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The myth: The Telegraph allege that the public could be banned from British forests and woodland as a result of the ash tree disease, chalara…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legislation.
Double Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon today urged the public to show their…
The five areas chosen to deliver Rural Growth Networks: Wiltshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Devon, Durham and Northumberland, and Warwickshire.
Around 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses are expected to be created in Cumbria following the £3.5 million investment in a Rural Growth Network.
The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities.
More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…
Devon and Somerset is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
Northumberland and Durham is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
Cumbria is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
The new charity will give people who visit and love the waterways a greater role in making them cleaner and more beautiful than ever.
The Independent Panel on Forestry have published their final report.
Professor Malcolm Press has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Lord Taylor of Holbeach. This appointment…
Female entrepreneurs in Swindon and Wiltshire could benefit from government support for women in business.
Insights are helping to ensure that rural policies meet the real needs of rural communities and businesses.
Seven members re-appointed to serve on the Veterinary Residues Committee for a further four years from January 2013.
Devon and Somerset is one of five regions selected by Government earlier this year to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
All unrecorded footpaths and bridleways created before 1949 cannot be recorded after 1 January 2026.
The grants total £40 million and mark the second round of the Rural Community Broadband Fund and Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme.
First of the Rural Roadshows, allowing Defra ministers to listen to issues and concerns of rural communities and businesses.
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