Rural Vulnerability

Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices. 

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30 Aug 2022

Campaign to Protect Terrestrial TV & Radio for Rural Areas

Press Release from Arqiva about 2040+ campaign: Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life....

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30 Aug 2022

Connected Care: How Mobile Connectivity Offers Huge Potential to Aid the Delivery of Social Care

Mobile UK, the voice of the UK’s main mobile network operators, has published a report entitled Connected Care: How mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult...

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30 Aug 2022

The second home wars: ‘We are seeing the slow death of rural and coastal villages’

inews have published details regarding the effects of increasing second home ownership upon the rural communities where these homes are bought There’s nothing like a sunny summer holiday to stoke...

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30 Aug 2022

Second home owners in Cornwall urged to donate the £5.4m in energy rebates they will receive

Cornwall Live has reported that second home owners in Cornwall are due to receive a staggering £5.4million in energy rebates The rebates come as every home in the UK will...

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30 Aug 2022

Ten year project to bring broadband to North Yorkshire cited as key to securing future of communities

North Yorkshire leaders are celebrating the completion of the final phase of a multi million pound scheme with Openreach, to enhance broadband speed across rural areas Since work began on...

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29 Aug 2022

Broadcast is an enormously valued national asset for rural communities – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article

Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life. Watching and listening to our favourite shows...

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29 Aug 2022

The Rural Heating Challenge – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article

The Rural Heating Challenge Late last year, the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy was published setting out details of a £3.9 billion package of support to decarbonise heat for buildings....

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29 Aug 2022

It’s time for a technology inclusive approach to heating rural homes – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article

OFTEC, an organisation with decades of experience in the rural heating industry, sets out the challenges and solutions for decarbonising off-gas-grid heating. The current cost of living crisis has driven...

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22 Aug 2022

Nurseries under threat in rural areas with one in five closing in recent years

The Telegraph reports that nurseries in rural areas are under threat as one in five has closed its doors between 2015 and 2020, according to figures from the Department for...

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22 Aug 2022

Fear of yet more ‘devastating’ cuts to North East bus routes as leaders plead for new funding

The Chronicle reports that North East leaders have pleaded with the Government to act now to save bus passengers from being hit with yet more devastating cuts Ministers have been...

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