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.
A study that finds NHS patients in rural areas of England face extra long waits for treatment The Nuffield Trust think-tank says urban areas benefited most from measures put in
Trainee teachers are to be sent into primary schools in more deprived rural areas as part of a plan to tackle recruitment problems
Details of a recent Local Government Association call for councils to act alongside the NHS on vaccine distribution
Widespread calls for better internet coverage across rural areas
Rural parts of England have been given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from COVID-19 hotspots under the highest tier restrictions after Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP (Con) told Conservative MPs
Rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more reliable internet connections
Calls for the Government to use this week’s Spending Review to ensure that council-run services are able to look after elderly residents who have been impacted by COVID-19
Despite the fact that improving digital connectivity in rural areas would be ‘a lifeline for isolated communities’, fast broadband is still very inaccessible in these areas
Local papers including the Shropshire Star and The Westmorland Gazette have reported that there were 4.1 billion bus journeys taken in 2019-20 across England, down 6 percent from 2018-19 and
A consortium working to establish an Emergency Medical Drone Airbridge between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has secured funding from the Government
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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.
A study that finds NHS patients in rural areas of England face extra long waits for treatment The Nuffield Trust think-tank says urban areas benefited most from measures put in place to help the NHS cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Trainee teachers are to be sent into primary schools in more deprived rural areas as part of a plan to tackle recruitment problems
Details of a recent Local Government Association call for councils to act alongside the NHS on vaccine distribution
Widespread calls for better internet coverage across rural areas
Rural parts of England have been given fresh hope of being ‘decoupled’ from COVID-19 hotspots under the highest tier restrictions after Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP (Con) told Conservative MPs their area would be assessed on its ‘own merits’
Rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more reliable internet connections
Calls for the Government to use this week’s Spending Review to ensure that council-run services are able to look after elderly residents who have been impacted by COVID-19
Despite the fact that improving digital connectivity in rural areas would be ‘a lifeline for isolated communities’, fast broadband is still very inaccessible in these areas
Local papers including the Shropshire Star and The Westmorland Gazette have reported that there were 4.1 billion bus journeys taken in 2019-20 across England, down 6 percent from 2018-19 and 12 percent from 2014-15
A consortium working to establish an Emergency Medical Drone Airbridge between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has secured funding from the Government
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