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Five big stories affecting rural Britain right now

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General Election 2017: manifesto guide on where each party stands on rural issues

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What rural organisations are saying about Brexit

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National Wildlife Crime Unit awarded funding

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Sheep worrying – a growing problem?

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National Wildlife Crime Unit faces closure

George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, holds the dispatch box containing the budget, as he exits 11 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Osborne is set to unveil sweeping education reforms in his Budget on Wednesday as he seeks to sweeten the pill of austerity three months before the referendum on European Union membership. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Spending Review 2015: What does it mean for the countryside?

MALTON, ENGLAND - MAY 24: An anti fracking sign is displayed in the garden of a home on the outskirts to the village of Kirby Misperton on May 24, 2016 in Malton, England. North Yorkshire Planning and Regulatory Committee voted seven to four in favour of a planning application submitted by Third Energy to conduct fracking at the KM8 drilling site near the village. Hydraulic Fracturing, or fracking, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Fracking in the UK – the facts so far

AMESBURY, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Visitors view the ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge on October 13, 2015 in Wiltshire, England. The UK Government has announced today that it is committed to building a tunnel under the UNESCO listed ancient monument as part of a £2 billion spend on road projects in the South West of England between now and 2021 by Highways England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Rural news from across Britain: your weekly roundup – 7 September

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Rural news from across Britain: your weekly roundup

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How the economic downturn affects rural communities