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HRH The Prince of Wales launches new countryside bursary
HRH The Prince of Wales has met with some of Cumbria's farmers to celebrate the launch of The Prince's Trust Countryside Fund Land Rover Bursary Scheme. The bursary looks to give five young people aged between 21 and 35 the use of a
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Pensioners take over the countryside: pricing out the young
The countryside is going grey, as older people choose to remain in rural areas after retirement - or retire from cities to a place in the country. As a result they are pushing up the price of property, leaving young locals unable to afford a
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Rutland has highest standard of living in rural Britain
Rutland residents have the highest standard of living in rural Britain, a report has found. Nestling in the East Midlands countryside, Rutland topped Halifax's annual Rural Areas Quality of Life Survey, which takes residents' health
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Could you live in a house like this?
Not all properties are the same. In fact, many of the flats and houses coming up for sale in the UK every week are downright bizarre. That doesn't mean they won't make beautiful, happy homes, though. This week, we zone in on a
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Britain's rural areas get mobile post offices
A new fleet of "post offices on wheels" will provide "walk-in" postal and banking services in 250 rural areas every week. The 40 mobile post offices will be run by subpostmasters and will serve the more isolated areas of the
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Uttlesford named top rural area
Britain's most desirable rural area to live has been named as Uttlesford in Essex - home to the historic town of Saffron Walden as well as Stansted Airport. Uttlesford helped to push last year's winner, Waverley in Surrey, into third
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Rural drivers could get 5p duty cut
Motorists in rural areas could see their fuel bills cut by up to 5p a litre under the proposed expansion of a duty discount scheme. The UK Government has asked the European Commission to consider seven new regions across Scotland and in a part
