Latest development in £1.3bn mobile upgrade scheme sees upgrade of existing mobile masts which previously only connected EE ...

But cities in the UK, US and across Europe have mayors - a firm nod to decentralization - while rural areas in the UK have underfunded and toothless parish or town councils. It isn’t enough.

30 government-funded mast upgrades have now been activated in Wales as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) – a programme brokered by the UK government and joint-funded with mobile network operators ...

Rural areas are suffering from an under-supply of social housing, according to a report from a countryside charity.

UK operator’s Connecting the Countryside study finds as many as seven in 10 rural deprived areas have poor mobile coverage and nearly half are total 5G notspots.

The UK’s £5B Project Gigabit gives out first contract to connect rural areas to high-speed broadband. Paul Sawers. 4:13 AM PDT · August 30, ...

Here are the top performing local authority areas for house price growth across Britain in 2021, according to Nationwide Building Society, and their urban/rural classifications.

A county's young people are "haemorrhaging away" from the area amid concerns about dwindling rural populations, a former council leader has warned. Pembrokeshire's schools have seen pupil numbers fall ...

A new study reveals the constraints on opportunity for young people in rural and coastal areas compared to urban and sub-urban areas, showing the mission to "level up" the UK is far from over.

The UK government has also allocated £24 million to level up regions across Northern Ireland and modernise public buildings with high-speed gigabit broadband. The Shared Rural Network (SRN) was agreed ...

House prices in areas which are mainly rural have increased at a faster rate than those in urban locations over the five years to the end of 2023, according to analysis by a building society ...