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A teacher’s secret blog that compared female pupils to prostitutes caused ‘extreme hurt’ at the school, according to the headmaster who was himself given the unflattering nickname Grima Wormtongue. Alexander Price, 43, faces being struck off for writing anonymous articles scorning staff and students at Denbigh High School in North Wales. One rambling post on his The … Read more
Cattle grids don’t just stop cows! Metal grates trigger emergency brakes in new cars forcing drivers to skid off the road Somerset council said cattle grids are leaving some modern cars confused The cars mistake the grids for obstructions and automatically brakes the vehicle The council have spent £70,000 addressing adapting the grid to By … Read more
A prolific gang who stripped the lead from dozens of rural churches across England were today jailed for a total of 22 years. The four Romanian men, who were all living in the West Midlands, targeted churches from Somerset to North Yorkshire during a two-year crime spree which left churches facing repair bills totalling more … Read more
A prolific gang stripped the lead from dozens of rural churches across England causing utter devastation to village communities, a court was told today. Police swooped on the Romanian men, who were all living in the West Midlands, after the targeted churches were left with repair bills collectively totalling more than £2million. Among those counties … Read more
House prices of £2million properties in rural areas have risen by the fastest rate in a decade as wealthy people in cities hunt for countryside retreats across the UK. Homes in the southwest, the Cotswolds and Scotland were most popular as well as luxury properties in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Norfolk. While countryside homes like … Read more
The rural and coastal areas that with the biggest surge in annual online property viewings have been revealed, with the Somerset village where TV’s Sarah Beeny has created her new life in the country topping the list. Bruton in Somerset leads the way, with a 72 per cent increase in buyer searches, according to the … Read more
Rural areas ‘could miss out on 5G’: Plans for technology rollout could create ‘not-spots’ with no coverage, MPs are warned Rural areas face being left behind as 5G technology is introduced in the country Calls for more to be done to ‘ensure that rural areas do not get left behind’ Government’s target to deliver nationwide … Read more
Chris Whitty warns of looming health crisis over rural elderly who risk missing out on NHS care Chief medical officer Professor Chris Witter has issued a dire warning to elderly Those suffering from serious illness could be left behind with no access to NHS This will happen unless urgent action is taken, he said, to … Read more
Ministers ‘will split’ low-infection rural areas from nearby urban hotspots in tier review tomorrow to avoid massive Tory revolt as Sadiq Khan warns moving London into tier 3 will be ‘catastrophic for our businesses’ The Government will carry out its first formal review of the tier system tomorrow Ministers have raised prospect of ‘decoupling’ rural … Read more
Hopes that rural areas will be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring Covid hotspots in high tiers are dashed as Matt Hancock warns move would trigger infections spike Local MPs had hoped they would be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring hotspots However, Matt Hancock has warned move could lead to rural areas ‘catching up’ Review of tiers to take place … Read more