Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
20 Jul 2018
Carleton pub creates a community hub
September 14, 2017 at 9:22 am Paul Selwood and his father Philip who run The Swan Inn at Carleton in Craven, have opened a community hub and coffee shop in the...
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20 Jul 2018
School Boy Inn, Norton, Doncaster
July 31, 2017 at 10:50 am Norton has its roots in agriculture and was first recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. The village expanded after the Industrial Revolution...
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18 Jul 2018
Police to launch rural crime strategy
Police chiefs are to officially launch their first strategies aimed at addressing the challenges around rural communities and wildlife crime. The strategies – devised by the National Police Chiefs Council – were unanimously supported by...
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18 Jul 2018
Postcodes reveal rural broadband black spots
Britain’s fastest broadband speed is to be found in rural Lancashire – thanks to a community-built full-fibre network, suggests an analysis by the Financial Times. But the example is an...
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16 Jul 2018
Experts panel seeks to revitalise high streets
The government has appointed a panel of experts to help revitalise and overcome the challenges facing Britain’s high streets. Chaired by Sir John Timpson, chairman of retail chain Timpsons, the...
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15 Jul 2018
Peers scrutinise rural local government
A House of Lords committee investigating the rural economy is set to take evidence into the effectiveness of local government in rural areas. The Select Committee on the Rural Economy,...
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13 Jul 2018
Tech funding to help combat rural isolation
Organisations are being invited to apply for a share of up to £250,000 to develop technologies that combat rural isolation. The GovTech Catalyst initiative from Innovate UK aims to support isolated...
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13 Jul 2018
Concerns at ‘leniency’ towards rural crime
Prosecutions of rural crime and the sentences given do not act as a suitable deterrent, the solicitor general for England and Wales has been told. The warning was issued by the...
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12 Jul 2018
£15k for ‘vital’ rural transport service
A local council has issued a £15,000 grant to support a community transport service which connects people in rural areas to vital services. North Lincolnshire Council gave the grant to the Humber and...
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11 Jul 2018
Church project invests in rural communities
Rural communities and market towns are among the areas that will benefit from a £27m church-building scheme, says the Church of England. More than a hundred new churches are to be created as...
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