Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive

Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive Project Gigabit will see as many as 2.2million homes and offices get fast internet  It is targeted at rural areas where people have long suffered poor connections  Residents will be able to download films in less than … Read more

Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive

Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive Project Gigabit will see as many as 2.2million homes and offices get fast internet  It is targeted at rural areas where people have long suffered poor connections  Residents will be able to download films in less than … Read more

Jeremy Clarkson looks sheepish as he brings a pet lamb to a rural pub for a post-lockdown pint

From Top Gear… to top shear? Jeremy Clarkson looks sheepish as he brings a pet lamb to a rural pub for a post-lockdown pint By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 15:04 BST, 12 May 2021 | Updated: 15:04 BST, 12 May 2021 Jeremy Clarkson took a rural pub’s pets allowed policy to another level on … Read more

Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied inspect a $3million mansion in rural New South Wales

Natalie Portman’s stay in Australia may be more permanent than previously reported.  The 39-year-old actress, who recently relocated to Sydney to film the new Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder, was spotted house hunting with her husband Benjamin Millepied, 43, in rural New South Wales on Monday.  The couple are seen arriving at a $3million … Read more

Farm holidays: Nine of the best rural retreats from Northumberland to Devon and Wales

We’d been driving all day from the Midlands to South Wales. As we approached the village of Laugharne, my mother announced that the landlady at the farm where we were staying was a Mrs Rees. For some reason, I pictured this Mrs Rees as a cross, thin-faced woman in an apron with a rolling pin … Read more

Biden administration will send Covid vaccines directly to doctors in rural areas to boost shot rates

President Joe Biden is planning to announce on Tuesday that coronavirus vaccines will be sent directly to rural areas in the hopes of getting more employees and residents immunized. According to NPR, the Biden administration has crated a list of physicians who are based in ‘socially vulnerable’ communities. These are neighborhoods where many people live … Read more

India Covid: Patients turn to witch doctors as virus hits rural areas

Indians are turning to witch doctors who are branding them with hot irons in a vain attempt to cure Covid as the infection spread from urban centres to rural villages where healthcare is often non-existent.  Dr Ashita Singh, head of medicine at Chinchpada Christian Hospital in a remote part of Maharashtra state which houses the … Read more

India Covid: Patients turn to witch doctors as virus hits rural areas

Indians are turning to witch doctors who are branding them with hot irons in a vain attempt to cure Covid as the infection spread from urban centres to rural villages where healthcare is often non-existent.  Dr Ashita Singh, head of medicine at Chinchpada Christian Hospital in a remote part of Maharashtra state which houses the … Read more

Opening party for one rural Illinois bar led to 46 COVID-19 cases

Opening party for one rural Illinois bar led to 46 COVID-19 cases, the hospitalization of a nursing home resident and the closure of a school that kept 650 children out of class A bar in rural Illinois held an opening party indoors, where attendees often didn’t wear masks or practice social distancing Within two weeks, … Read more

Rural homes that come with small campsites will generate extra income 

One consequence of the Covid crisis is that the demand for country homes with a campsite in the grounds – be it for camping, glamping or caravans – has gone through the roof. ‘People want to escape to the peace and quiet of the countryside, but money is often an issue,’ says Carol Peett, of … Read more