The rollout of superfast broadband is critical to the UK's development, but it is just part of a wider "digital revolution", Ed Vaizey has said. Writing in a blog post, the digital minister outlined the key ingredients to the success of the country's 'digital revolution'.

More than half of homes and businesses in the South Cambridgeshire village of Whaddon have rushed to order fibre broadband within only a month of its new street cabinet going live.

More than 3.5 million homes have now been reached by the government's nationwide rollout of superfast broadband, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The progress makes the UK's broadband rollout the fastest in the world, with nine out of 10 homes and businesses now able to access superfast speeds - up from zero per cent in 2009.

Wiltshire has reached a new milestone in its bid to bring high-speed internet to everyone in the county as it celebrates the news that 70,000 homes and businesses now have access to super fast broadband after 400 live fibre broadband cabinets were installed in Wiltshire.

Farmers' leaders have urged the government to do more to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas. In an assessment of Defra’s progress published last week, the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee said the lack of action in rolling out superfast broadband to rural areas is holding back the countryside economy.

The struggle to bring superfast broadband to areas of rural Hampshire could be coming to an end as the government pledges to subsidise connections for some homes and businesses. Anyone struggling to access affordable speeds of at least 2Mbps can apply for a discount satellite package, the Hampshire Chronicle reports.

Hundreds of homes and businesses around Plymouth will still be without access to superfast broadband in two years time, MPs have claimed. According to recent data, more than one in five premises will likely be left without superfast speeds - classified as speeds of at least 24 Megabits per second (Mbps) - in at least 17 parliamentary constituencies.

Almost 20,000 premises on the Isle of Wight have benefited from a broadband rollout targeted at some of the island's most remote areas.

West Oxfordshire is to be among the first regions of the UK to have complete access to superfast  broadband.

Better broadband in North Yorkshire has added £36 million to the local economy, a new survey has suggested.