Media Watch | 1

Media Watch is a weekly round-up of the latest major stories about the local (parish and town) council sector.

1. Oral Evidence for the UK Rural Broadband Inquiry

2. Watch Jonathan Owen, chief executive of NALC gives evidence to EFRA

3. Slow broadband in rural Britain creating an 'us and them' society

4. Countryside groups unite to issue the Rural Challenge (on behalf of Rural Coalition)

5. DCLG aims to end 'inappropriate' parish polls

6. 'Parish power the solution to the problems in our society' – Letwin

7. Lakes Parish Council named 'Council of the Week'

8. Rural Coalition on Radio 4's Farming Today