RURAL areas receive lower funding and spend less on social care – despite having more older people than urban local authorities, reveals a report.

RURAL residents are to attend discussion groups as part of a review of library services in East Sussex.

MPs have demanded that ambulances respond quicker to life-threatening rural emergencies.

BUDGET reductions have forced a review of local bus services in Leicestershire.

RISING fuel prices mean more people will have to go hungry to heat their homes, a rural councillor has warned.

RURAL residents are being urged to take action ahead of an expected increase in theft and burglaries.

SUPPORTING local shops and community facilities are among key plans for a market town. A regeneration masterplan drawn up by Durham County Council for Crook aims to support retail development

COMPETITION watchdogs should investigate the disparity between rural and urban fuel prices, the government has been told.

GOVERNMENT plans to reform the local bus subsidy system has been welcomed by Britain’s biggest bus operator.

A NEW broadband scheme aims to boost business in the North Yorkshire market towns of Malton and Norton.