organisers of pioneering rural transport YorBus, trialling one of the country’s first on demand services, announced that there are now more than 450...
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