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14 Apr 2020
#LevelUp FE – Remote learning offers an opportunity for rural FE colleges
The final article in Rural Services Network (RSN) chief executive Graham Biggs and Young Somerset chief executive Nik Harwood’s mini-series for Further Education News reported this week on how the...
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14 Apr 2020
Food deliveries from volunteers provide lifeline
Families in parts of rural England say they are totally dependent on volunteers delivering food during the coronavirus crisis In rural England many households face long journeys to buy food...
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14 Apr 2020
Rural counties see a spike in covid-19 cases amid fury over ‘Coronavirus holidays’
The Conversation, an online publication that publishes academic articles, published data from genetics professor Tim Spector’s COVID-19 symptom tracker app which suggests that people leaving the city for the countryside...
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14 Apr 2020
Campaigners call on government to ensure free access to cash during the coronavirus crisis
A coalition including campaign group Positive Money, the Petrol Retailers Association, Responsible Finance, the Rural Services Network and NoteMachine, the UK’s second largest provider of ATMs, has called on the...
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14 Apr 2020
Chancellor set outs extra £750 million Coronavirus funding for frontline charities
£750 million pot for frontline charities across the UK – including hospices and those supporting domestic abuse victims £360 million direct from Government departments and £370m for smaller charities, including...
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14 Apr 2020
The National Rural Crime Network – Coronavirus & Rural Communities
The National Rural Crime Network do not believe that there has been sufficent focus on the millions of people who live and work in rural Britain They are asking Ministers...
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14 Apr 2020
Ministers urged to step up help to stop people choosing between ‘heating and eating’ amid coronavirus crisis
Politics Home reported that a coalition of Liberal Democrat, Labour, SNP and Green MPs have written to Business Secretary Alok Sharma to demand a major expansion of a scheme offering...
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14 Apr 2020
Farmers report surge in fly-tipping incidents as lockdown sees dumps closed
Rural areas around the UK have seen a dramatic increase in fly-tipping over the last number of weeks, with many households seeing the lockdown period as an ideal time for...
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14 Apr 2020
COVID-19 – Rural Communities Pulling Together (Week 1)
We asked for examples of our rural communities pulling together and have been inundated with responses so far! We are going to feature 10 each week, as we receive them...
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14 Apr 2020
Pub is the Hub offering advice to licensees across the country
The Pub is The Hub have announced that despite being home bound their advisors are still as busy as ever offering advice to licensees across the country Many of these...
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