Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
14 Nov 2022
The rural communities living in fear of the plague of HGVs
The Telegraph reports that rural campaigners are calling for a total ban on heavy lorries using village roads as a time and cost-cutting shortcut The ever-increasing number of HGVs thundering...
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07 Nov 2022
Flood Action Week: Rural areas urged to prepare for winter flooding
Farming UK reports that rural communities are being urged to prepare for winter flooding with the Environment Agency warning of ‘ignoring the danger at your own peril’ The agency has...
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07 Nov 2022
Major report highlights region’s ‘transport deserts’
The Eastern Daily Press reports a major new report has found that two-thirds of those from the region’s rural areas are living in ‘transport deserts’ with no alternative but to...
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07 Nov 2022
Revving up broadband in rural Shropshire
Founded in 2009, Airband is an independent internet service provider bringing high speed broadband to homes, business and industry in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Their mission is to provide the...
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07 Nov 2022
Calls for more help for off-grid energy homes
The BBC report that more support is needed for homes relying on heating oil or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), according to councillors in Oxfordshire The government is giving off-grid energy...
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31 Oct 2022
A new leadership for rural?
Blog Post by Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Designate of RSN As we prepare again at the RSN to write to the new group of Ministers, setting out the case for...
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31 Oct 2022
Hardship and heartbreak as Devon families lose homes to Airbnb lets
The Guardian reports from key workers to bar staff, parts of county increasingly off limits as landlords and investors cash in Some of those who have been evicted are living in...
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31 Oct 2022
You think twice about driving’: Fuel prices rise again
BBC reports that the price of diesel at UK pumps has gone above £1.90 for the first time in nearly three months The amount motorists pay has fallen significantly from...
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31 Oct 2022
Rishi Sunak: Extra council tax on second homes and help to level up Cornwall
Cornwall Live reports that Rishi Sunak has said that he wants to “press ahead” with giving local councils more powers to charge second homeowners more council tax to create a...
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31 Oct 2022
Rural-urban broadband connectivity gap persists in UK
Computer Weekly report on the persisting connectivity gap across the UK In its recently published Connected Nations autumn update, Ofcom found an increase in the number of UK households able...
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