Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
23 Jul 2018
Rural communities living ‘in fear of crime’
Rural communities are living in fear of crime, unhappy with the police and feeling isolated and vulnerable, according to the latest National Rural Crime Survey. Published by the National Rural...
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23 Jul 2018
Peers ask for evidence on rural economy
A House of Lords committee is asking for views on the opportunities, challenges and prospects for the future in rural communities. The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently...
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22 Jul 2018
Calor unveils latest rural project winners
Energy company Calor has announced the winning projects that have received funding from the Calor Rural Community Fund. The 2018 fund offers rural off-grid communities the chance to gain funding...
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20 Jul 2018
Derbyshire pub deli delights foodies
Posted on: May 18, 2018 at 3:44 pm A multi-award-winning pub in Derbyshire has opened a farm shop and delicatessen with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub....
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20 Jul 2018
Halfway House, Polbathic #2
November 27, 2017 at 4:32 pm Jessica Stanton and Russ Matterson are not new to Pub is The Hub and this is their second community-focused project: They took over the...
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20 Jul 2018
Carleton pub creates a community hub
September 14, 2017 at 9:22 am Paul Selwood and his father Philip who run The Swan Inn at Carleton in Craven, have opened a community hub and coffee shop in the...
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20 Jul 2018
School Boy Inn, Norton, Doncaster
July 31, 2017 at 10:50 am Norton has its roots in agriculture and was first recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. The village expanded after the Industrial Revolution...
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18 Jul 2018
Police to launch rural crime strategy
Police chiefs are to officially launch their first strategies aimed at addressing the challenges around rural communities and wildlife crime. The strategies – devised by the National Police Chiefs Council – were unanimously supported by...
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18 Jul 2018
Postcodes reveal rural broadband black spots
Britain’s fastest broadband speed is to be found in rural Lancashire – thanks to a community-built full-fibre network, suggests an analysis by the Financial Times. But the example is an...
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16 Jul 2018
Experts panel seeks to revitalise high streets
The government has appointed a panel of experts to help revitalise and overcome the challenges facing Britain’s high streets. Chaired by Sir John Timpson, chairman of retail chain Timpsons, the...
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