Rural areas promised better internet as Government pledge £5bn towards speedy broadband

Rural areas promised better internet as government pledges £5bn towards speedy broadband and £510m towards 4G coverage The Chancellor pledged £5bn towards speedy broadband in rural areas Government also announced £510m investment into 4G coverage  It is hoped the changes will improve connectivity in the hardest to reach places  By Grace Gausden For This Is … Read more

Bowel cancer screening for over-50s is still not happening despite health chiefs’ pledge

The result, in black and white on the letter, was clear: bowel cancer. It was advanced – stage four – meaning it had already spread.  The chance of a cure, I knew, was small. I felt a wash of sadness, and then something else: intense anger. In fact, I was furious. This wasn’t ‘my’ bad … Read more

More than 400,000 volunteer litter pickers pledge to join the Great British Spring Clean

When it comes to boundless energy and enthusiasm for protecting our environment, you can always count on youngsters. And more than 100,000 have now pledged to join the Great British Spring Clean – a quarter of the 400,000 in total who have signed up. The campaign to clean up Britain by Keep Britain Tidy – … Read more