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07 Sep 2020
Northumberland – Whitton and Tosson Tree Planting Project
This is an article about how one little Parish Council is doing its very best to help combat the threat of climate change Climate change and forestry: the time for...
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01 Sep 2020
New rules will worsen the rural housing crisis
A letter, co-signed by the Rural Services Network, the Rural Housing Alliance, Plunkett Foundation and Acre has been featured in the Telegraph on 29th August 2020, highlighting the rural housing...
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01 Sep 2020
NICRE adds its support to Rural Conference
The Rural Services Network (RSN) is delighted to announce that NICRE, the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise has lent its support for their National Rural Conference, taking place later...
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01 Sep 2020
Rural Market Towns Group reaches their century
RSN are establishing a new Rural Market Towns Grouping The size of this group has gone past the 100 member milestone with members coming forward from across all rural areas...
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01 Sep 2020
Labour must stand with Britain’s rural workforce
Hywel Lloyd, co-founder of Labour Coast and Country, has urged readers of Labour List of the importance in understanding the issues facing non-urban communities He lists issues including the already...
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01 Sep 2020
Countryside residents say there’s ‘no point’ calling the police over rural crime
The Mail on Sunday has reported that a quarter of crime victims in rural areas don’t report offences as they do not trust police to help Nearly half of countryside residents don’t...
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01 Sep 2020
Poor transport and internet services ‘damage rural children’s mental health’
The Planner has reported on research that has found a lack of access to public transport and the internet is leaving children in remote rural communities suffering ‘prolonged isolation, exclusion...
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01 Sep 2020
Housing targets hit Tory shires most, ministers are warned
The MJ has reported on warnings from ministers that proposed changes to the housing targets formula could mean more developments in rural Conservative-held council areas than in traditionally Labour-held inner...
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01 Sep 2020
Hampshire County Council adds £1million to rural broadband scheme
Hampshire County Council is investing £1 million to step up its drive to get high-speed broadband out to the most rural parts of the county The funding will ‘top-up’ the...
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01 Sep 2020
No answer to parking problems in rural villages, say councillors
Richmondshire Today has reported that excessive parking in rural villages is an increasingly widespread problem in with ‘no satisfactory solution’ Local Councillor Allen Kirkbride raised concerns that villages were ‘jammed...
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