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27 Jul 2022

Neighbourhood Planning: Back to the Future

It seems the death of neighbourhood planning implied by 2020’s Planning White Paper – likely quietly welcomed by many in the planning sector – has…

27 Jul 2022

A one stop shop for countryside jobs

Nine miles inland from Whitby in the middle of the North York Moors National Park is the small honeypot village of Goathland. It’s here that…

27 Jul 2022

Report demonstrates the importance of working with patients to reduce digital health inequalities

The Patients Association chair the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health and in May we published a report based on research…

27 Jul 2022

Mobile UK webinar: Making the case for local authority digital champions

Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network operators – EE/ BT, Virgin Media O2, Three and Vodafone is calling on the Government…

27 Jul 2022

Rural and Coastal Areas Facing Serious Health Challenges

Patrick Mitchell, Director of Innovation, Digital and Transformation, Health Education England A combination of worsening health, ageing populations, social deprivation, and workforce staffing issues are…

27 Jul 2022

Rural & Homeless – From a Horsebox to a Home

Hear the story of 52-year-old Sally, who was made redundant from her home on a farm where she worked: I loved my house, and I…

27 Jul 2022

Pub is The Hub working with creative arts organisation to help encourage pubs to become local hubs for creativity

Pub is The Hub, www.pubisthehub.org.uk, teamed up with voluntary arts organisation Creative Lives, www.creative-lives.org, and CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale), for an online event to…

27 Jul 2022

“Are you thinking about suicide?”

By Fiona Bone, Suicide Prevention Lead at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust Asking directly is absolutely the right thing to do if you are worried…

25 Jul 2022

Advance funding starts in England to help struggling farms

Farmers Weekly has reported that, in light of the cashflow crisis facing many agricultural business, the Rural Payments Agency has announced that farmers in England…

25 Jul 2022

Investment in TransPennine Route Upgrade trebled to over £9.bn

Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has announced funding for the TransPennine Route Upgrades has trebled from £2.9billion to £9billion The TransPennine Route upgrades and Northern…