Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
03 Sep 2018
Dorset hit hard by ageing population
Dorset to be among places hardest hit by Britain’s ageing population, figures reveal The Bournemouth Echo covered Office for National Statistics figures showing that rural and coastal areas have the...
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27 Aug 2018
No-deal Brexit paper on rural development
The government has repeated its assertion that rural development projects where funding has been agreed before the end of 2020 will be funded for their full lifetime. Defra issued the guarantee the...
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23 Aug 2018
Rural businesses ‘need broadband action’
The government is being urged to “double-down” on its roll-out of broadband to rural areas to boost innovation and narrow the digital divide. The call was made by the Association of Independent...
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22 Aug 2018
Number of rural elderly to increase
Older people continue to make up a higher proportion of the population in rural and coastal areas than urban areas, confirm the latest government statistics. The Rural Services Network says this...
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22 Aug 2018
Research grants to improve rural life
A new opportunity is available for those with good ideas for rural communities to be awarded research travel grants. Applicants with new ideas on how to improve rural life in...
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22 Aug 2018
Rural residents have say on transport
Somerset residents are being asked to have their say on a new strategy to shape the future of public transport in the county. Somerset County Council’s draft Passenger Transport Strategy strives to...
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21 Aug 2018
Community grants to combat litter
More than £300,000 is now available for community projects that get tough on litter, the government has announced. Further information on the Litter Innovation Fund is available on the WRAP...
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16 Aug 2018
MPs seek evidence for bus services inquiry
MPs are asking for help to shape an inquiry into the decline of the bus market in England outside London. Bus service use is in decline in England, according to...
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15 Aug 2018
Charity uses drone to locate rural homeless
An outreach team is pioneering the use of live-streamed video from a drone to help support workers to find people sleeping rough in remote rural and coastal locations. Live footage from...
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15 Aug 2018
Expect unexpected, rural motorists warned
Police are warning rural motorists to slow down and expect the unexpected on country roads this summer. It comes after a tractor had to swerve to avoid a car, causing the...
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