Services
05 Dec 2012
New support to help revive villages
RURAL communities are set to benefit from a new injection of funding to help revive their villages through community enterprise. It comes after the Plunkett Foundation teamed up with long-term...
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02 Dec 2012
Rural Health Network launched
HEALTH professionals and eminent academics convened in Nottingham for the birth of the new Rural Health Network. It will enable health professionals to effectively share best practice, innovation, learning and...
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25 Nov 2012
Budget cuts threaten communities
PRESSURE on public funding threatens to put rural communities at risk when it comes to fire and rescue services, warns a report. The annual State of Rural Public Services report...
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22 Nov 2012
Green light for UK broadband projects
BRUSSELS has agreed that the government can be granted state aid approval to roll out faster internet connections across the countryside. The decision sets the principles against which all individual...
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13 Nov 2012
Minister’s pledge on rural transport
THE government has pledged to strike a balance between improving rural transport and protecting the countryside. Better transport was needed to connect people with the workplace and goods with the...
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11 Nov 2012
Revealed: Britain’s slowest broadband
BRITAIN’S slowest broadband speeds continue to be found in market towns and rural areas, confirms a report. The slowest street for broadband is Cromarty Road in Stamford, Lincolnshire, claims the...
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11 Nov 2012
Concern over rural police numbers
RURAL areas have fewer police officers per head of population than urban areas, it has emerged. Details of police numbers were obtained by the Countryside Alliance. It published the figures...
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04 Nov 2012
Police conference targets rural crime
RURAL crime – from metal theft to livestock rustling – will top the agenda at a police conference. The second annual ACPO Rural Crime Seminar will take place on Thursday...
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28 Oct 2012
Street lights turned off to meet targets
THOUSANDS of street lights are being turned off by local authorities, reveals a survey. Some 3,080 miles of motorways and trunk roads in England are now completely unlit, according to...
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21 Oct 2012
‘Act now to slash winter energy bills’
RURAL residents are being urged to reduce their fuel bills by saving energy as part of a new national awareness campaign. People can save up to £650 a year by...
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