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Out-of-hours GP services 'are failing'
Inadequate out-of-hours medical care is forcing rural patients to travel miles to hospital for treatment.
Study examines rural public transport
Rural residents are being asked to participate in a review of public transport in County Durham.
Councillor demands rural road rethink
Celebrities line up for post offices
A host of celebrities are starring in a TV advertising campaign urging customers to use their local post office.
Campaign to recruit rural doctors
Younger doctors in the countryside are being urged to take an active interest in rural issues.
Councils warn of tough times ahead
Rural local authorities must make savings in the wake of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review.
Rural Wheels rolls in south Cumbria
Rural communities in south Cumbria have a new way of getting around thanks to an innovative transport scheme.
Councils in move to save post offices
Post offices facing the axe could be saved with help from local authorities, claim council leaders.
Watchdog in plea over post offices
Threatened post offices are named
The first 180 post offices earmarked for closure have been revealed under government plans to shut 2,500 branches.
Rural buses put on endangered list
Rural bus services will become endangered unless action urgent is taken now by central and local government, say campaigners.
Healthcare workers fly the rural flag
Alliance urges action on fly-tipping
Axe hangs over rural bus routes
Computers devise ultimate bus route
Rural residents could benefit from computers which deliver a bus service direct to their doorstep. Migrants 'put pressure' on services
Government ministers are set to respond to warnings that rural areas are struggling to cope with a mass influx of migrant workers. Bin changes could fuel fly-tipping
Fly-tipping could increase if more councils introduce fortnightly rubbish collections, MPs have warned. Thousands sign Post Office petition
Thousands of people have signed a petition against government plans to close rural post offices.
Civil servants debate housing crisis
Rural civil servants are to share information in a bid to provide more affordable homes in the countryside.
Villages hit back over service decline
An innovative programme seeks to address the mounting challenges faced by villages in the 21st century.
Councils 'could provide more homes'
Local authorities could provide 500,000 affordable homes if they were granted more powers, it is claimed. Rail operator wins rural award
Rail operator Northern Rail has scooped an award for improving train services to rural communities in the north of England. Under scrutiny: the rural idyll
Public health practitioners are being urged to consider the problems of stigma and social exclusion sometimes faced by rural residents.
Health week highlights best practice
Innovative ways of improving rural health and wellbeing are set to be highlighted during this year's Rural Health Week. Banks urged to share branches
2,500 more post offices to close
Local authorities will be asked to help draw up closure plans for 2,500 post offices - about one in five of those left in the UK.
