State of the Countryside 2008 - Media Coverage
Some of the media coverage for 'State of the Countryside 2008':
Meet the greenshifters, The Observer - 7 September
Report calls for action to stop growing rural poverty in Herefordshire, Hereford Times - 5 August
Hi-tech firms taking root in rural areas, Coventry Telegraph - 30 July
Rural poverty is failing to deter people moving, Whitby Gazette - 25 July
Church speaks out on rural poverty, RSN Online - 25 July
Rural report worries diocese, Religious intelligence - 24 July
LibDem calls for action on rural poverty problem, North Devon Journal - 24 July
Petronella Wyatt: Crime-ridden. Crushingly dull. Intellectually backward. Is there ANYTHING good about the countryside?, The Mail - 24 July
Debt problems on the increase, Somerset County Gazette - 23 July
MP’s rural pay bid, North West Evening Mail - 23 July
Rural idyll not always ideal, Hampshire News - 21 July
Idyllic rural living can come at a heavy price, Redhill and Reigate Life - 20 July
Report paints gloomy town picture, Shropshire Star - 20 July
More poverty in rural areas, Brighton Argus - 19 July
Some are among most deprived, Cumberland News - 18 July
Some are among most deprived, Whitehaven News - 18 July
Country folk are buying property in the city, The Times - 18 July
Credit Crunch, BBC Shropshire - 17 July
Concern at lack of vital rural services, Express and Star - 17 July
First time buyers boost from new scheme, East Anglian Daily Times - 17 July
Rural areas face 'unique challenges', Grantham Journal - 17 July
Townies' exodus to countryside, Scarborough Evening News - 17 July
Rural areas face 'unique challenges', Scarborough Evening News - 17 July
Farron Urges Government to "Get Serious" With Rural Poverty, Tim Farron MP - 17 July
Poverty growing in rural communities, Inspire - 17 July
Fifth of rural people 'are poor', BBC News - 16 July
Housing 'dominant challenge' for rural areas, Planning Resource - 16 July
Hundreds ditch Bristol for countryside, Bristol Evening Post - 16 July
Closures will widen rural and urban gap, Cambridge News - 16 July
Rural poverty on the rise, New Start - 16 July
Government asked for prompt action to address rural inequality, Ekklesia - 16 July
Historic home on market for £3.5 million, The Press - 16 July
Report on rural life shows more families making exodus to the South West countryside, PR Bristol - 16 July
Poverty is on the increase in rural areas, Public Servant - 16 July
Our response to commission for rural communities state of the countryside report, Age Concern - 16 July
Country matters, Yorkshire Post - 16 July
State of the countryside report, NFU Online - 16 July
Rushcliffe innundated with Nottingham migrants, Nottingham Evening Post - 16 July
Shropshire suffering from growing poverty, Birmingham Post - 16 July
Region's rural poverty plight revealed, Westmorland Gazette - 16 July
The Home Office Finally Comes Of Age, Financial Advice - 16 July
Poverty in the countryside revealed, Newcastle Journal - 16 July
In numbers..., Newcastle Journal - 16 July
‘They think it's all green wellies and Barbours', Newcastle Journal - 16 July
Countryside report: How life is affected, The Telegraph - 16 July
A rural revival?, The Telegraph - 16 July
Immigrants have changed England's countryside, claims report, The Telegraph - 16 July
Families escape to the countryside for the good life, The Times - 16 July
Three cheers for second-home owners, The Times - 16 July
State of the countryside 2008, Countryside Alliance - 16 July
England's Countryside: A Precious Asset Worth Keeping, CPRE - 16 July
Families head list of home-hunters in West, Western Morning News - 16 July
Chaplain lashes out over rural poverty, Ludlow & Tenbury Wells Advertiser - 16 July
Rural challenges revealed in report, Shropshire Star - 16 July
Commisssion report points to worsening rural poverty, PublicNet - 16 July
Report paints polarised picture of rural England, Farmers Guardian - 16 July
Countryside 2008: Poverty gap widens, Rural Services Network - 16 July
Countryside 2008: Population increases, Rural Services Network - 16 July
Countryside 2008: A mixed environment, Rural Services Network - 16 July
Countryside 2008: Better for business, Rural Services Network - 16 July
Report reveals poverty on rise in rural Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire on Sunday - 16 July
Poverty In Rural Suffolk, SGRFM - 16 July
Poverty growing in rural areas, Church Action on Poverty - 16 July
Norfolk's poverty pockets highlighted, Eastern Daily Press - 16 July
‘State of the countryside’ paints challenging picture for rural West Midlands, 24dash - 16 July
Report shows poverty growing in rural areas, Independent Catholic News - 16 July
Poverty and affordable housing 'major challenges' facing rural England, 24dash - 10 July
Television & radio
Local BBC Radio in Newcastle, York, Humberside, Devon, Gloucestershire, Stoke, Humberside, Cumbria, Cambridge, Northampton, Southern Counties, Norfolk, Wiltshire
Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, has also taken part in an online ePolitix interview about the report.
