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07 Jun 2021

Businesses hail new Openreach rural full-fibre focus

Trade bodies representing rural Britain have welcomed plans by BT Openreach to build full-fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses in some of the country’s hardest-to-serve...

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07 Jun 2021

‘Race for space’ fuels 10.9 per cent surge in UK house prices

The Guardian reports on data revealing that younger house buyers are just as keen on building a new life in the country as they are to move to the city...

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07 Jun 2021

Virgin Media O2 brand launches after multi-billion-pound merger

Telecom giants Virgin Media and O2’s £31billion merger has launched with the newly formed firm promising to help power the nation’s recovery after coronavirus, according to MailOnline Representing the biggest...

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07 Jun 2021

Devon publicans open farmshop and café to help support local residents

Devon publicans Selena and Steve Porter have opened a new farm shop and café at the Shipwright Arms in Shaldon near Teignmouth to help residents stay local for shopping as...

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01 Jun 2021

Rural areas face threat of 400,000 new homes

Nearly 400,000 homes will be built on greenfield sites in the south of England over the next five years, according to a new analysis of planning policy reported in The...

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01 Jun 2021

Department of Health and Social Care Call for Evidence on Womens Health

Women of all ages and backgrounds are being urged to respond to the call for evidence in order to capture the varying health issues women experience over their lives and...

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01 Jun 2021

Government sets out requirements regarding first homes

Through a Written Ministerial Statement the Government has set out the requirements on local planning authorities to provide First Homes Concurrently, these were incorporated into amended National Planning Practice Guidance. ...

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01 Jun 2021

Call for information – difficulties caused by the pandemic to Early Years Education providers

NationalWorld (a company who cover the whole of the UK) have undertaken data analysis on Early Years Education providers during the first six months of the pandemic They have found...

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01 Jun 2021

Rural economies boosted by new migration trends

Research published by Northumbria University is exploring how shifting work patterns and home-buying preferences are changing rural communities Analysis of data from the past decade shows that rural areas which...

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01 Jun 2021

Call on Government to support young people living in rural areas with transport costs

A parish council is calling on the Government to provide more financial support for young people living in rural and isolated areas required to travel to receive their post-16 education,...

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