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03 Dec 2018
Church calls for joined-up rural strategy
A Rural Strategy was agreed at the recent AGM of the Rural Services Network. This document calls upon the Government to take the lead…
03 Dec 2018
Fly-tipping costs mounting
Telford in Shropshire has been found to be England’s biggest fly-tipping hotspots with an average eight incidents per day, according to the Shropshire Star. Last…
03 Dec 2018
An Analysis of Excess Winter Mortality
Cold winter months can be a particular concern for those in a community with health issues, or for those struggling to cover their heating costs. …
26 Nov 2018
Hospital services consistently failing
Nearly one fifth of hospitals consistently fail to hit waiting-time targets, according to new BBC analysis, with 29 hospital trusts out of 157 failing to…
26 Nov 2018
Rural roads are the biggest blackspots
New analysis from the road safety charity Brake has found that, on average, a cyclist or motorcyclist is killed every hour on UK roads, according…
26 Nov 2018
Drug-testing facilities in UK town centres
The parents of two teenagers killed by high-strength drugs have called for drug-testing facilities to be opened in town centres around the UK. Other countries…
26 Nov 2018
£25k rural wildlife killing trips
The Mirror reports that a firm which organises hunting trips in the UK costing up to £25,000 has come under fire from animal welfare campaigners.…
23 Nov 2018
It’s time to talk about mental health
For most people within the farming community, it is far from an easy conversation to have. But with more than one member of the farming…
19 Nov 2018
Over 2000 villages expansion concerns
More than 2,000 English villages have been classified as unsuitable for expansion and are therefore missing out on new affordable housing, according to a new…
19 Nov 2018
Rural area faces ‘major winter problem’
NHS regional bosses have identified the East of England as a ‘trouble spot’ during this winter, according to the Health Service Journal. Norfolk and Norwich…
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