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27 May 2013
£20m broadband fund deadline extended
THE deadline has been extended for applications to the government’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund. Rural communities have just under a month to get their applications in for the final...
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22 May 2013
Advice service secures £350k grant
A RURAL advice service has secured a major funding package worth almost £350,000. The Rural Cambs Citizens’ Advice Bureau provides frontline welfare advice to residents of Fenland and East Cambridgeshire....
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20 May 2013
Faster broadband for rural Sussex
FIBRE broadband will be rolled out to around 98% of West Sussex homes and businesses within three years. A new fibre network will transform broadband speeds across the county and...
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17 May 2013
Rural proofing guidelines unveiled
GUIDELINES to ensure government policies don’t discriminate against rural communities have been published online. The national rural proofing guidelines were published by DEFRA on Thursday (16 May). Rural proofing is...
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13 May 2013
Rural broadband still too slow
BROADBAND speeds in the countryside continue to languish behind those in larger towns and cities. Rural broadband connections are three times slower than speeds in cities, according to the latest...
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29 Apr 2013
Police step up fight against rural crime
North Yorkshire Police is stepping up the fight against countryside crime with a new rural watch scheme. Officers hope that as many local people as possible will sign up to...
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29 Apr 2013
Residents ‘must register for broadband’
RURAL residents are being urged to help bring superfast broadband to North Dorset. Dorset County Council said communities urgently needed to demonstrate that they needed superfast broadband so they got...
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21 Apr 2013
Concern over rural ambulance times
WORRYING ambulance response times in rural areas are going unnoticed, an influential MP has warned. Graham Stuart, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services said regional data aggregation...
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19 Apr 2013
Government strives for better broadband
THE government says it is continuing to look at ways of improving rural broadband services. Two thirds of premises in the UK now have superfast broadband available, culture secretary Maria...
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18 Apr 2013
Plan to ‘safeguard’ rural postal service
THE government’s communications watchdog has outlined measures to safeguard rural postal services. Ofcom measures to ensure rural needs are met include maintaining a universal postal service and increased protection for...
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