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.
19 Aug 2019
Royal Mint no longer printing 1p, 2p or £2 coins
The website MoneyExpert.com reports on the news that 2018-19 was the first year since 1972 that no new 1p coins entered circulation No new 2p coins were issued for the...
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12 Aug 2019
Drug crime in rural communities
Research from the BBC today shows drug crime is increasing in many small towns and villages even as it falls in urban areas National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) Chair Julia...
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12 Aug 2019
Eight in 10 areas in the UK lack full 4G coverage
Millions of people are at risk of mobile signal blackouts because they live in the four-fifths of UK constituency areas that suffer from patchy 4G mobile coverage, new analysis from...
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22 Jul 2019
Domestic abuse in rural areas
The National Rural Crime Network has last week launched the results of an 18 month intensive research project on domestic abuse in rural areas, ‘Captive and Controlled’. It revealed a...
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22 Jul 2019
Rural neglect is being ignored
Rural Services Network chief executive Graham Biggs coordinated a letter which was published last week in The Times. It expresses disappointment that the Government rejected the Lords Rural Economy Committee’s...
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22 Jul 2019
Our future in the land
The Independent Food, Farming & Countryside Commission hosted by the RSA in its report launched on Tuesday 16th July ‘Our Future in the Land’ has added its voice to the...
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15 Jul 2019
Community broadband schemes praised
The ‘ingenuity’ of community broadband schemes has been praised by the Financial Times. The article explains that many regions around Britain are ‘too sparsely populated to justify the cost that...
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08 Jul 2019
Millions in rural areas could be ‘left behind’
The Local Government Association published a report last week highlighting concerns that ‘millions of people living in rural England are at risk of being ‘left behind’ and missing out on...
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01 Jul 2019
Success of app-based buses
The Oxford Mail reports on the successful first year of an app-based pilot scheme launched by Oxford Bus Company, PickMeUp, which allows passengers to summon buses within 15 minutes using...
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26 Jun 2019
Health and Social Care Spotlight – June 2019
This newsletter on rural health is provided for the RSN and the Rural Health and Care Alliance It includes a roundup of rural health news, research, learning and best practice. If you...
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