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21 Jun 2017
Remote households get faster broadband
Almost 3,000 remote households and businesses will get access to high-speed broadband thanks to a £4m boost for Oxfordshire The funding has come from cost savings made earlier in the...
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20 Jun 2017
Queen’s Speech ‘must deliver rural homes’
CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the government to “unlock” land to provide more affordable rural homes. The Hastoe Group, which owns and manages over 7,500 homes across southern England, wants ministers...
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16 Jun 2017
University unveils rural crime survey
Researchers at Aberystwyth University are calling for contributions to a new study on rural crime. The Rural Crime Study is led by Wyn Morris and Dr David Dowell from Aberystwyth...
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14 Jun 2017
Rural doctors’ surgery faces funding cut
A rural doctors’ surgery that cares for 4000 patients in Wales says it under threat because it faces losing £52,000 of funding. Graham Thomas, one of two GPs working at...
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13 Jun 2017
Operation Checkpoint tackles rural crime
Six police forces teamed up for an operation to clamp down on crime in the countryside. Officers from Northumbria, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and North Yorkshire joined forces to take...
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09 Jun 2017
Rural Conference 2017 focuses on New Routes to Economic Growth
THE need to focus attention on rural economies and new routes to economic growth are the key themes of the Rural Conference 2017. Speakers at the autumn event include David...
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08 Jun 2017
Brexit job fears for rural business
BREXIT has already caused problems for almost half of rural businesses trying to recruit staff, suggests a survey. Some 44% of Country Land and Business Association members surveyed have experienced...
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05 Jun 2017
Rural tourism ‘worth more than farming’
TOURISM generates more revenue and provides more employment for the rural sector than farming, delegates at a recent seminar were told. John Hoy, head of rural at consultants Bidwells, was...
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01 Jun 2017
Hi-tech drone combats rural crime
POLICE are to deploy a new hi-tech drone to tackle rural crime in Lincolnshire. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be trialled before a force-wide roll out later this year....
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31 May 2017
£14.8m centre boosts rural economy
A multi-million pound state-of-the art visitor centre is set to boost the rural economy in north-east England. Northumberland National Park Authority has confirmed that its £14.8m visitor centre on Hadrian’s...
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