Services
23 May 2016
Dorset ‘on track’ with broadband plan
Dorset says it is on track with plans to deliver faster broadband for its residents and businesses. The Superfast Dorset project is on track to lay 1,000,000 metres of fibre...
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23 May 2016
Devon keeps bus services on road
DEVON County Council has stepped in to keep two important rural bus services on the road. Service 688, a Dorset-based service which serves Hawkchurch in east Devon on its way...
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19 May 2016
Police launch largest rural operation
A MAJOR operation involving six police forces saw a clampdown on criminals across the rural north of England. Dozens of officers from North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and Northumbria,...
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14 May 2016
Expansion for innovative bus service
AN innovative rural bus services is set to carry more passengers after expanding to cover North Lincolnshire. Rural residents are being offered access to Lincolnshire County Council‘s unique CallConnect rural...
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13 May 2016
Rural areas bear brunt of bank closures
Rural areas have borne the brunt of more than 600 bank branch closures over the past year. Parts of south-west England, Scotland and Wales lost the most branches per head...
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10 May 2016
Councils warn of digital ‘twilight zone’
RURAL communities face a ‘digital twilight zone’ unless minimum broadband standards move with the times, say local authorities. It comes as the Local Government Association launches an Up to Speed...
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08 May 2016
Rural broadband ‘by request only’
FASTER broadband connections will not be automatically rolled out to isolated rural areas, the government has confirmed. Instead, rural homes and businesses will have to request connections – a process...
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08 May 2016
Fears over NHS plans for rural areas
NHS planning threatens to marginalise rural health needs, claims a local authority’s watchdog. North Yorkshire County Council’s health scrutiny committee voiced its misgivings after meeting to consider NHS planning guidance...
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28 Apr 2016
Library workshops for rural Norfolk
Women in Norfolk are being asked to sign up for free rural writing workshops at their local library. They will work with professional writers to write down their experiences of...
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27 Apr 2016
Police trained against rural crime
POLICE in Lancashire have received special training in the fight against rural crime. The aim is to help curtail theft of plant and farm machinery – including tractors, excavators and...
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