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.
25 Oct 2021
England Councils Report Warns of Gigabit Broadband Divide
ISPreview reports that the County Councils Network (CCN) has published a new report that warns of a growing divide in gigabit-capable broadband coverage between urban cities and the “rural shires”...
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25 Oct 2021
UK bioenergy industry responds to Heat and Buildings Strategy’s exclusion of rural communities
Sustainable publication Bioenergy Insight reports that the UK’s biomass heat industry has urged the government to stop ignoring and excluding rural off-grid communities in heat decarbonisation plans The UK Pellet...
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25 Oct 2021
Rural communities hit as Lloyds closes 48 more branches
The Telegraph reports that Lloyds bank is closing 48 more branches due to decline in usage in recent years, leaving rural communities travelling miles away to their nearest branch The...
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25 Oct 2021
£11.5 million available for charities to aid a just transition and address the climate emergency
The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme) opens its thirteenth round of funding, making £11.5 million available to charities across England, Scotland and Wales. Grants will be...
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18 Oct 2021
A joint letter to the Chancellor – Securing the Future of Rural Post Offices
A joint letter has been signed by Citizens Advice, the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, Age UK, and Action with Communities in Rural England calling on the Chancellor to continue...
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18 Oct 2021
Rural homeowners face £404 energy bill rise as price cap fails to protect them
The Telegraph reports that hundreds of thousands of rural homeowners will see their bills rise by more than £400 as the energy price cap failed to protect those living in...
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18 Oct 2021
Herefordshire Media Company, Rural Media, receives six Royal Television Society Nominations
The Willows – Dawn’s Story A film about one woman’s escape from rural domestic abuse Herefordshire media charity and production house Rural Media has received six nominations for the 2021...
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11 Oct 2021
Campaign launched to reopen rural station platform in Grimstone
The BBC reports on a new campaign launched to reinstate a station platform to provide rural communities with “much-needed” public transport Campaigners say villages surrounding Grimstone in Dorset would be...
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11 Oct 2021
Bus driver shortage ‘crisis’ forces cancellations across rural areas
The Bristol Post reports that a severe bus driver shortage is forcing operators to cancel services, with West of England metro mayor Dan Norris branding it a public transport crisis,...
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04 Oct 2021
Young and Low Paid Face Being Priced Out of Rural Areas
The BBC reports that the Office of National Statistics revealed that house prices rose up to three times faster in some rural areas compared to the national average in July...
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