£1m Funding Boost For South Yorkshire Flood Relief
The Telegraph and other papers covered the Government’s announcement that it would match the funds raised by the South Yorkshire Flood Disaster Relief Appeal Fund up to the value of £1 million, with an additional £300,000 for other affected areas This follows the devastating floods that hit Yorkshire in November. Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers also […]
Schools designated as ‘rural’ in new listings
Several Oxfordshire papers including the Bicester Advertiser have reported how local schools are being designated as rural to help protect them from the risk of closure The Department for Education has updated its list of council-run primary schools with rural designation. The list was initially developed in 2017 to recognise the importance schools play in […]
Plea for walkers to respect countryside
The Shropshire Star reports that the Country Landowners Association (CLA) is urging walkers, cyclists and horse riders to stick to the Countryside Code whilst enjoying the fresh air after the Christmas festivities this winter The CLA, which represents 30,000 landowners, farmers and rural business across England and Wales, is encouraging visitors to stick to public […]
CPRE Report: Reviving county farms
The CPRE have published a report titled ‘Reviving county farms‘. This report, prepared for CPRE by the New Economics Foundation, Shared Assets and Who Owns England?, shows that the opportunities that county farms offer – in terms of local benefit, income generation and training in farming – are sizeable, but that numbers of county farms […]
