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.
21 Sep 2020
Warning Over Access to Covid-19 Testing for Rural Social Care Sector
WARNING OVER ACCESS TO COVID-19 TESTING FOR RURAL SOCIAL CARE SECTOR Fears also raised for closure of rural care homes if funding gap not plugged Social care staff and users...
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21 Sep 2020
Warning over access to COVID-19 testing for rural social care sector
Papers including the Northumberland Gazette, Care Talk and Hexham Courant have identified critical challenges in delivering social care services during the pandemic, with four in five rural social care workers...
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21 Sep 2020
Plymouth University: Levelling up our digital health strategy
The New Statesman has published an article sponsored by Plymouth University arguing that the digital divide in Britain needs to be addressed for digital health progress to be made in...
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21 Sep 2020
North-South divide in COVID-19 cases and testing
Several newspapers, including the Northern Echo, have reported that rural residents are unhappy that they have been brought into lockdown when cases are not as high there as other parts...
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21 Sep 2020
Extortionate rural broadband quote
The Metro has reported on the case of a retired man living in rural England who was quoted half a million pounds to install high speed Wi-Fi in his home...
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14 Sep 2020
Rural areas are eligible for thousands in vouchers towards better broadband
Several news outlets, including the MailOnline, report on the announcement that more rural homes and businesses could benefit from the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme which has received additional funding The...
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07 Sep 2020
Government claims major leap in rural 5G roll-out plans
i News reports this week that rural communities will receive a boost to mobile phone coverage next year as radio waves previously used for TV signals have been made available...
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07 Sep 2020
Managing the school run with social distancing
ITV West Country reports on new measures introduced to support social distancing whilst children in the area travel to school on buses The headteacher at Saltash Community School in Cornwall...
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07 Sep 2020
Lorry parks planned for rural south England under Brexit planning
The Telegraph has reported on concerns about plans to build lorry parks across rural parks of south England to cope with the implications of Brexit trade regulations Of particular concern...
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01 Sep 2020
Labour must stand with Britain’s rural workforce
Hywel Lloyd, co-founder of Labour Coast and Country, has urged readers of Labour List of the importance in understanding the issues facing non-urban communities He lists issues including the already...
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