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16 Nov 2015
Call for detail on broadband pledge
A government pledge to bring faster broadband to the countryside must be made reality, say rural leaders. It follows a promise by Prime Minister David Cameron that even the most...
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08 Nov 2015
‘Best teachers’ destined for rural schools
Outstanding teachers are to be sent into struggling coastal and rural schools, the government has announced. Education secretary Nicky Morgan said she was “acutely aware that recruitment isn’t easy at...
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08 Nov 2015
Fast broadband to become legal right
Everyone will have a legal right to request a 10Mbps broadband speed by 2020, the Prime Minister has pledged. David Cameron said the government was putting access to fast broadband...
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02 Nov 2015
Concern over police funding plan
CHANGES to police funding could see £.9.5m wiped off the budget for one of England’s most rural counties. The government has spent the summer consulting on the way that a key...
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01 Nov 2015
BBC beefs up coverage of rural issues
The BBC has taken significant steps to improve its coverage of rural issues, says the corporation’s watchdog. A progress report by the BBC Trust follows an independent review of the BBC’s rural...
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25 Oct 2015
Minister admits rural transport concern
POOR public transport in rural areas is a “very real concern,” a government minister has conceded. Transport minister Andrew Jones was speaking during an event at the National Railway Museum, York,...
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22 Oct 2015
Rural roads ‘are Britain’s deadliest’
Rural roads are the deadliest in Britain, with an average of three people dying on them every day last year. In total, 1,040 people were killed and 9,051 seriously injured...
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11 Oct 2015
Rural schools ‘deserve fairer funding’
NORTH Yorkshire MP Rishi Sunak has launched a campaign to get a better funding deal for rural schools. Schools in the county receive hundreds of pounds less per pupil than...
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27 Sep 2015
Scheme brings 3G to remote areas
More villages and rural areas now have reliable 3G mobile coverage thanks to a special initiative. The latest villages connected by Vodafone’s Rural Open Sure Signal scheme are High Kelling, Hillington, and...
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27 Sep 2015
Council pioneers telecare scheme
A pioneering telecare scheme is under way to support people living with dementia across Hampshire. The pathfinder scheme is being run by Hampshire County Council in partnership with Argenti Telecare. ...
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