Rural Older People
25 Oct 2023
Two Generations’ Latest Homeshare Webinar
Chaired by Luciana Berger, CEO of iNHouse Communications, and a former Managing Director at Edelman, where she specialised in health policy, Luciana was previously the Member of Parliament for Liverpool...
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23 Oct 2023
New report set to reveal the depth of support for traditional broadcast services
RSN is lending its support this week to the Silver Voices campaign which aims to highlight the importance of broadcast TV and Radio to elderly communities. Tomorrow, the organisation will...
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02 Oct 2023
New research from Age UK reveals almost 6m older people can’t access the internet safely
New analysis carried out by the charity Age UK reveals that almost half (46%) of over-65s in the UK are unable to complete all eight of the most fundamental tasks required...
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02 Oct 2023
RSN speaks out for rural landline customers as switch to digital phones continues roll out
BT has announced the next phase in the rollout of its new home phone service, Digital Voice. The programme is a move from analogue to digital landlines, which will see...
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02 Oct 2023
MPs listen to RSN calls to protect traditional TV viewers in rural areas
Following last week’s speech by the Culture Secretary in which she promised to protect traditional TV (see the RSN article here), the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select...
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25 Sep 2023
Culture Secretary promises to protect traditional TV
Last week the Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, committed to ensuring traditional TV viewers will not be left behind in the digital switchover. In her key-note speech to the Royal Television...
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18 Sep 2023
Rural communities “don’t think the police take rural crime seriously”
To launch National Rural Crime Action Week 2023, The Countryside Alliance has released the findings of its latest Rural Crime Survey: 97% of respondents said that rural crime was a...
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11 Sep 2023
BT is supporting customers ‘every step of the way’ as it rolls out its new home phone service, Digital Voice
Landlines in the UK are going digital, and by 2026 calls will be made over a broadband line. As part of this industry-wide upgrade, BT is rolling out its new...
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21 Aug 2023
Government promises free access to cash to be protected “particularly” for those living in rural areas
A new policy is to be introduced which will ensure that the ‘vast majority of people and businesses’ will be no further than three miles away from a place where...
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14 Aug 2023
Broadcast 2040 campaign stresses importance of services
The Express Newspaper ran a story last week focusing on the Broadcast 2040 campaign, of which the Rural Services Network is a member. It followed reports of a fall in...
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