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.
07 Dec 2020
Rural areas given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring COVID-19 hotspots
The Telegraph reports that rural parts of England have been given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from COVID-19 hotspots under the highest tier restrictions after Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP...
Read more
30 Nov 2020
Call for rural communities to take advantage of extra funding to boost digital connectivity
Local newspaper Cumbria Crack has reported that rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more...
Read more
23 Nov 2020
Local services need funding to support elderly impacted by COVID-19, council chiefs say
Local government website, LocalGov.co.uk, has reported on calls for the Government to use this week’s Spending Review to ensure that council-run services are able to look after elderly residents who...
Read more
23 Nov 2020
Fibre broadband: The cost of delivering in rural areas
News outlets including the BBC and telecommunications company Ericsson’s blog, have reported that despite the fact that improving digital connectivity in rural areas would be ‘a lifeline for isolated communities’,...
Read more
16 Nov 2020
New data reveals decreased bus journeys
Local papers including the Shropshire Star and The Westmorland Gazette have reported that there were 4.1 billion bus journeys taken in 2019-20 across England, down 6 percent from 2018-19 and...
Read more
16 Nov 2020
Emergency NHS drone airbridge gets government backing
A trade publication, Commercial Drone Professional, has reported that a consortium working to establish an Emergency Medical Drone Airbridge between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has secured funding from...
Read more
16 Nov 2020
UK’s first autonomous delivery vehicle has hit the roads
WalesOnline has reported that the UK’s first autonomous delivery vehicle has been trialled this week, giving a glimpse into how technology could transform the parcel delivery industry ‘Kar-go’ uses artificial...
Read more
09 Nov 2020
New dial-a-bus scheme: Residents in rural areas will be able to call a bus to stop at their house
Local news outlet In Your Area writes about a new service which will allow residents to call a bus to stop at their house The ‘dial-a-bus’ service will mean passengers...
Read more
09 Nov 2020
Better digital connections can help level up rural North Yorkshire
Cllr Don Mackenzie writes in the Yorkshire Post this week about the need for improved connectivity for rural constituents He explains the urgent need for high quality broadband as part...
Read more
02 Nov 2020
Rural homelessness in England rises by 115% in past two years
The Rural Services Network, along with CPRE and English Rural Housing commissioned research into the Economic and Fiscal case for investing in rural affordable housing to drive post-pandemic recovery This...
Read more