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Young Joshie has shown us true grit Wednesday, 06/Mar/2013 WITH the Queen in hospital this week we have heard a lot about the stoicism and the stiff upper lip of the older generation. |
School pins hopes on £6m backing Wednesday, 27/Feb/2013 CINDERFORD pupils will soon be getting used to the sight of MP Mark Harper. |
More important issues than sexual politics Wednesday, 20/Feb/2013 IT’S interesting to see that as the gay marriage row dies down nationally, it has flared up in the Forest of Dean. |
Losing GSK would be body blow for Dean Wednesday, 13/Feb/2013 THE potential threat to 400 workers’ jobs at Coleford’s Ribena factory from a GSK review would be devastating to the Dean if it became reality. |
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Wednesday, 06/Feb/2013 I’LL never forget the day in October 2010 when we finally became convinced that long-whispered rumours of a Forest sell-off were actually true. |
We need change for sake of the youngsters Wednesday, 30/Jan/2013 AFTER decades of talking, it will be full steam ahead for the Cinderford regeneration project in 2013. |
Bad weather brings out the best in people Thursday, 24/Jan/2013 IT’S at times like this that you see the best and worst in people. |
Jimmy leaves a legacy for young drivers Thursday, 17/Jan/2013 DRIVING instructor Jimmy Martin will long be remembered for his unflagging mission to stop young lives being lost on Forest roads. |
New Year begins on a dry high! Thursday, 03/Jan/2013 2013 has begun on a high with what may be an all-time record of three New Year honours in one year for the Forest of Dean. |
Why packs of dogs present a real danger Thursday, 08/Nov/2012 THE problem of owners not keeping their pet dogs under control has come under the spotlight this week after the fifth attack by one pack on farmers’ livestock in Westbury-on-Severn. |
Where there's a will there's often a victory Thursday, 18/Oct/2012 FORESTERS have never been shy about making their views known but it’s been mixed fortunes for people power this week. |
Farewell to 80,000 lovely larch trees Thursday, 11/Oct/2012 A MONSTER machine – like something out of a sci-fi movie – is chomping through our Forest in one of the biggest tree clearance operations it’s ever seen. |
Farming yielding to milk market pressure Thursday, 02/Aug/2012 IT’S sometimes said that farmers are never happy, and that their moaning does not reflect their true fortunes. |
Co-op up to its old tricks in Cinderford Thursday, 12/Jul/2012 HERE we go again, the Co-op is trying to stifle any competition. |
Dean played crucial part in report Thursday, 05/Jul/2012 THE Independent Panel’s report is a major victory for people power. |
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Thursday, 28/Jun/2012 TIMING is crucial for the Forest of Dean District Council this coming week. |
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Thursday, 07/Jun/2012 DO you feel proud to be British? I certainly do – and it’s a great feeling. |
Was making a stand worth the repercussions? Thursday, 31/May/2012 TIMING is everything in the row which has broken out in Newent over a youth café poster of a chimp in a crown. |
We could be killing boar with kindness Thursday, 17/May/2012 A WILD boar sow has been brutally slaughtered by poachers near Beechenhurst and her nine hoglets are now left to fend for themselves. |
Battle lines drawn over town parking Thursday, 10/May/2012 CINDERFORD is already the parking ticket capital of the Forest, with hundreds more penalty charges issued every year than the other four towns. |
Countdown to success at awards night Thursday, 26/Apr/2012 TONIGHT sees Dean businesses of all sizes and from every sector celebrate their success at The Forester Business Awards 2012. |
Foresters find fighting spirit again Thursday, 19/Apr/2012 BATTLE lines have been drawn in the Dean as townsfolk air their views about the future location of the Forest college campus. |
Finding a way forward for our churches Thursday, 05/Apr/2012 WILL your plans for Easter include the Walk of Witness on Friday and a church service to celebrate the resurrection on Sunday?
