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  • 3 Dec 2012
    Farmland investors warned over land grab acquisitions

    Large investors such as banks and pension funds must stop facilitating land grabs, civic groups have told a global farmland investment conference.

  • 15 Sep 2011
    Government planning reform proposals 'threaten the countryside'

    Controversial proposals for planning reform via the National Planning Policy Framework threaten the countryside and should be dropped, say the Greens.

  • 13 Jul 2011
    Churches encouraged to back rural regeneration and affordable housing

    Churches can play a key role in regenerating rural communities and providing new affordable homes, the Anglican Bishop of Norwich says.

  • 27 May 2011
    Pay incentive for rural ministry

    In England, the debate on stipends, remuneration and expenses for Anglican clergy serving the Established church continues - with a BBC radio investigation in the pipeline.The issues include pay justice, terms and conditions of work, investment decisions and use of financial resources.

    Meanwhile, in Scotland, the Presbyterian national church is looking towards giving newly qualified ministers a "lucrative bonus" to serve in remote rural parishes as their first charge, under plans from a Kirk council.

  • 9 May 2011
    Churches back chaplain over helpline for gay farmers

    A chaplain running a dedicated helpline for gay farmers has received a steady number of calls from men struggling to cope with their sexuality.

  • 10 Aug 2007
    Anglican bishop says church must support farmers through foot-and-mouth

    The Anglican Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, whose diocese includes rural areas, has promised the support of the church to the farming communities involved in the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

  • 16 Jul 2007
    Archbishop launches fund to help victims of flooding

    Dr John Sentamu, the Anglican Archbishop of York, has launched an appeal fund for farmers hit by recent floods in England - following his high profile visits to some of the communities involved.