State of the Countryside 2007: Media Coverage

Some of the media coverage for this year's State of the Countryside report:

Room for concern over rural housing, Surrey Advertiser - 1 August

Rural homes beyond first-time buyers' reach, Peterborough Evening Telegraph - 24 July

70,000 affordable homes a year, The Cornishman - 24 July

It's dire for new buyers, Cambridge Evening News - 21 July

County losing 2,000 young adults a year, The Cumberland News - 20 July

Country life endangered by "missing generation", Yorkshire Dales News - 20 July

Single house buyers need to earn £43,000, Birmingham Post - 19 July

Rural economies under threat as young get priced out, New Start - 18 July

Report looks into rural housing problems, Southern Housing - 18 July

Countryside “lags behind” urban areas, Communitycare.co.uk - 18 July

Make rural areas ‘younger workforce friendly’, CLA - 17 July

Act now to protect the future of the countryside, CPRE - 17 July

Graham Garbutt, our Chief Executive, on Simon Mayo, Radio Five Live - 17 July

Ken Roy, our Director-Analysis, on Farming Today - 17 July

The plight of the UK countryside, BBC News 24 - 17 July

Ageing population threat to rural England, The Guardian - 17 July

Country living 'more expensive', BBC News - 17 July

Country dwellers older than townies, Reuters - 17 July

Number of immigrants in rural England trebles in three years, Daily Mail - 17 July

Rural areas face problems as young people move out, Financial Times - 17 July

Rural house prices hit young people, Leicester Mercury - 17 July

Young 'leaving countryside', Manchester.com - 17 July

Britain needs a 'living and working countryside', Countryside Alliance - 17 July

'Missing Generation' needs jobs and homes, says CLA, Farming UK - 17 July

Quarter of villagers cannot walk to post office, The Telegraph - 17 July

Foreign workers 'place strain on rural life', The Telegraph - 17 July

Young people quitting the countryside for a life in the town, Farmer's Weekly - 17 July

Young people quitting rural England, Farmer's Guardian - 17 July

Average age ‘six years higher’ in rural areas, North West Evening mail - 17 July

How good is country life?, North West Evening Mail - 17 July

Economy 'sustained by migrants', The Cornishman - 17 July

Exodus of the young, The Cornishman - 17 July

Farmland: 44% of buyers are not farmers, The Cornishman - 17 July

Loss of young is rural timebomb, Western Morning News - 17 July

Rural life in crisis as young flee to the cities, Yorkshire Post - 17 July

A new age of enterprise on the farm, Yorkshire Post - 17 July

Flight of the young, Western Daily Press - 17 July

Rural areas are losing out - report, East Anglian Daily Times - 17 July

No place in the country, Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - 17 July

Report warns of rural youth exodus, Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - 17 July

Young 'leaving countryside', inthenews.co.uk - 17 July

Migrant workers 'flock to ageing rural towns', 24dash - 17 July

Villages losing their lifeblood as young people head for the towns, The Times - 16 July

Number of immigrants in rural England trebles in three years, Evening Standard - 16 July