Connect communities to ultrafast broadband

If you’re not included in any fibre rollout plans, or if you have fibre but want faster speeds, have you considered a Community Fibre Partnership with Openreach? Wherever you are, and whatever you need faster broadband for, Openreach’s community fibre partnerships model brings fibre broadband to homes and businesses by building a customised solution to […]
Rural police officers could be armed

Front-line officers in harder-to-reach rural communities could be routinely armed to deal with the threat of a terrorist attack, police chiefs have suggested. The National Police Chiefs’ Council said it was committed to its model of policing with a routinely unarmed service provided by officers at its core. But it said the right level of […]
Rail campaign seeks to boost rural tourism

A nationwide campaign aims to encourage people to explore the historic and scenic destinations and attractions that surround their local railway lines The initiative was launched by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) and its members at railway stations around the country on Wednesday (16 May). ACoRP chief executive Jools Townsend said: We’re working […]