Coronavirus
28 Sep 2020
Rural isolation and mental health
Somerset County Gazette and South West Farmer have reported on YouGov research, commissioned by the Samaritans showing that nearly half (45 per cent) of men aged between 20 and 59...
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28 Sep 2020
Rural firms face ‘exceptional challenges’ despite Winter Economy Plan
Farming UK has covered reports that rural businesses still face ‘exceptional challenges’ despite the Chancellor’s Winter Economy Plan announced last week Further to his announcement that the Autumn Budget will...
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28 Sep 2020
Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas
Nursery World has reported on warnings from English councils that up to one in 10 childcare providers could close this winter, and that as many as one in four are...
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28 Sep 2020
Rural Coalition: ‘Rural areas in danger of being left behind’
Several news outlets have followed up on the Rural Coalition’s calls for Government to commit equitable funding for rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic Papers...
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21 Sep 2020
Warning over access to COVID-19 testing for rural social care sector
Papers including the Northumberland Gazette, Care Talk and Hexham Courant have identified critical challenges in delivering social care services during the pandemic, with four in five rural social care workers...
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21 Sep 2020
Plymouth University: Levelling up our digital health strategy
The New Statesman has published an article sponsored by Plymouth University arguing that the digital divide in Britain needs to be addressed for digital health progress to be made in...
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21 Sep 2020
North-South divide in COVID-19 cases and testing
Several newspapers, including the Northern Echo, have reported that rural residents are unhappy that they have been brought into lockdown when cases are not as high there as other parts...
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14 Sep 2020
Rural and seaside property boom eclipsing 2019 levels despite pandemic
WalesOnline reports that property sales this year in popular rural and seaside locations across the UK have already surpassed the number of transactions seen across the whole of 2019 Rightmove...
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07 Sep 2020
Managing the school run with social distancing
ITV West Country reports on new measures introduced to support social distancing whilst children in the area travel to school on buses The headteacher at Saltash Community School in Cornwall...
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24 Aug 2020
How rural areas could cash in on staycations
Newspapers including the Lancashire Post have argued that rural areas could take advantage of the staycation boom as holidaymakers rethink their travel plans during the pandemic Non-traditional holiday areas such...
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