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27 Jul 2022

New campaign launched to support long-term free-to-air broadcast connectivity for rural audiences

A new campaign, ‘Broadcast 2040+’, has been launched to protect broadcast TV and radio through to 2040 and beyond by Arqiva – a communications infrastructure and media services company –...

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27 Jul 2022

It’s back! Catch the Bus Month relaunches for September 2022

Bus Users UK is calling on operators, local authorities, passenger groups, community transport providers and passengers to get on board for ‘Catch the Bus Month’ this September. This is the...

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27 Jul 2022

Reinvigorating rural mobility – helping rural communities get to where they need to go

There is little doubt that rural areas have fallen behind their urban counterparts when it comes to transport and mobility. In a nation where ‘levelling up’ has been proclaimed as...

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27 Jul 2022

Neighbourhood Planning: Back to the Future

It seems the death of neighbourhood planning implied by 2020’s Planning White Paper – likely quietly welcomed by many in the planning sector – has been exaggerated. The Levelling Up...

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27 Jul 2022

A one stop shop for countryside jobs

Nine miles inland from Whitby in the middle of the North York Moors National Park is the small honeypot village of Goathland. It’s here that you’ll find CJS CJS –...

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27 Jul 2022

Rural consumers deserve choice in how they decarbonise their home, report finds

Ministers must not penalise rural home and business owners who live off the gas grid by making them guinea pigs in the drive to decarbonise heating, a report from the...

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27 Jul 2022

A Manifesto for Small Schools

Small schools, many of which are in rural areas, face particular challenges and there is now widespread and growing concern for the future of small schools in the UK. The...

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27 Jul 2022

Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities

The Patients Association chair the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health and in May we published a report based on research and case studies of good...

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27 Jul 2022

Mobile UK webinar: Making the case for local authority digital champions

Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network operators – EE/ BT, Virgin Media O2, Three and Vodafone is calling on the Government to fund the role of...

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27 Jul 2022

Rural and Coastal Areas Facing Serious Health Challenges

Patrick Mitchell, Director of Innovation, Digital and Transformation, Health Education England A combination of worsening health, ageing populations, social deprivation, and workforce staffing issues are leaving health and care services...

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