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16 Mar 2020
£1.8bn West Yorkshire devolution deal ‘is an example for the country’, says Rishi Sunak
On Thursday, several papers, including the Dewsbury Reporter, covered the news that Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP has signed a devolution document alongside the leaders of Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield and...
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09 Mar 2020
Shared Rural Network plans agreed
The BBC reports the companies that run the UK’s mobile network have agreed a deal to eliminate signal dead zones in remote areas The Shared Rural Network aims to extend...
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09 Mar 2020
Rural health concerns
Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Scientific Adviser for the DHSC outlined his views on health trends and projections over the next 20 years at...
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09 Mar 2020
New inquiry launched on the decline of rural bus services
The County All Party Parliamentary Group (County APPG) and the County Councils Network (CCN) have launched an inquiry into the decline of rural bus services This inquiry will investigate the...
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09 Mar 2020
Flybe collapses as coronavirus deals final blow
On Thursday regional airline Flybe collapsed after a plunge in travel demand, making the long-struggling airline one of the first big corporate casualties of the coronavirus outbreak Reuters reported that...
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09 Mar 2020
Nearly two-thirds waiting for countryside stewardship cash
Several papers including Farmers Weekly and the Yorkshire Post reported on new figures that almost two-thirds of farmers are still waiting for their Countryside Stewardship (CS) money, with three months...
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09 Mar 2020
Rural broadband to be focus for Budget
The Daily Mail reports that chancellor Rishi Sunak vows to end patchy mobile phone reception and slow broadband in this week’s Budget The chancellor is tipped to announce a £1billion...
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09 Mar 2020
‘Libraries and Rural Touring Arts’ – maximising the potential of our nation’s libraries
National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) to support touring into Libraries in a new national project funded by Arts Council England New figures reveal almost 800 libraries have closed since 2010....
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09 Mar 2020
‘Our world will shrink tremendously’ – Remote village set to be left behind
The Manchester Evening News interviewed residents of Mellor, a remote village in the Peak District, regarding their rapidly shrinking bus service The bus service could soon disappear altogether after Transport for...
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02 Mar 2020
Invitation to Rural Strategy Roadshows
Organised by a partnership of Rural Services Network, Action with Communities’ in Rural England, The Rural Coalition and The Plunkett Foundation, the Rural Strategy Roadshows are visiting three locations in...
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