Check out the broadband speeds for your constituency!
Recently released data from the Government shows broadband speeds for every constituency in the country Click on the link below and type in your constituency to see your data. → Compare you broadband speed here It enables you to see the figures for the rural parts of your constituency compared to urban. It then breaks […]
£1 billion deal set to solve poor mobile coverage
According to the Government’s press release, “Poor mobile phone coverage will be a thing of the past as the Government champions a £1 billion deal with the mobile phone industry to banish rural not-spots. Moves to cement plans to give high-quality 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK by 2025, meaning consumers will […]
Rural schools not being fairly funded
The Oxford Mail reports that Layla Moran MP has said that schools are still ‘penny-pinching’ to cover basic supplies despite billions of pounds of promised funding The Oxford West and Abingdon MP is also the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for education. Analysis by the School Cuts coalition of unions found that 80 per cent of schools […]
Ofcom backs mast sharing to improve connectivity
The Financial Times reports that the telecoms regulator Ofcom has backed a plan for the sector to share masts and build new towers in remote areas in order to tackle rural connectivity ‘not spots’ Mobile operators spent several months arranging a plan to allow shared access to each other’s masts in rural areas. The idea […]
100 free to use ATMs already requested from Link
Kent Live covers the news that more than 100 requests for free-to-use ATMs have been made across the UK It comes after The Community Access to Cash Delivery Fund announced that it was taking requests for free-to-use ATMs in places with poor access and is part of a campaign aimed at tackling concerns that it is becoming […]
7-11 year olds asked to help develop guidelines for positive healthcare
Can your 7-11 year olds help develop guidelines for positive healthcare experiences? National Children’s Bureau needs your help with an exciting project to develop National Institute for Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on babies, children and young people’s experience of healthcare. They would like to partner with 2 primary schools in any location across England. In […]
Rural Commission calls for evidence
Members of North Yorkshire’s Rural Commission have launched a call for evidence as part of its first inquiry The Darlington and Stockton Times reports that the independent panel will first investigate farming, agriculture and the environment as part of its eight month scheme of work. At the end of that period, the Commission will make […]
Spotlight on an affordable place to live
The RSN is calling on government to produce a fully funded, comprehensive rural strategy. In this strategy there are a number of areas which we believe are linked, and need to be addressed to produce a vibrant rural community. One of these is a place to learn and grow. Rural communities are only likely to […]
