Access to Services
25 Oct 2017
Novel approach maintains roadsides
A county council is minimising verge growth on rural roadsides – and saving money at the same time. With over 4,970 miles of rural verges, Dorset County Council aims to reduce...
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23 Oct 2017
Pledge to speed up mobile coverage
The government has pledged to speed up the rollout of faster mobile and broadband services to rural areas. People in areas with poor mobile coverage would soon get a significant...
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20 Oct 2017
Connectivity ‘must be rural priority’
Better digital connectivity is needed to stimulate rural growth, says a report. The study by the South West Rural Commission found huge potential for economic growth – so long as key...
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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 part of a package of...
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11 Oct 2017
Government failing on rural broadband
Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has criticised the government for failing rural people on broadband. Mr Farron, who is the MP for the South Lakes in Cumbria, said the...
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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 the help of rural stakeholders...
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06 Oct 2017
Special week targets rural crime
POLICE, councillors and local residents have teamed for a week of action against rural crime in Northamptonshire. The Rural Week of Action, which runs from 9-13 October, involves Corby Rural Neighbourhood...
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04 Oct 2017
Focus on broadband reliability, not speed
RURAL broadband provision should focus on reliable connections rather than high speeds, says a report. The study at Cambridge Judge Business School urges modest yet reliable mobile broadband connectivity, even if this...
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03 Oct 2017
Council bid to combat rural isolation
A RURAL council has launched a special group to combat loneliness in the countryside. Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire said the isolation – especially in rural areas – had been...
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02 Oct 2017
Concern over firefighter shortage
A shortage of rural firefighters has triggered a number of recruitment drives to fill vacancies in village fire stations. It follows concern that not enough people want to become retained...
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