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Low crime figures a reason to keep police stations Thursday, 29/Mar/2012 IT’S interesting to see the first man to throw his hat in the ring to become the new police commissioner for Gloucestershire has called for the closure of the Forest stations to be put on hold. |
Shame our trio won't be running through Dean Thursday, 22/Mar/2012 THE announcement of the 7,300 Olympic torch bearers this week – complete with gold and white ‘pyjamas’ – brings mixed feelings for many Foresters. |
Eco warriors have made their point Thursday, 08/Mar/2012 ACTIVISTS at the Wilderness Centre have been told they have no legal right to be there. |
Fears as new sheep disease raises spectres Thursday, 01/Mar/2012 FARMERS and commoners are facing an anxious wait to see if the Schmallenburg virus has reached the Dean. |
New glimmer of hope in jobs gloom Thursday, 23/Feb/2012 WITH jobless levels in the Forest rising again, it would be easy to believe that as far as our economic woes are concerned, there’s no end in sight. |
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Thursday, 16/Feb/2012 IT’S reassuring to hear that the police will be pounding the streets of Coleford on Saturday to try to flush out the drug dealers blighting Sunnybank. |
Our old folk are living life in the freezer Thursday, 09/Feb/2012 THERE will be many pensioners across the Forest in the same boat as Connie Pope. |
Food crisis for families is growing Thursday, 02/Feb/2012 WHO would have thought that in the 21st Century there would be families in need of food parcels?
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Closing police stations is a big mistake Thursday, 19/Jan/2012 JUST when the Forest of Dean police force has achieved the highest crime reduction figures in the county, it has received a real body blow. |
Green shoots as Cinderella goes to ball Thursday, 12/Jan/2012 IT seemed like it would never come, but at last Cinderford’s regeneration scheme is finally taking off. |
Reasons to be cheerful in the Dean Thursday, 05/Jan/2012 FORGET about the gloomy predictions for 2012 – we’ve got a newspaper full of reasons to be upbeat. |
Baa humbug on car parking fees! Thursday, 22/Dec/2011 IT’S supposed to be the season of goodwill and peace to all men – it’s a shame nobody’s told the district council. |
Bishop's report gives message of hope for HOOF Thursday, 08/Dec/2011 IS it only a year ago since everybody was busy tying yellow ribbons around trees and putting HOOF posters up across the Forest?
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Why more people should follow Andy's lead Thursday, 24/Nov/2011 WHO would have thought the sleepiest and most affluent Forest town Newent would be compared to the crime-ridden Bronx with allegations of under-age sex, drink, drugs and violence?
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Two minutes silence should apply to all of us Thursday, 17/Nov/2011 ALL of us were shocked to learn of the Biffa binmen who showed a complete lack of respect by ruining the Citizens’ Act of Remembrance in Lydney. |
Why is torch giving Dean a wide berth? Thursday, 10/Nov/2011 WHEN the Olympic torch route was announced this week it was probably the first time people outside London had been able to join in the excitement. |
Time to celebrate and remember Thursday, 03/Nov/2011 THE image that says it all – little Alfie Francombe giving his dad Graham a huge hug as he arrives home at Beachley Barracks. |
We need to invest in our young people Thursday, 27/Oct/2011 NO ONE could fail to have been moved by the 40 inspirational teenagers who collected their prizes at the Forest Youth Awards on Friday night. |
Store could be just what Dean ordered Thursday, 13/Oct/2011 NEWS that land in Station Street is to be sold to supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is potentially great news for both Cinderford shoppers and job seekers. |
Teens in Dean are shining example Thursday, 06/Oct/2011 WITH the recent riots and the rise in anti social behaviour, it would be easy to believe that every person aged under 30 was a hoodie hell bent on causing trouble. |
Taking your life in your hands on Plump Hill Thursday, 29/Sep/2011 DON’T be surprised if we have a lottery winner in the Dean this week!
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Neill could kick start our industry Thursday, 22/Sep/2011 PIONEERING Neill Ricketts holds the key to reviving the Forest of Dean’s fortunes as a manufacturing force. |
The man who left his mark on Cinderford Thursday, 08/Sep/2011 IT’S with a heavy heart that we report the death of the man known to many as Mr Cinderford. |
Closure of centre is sad day for Dean Thursday, 01/Sep/2011 YESTERDAY was a sad day not just for the Forest, but for thousands of children across Gloucestershire. |
Dean facing big challenge on education Thursday, 25/Aug/2011 FOR hundreds of students picking up their GCSE results today, the future must feel very uncertain. |
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Thursday, 11/Aug/2011 MANY of us have friends and relatives living and working in London, Gloucester and other cities which have been caught up in this week’s horrific orgy of arson, violence and looting. |
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Thursday, 04/Aug/2011 THIS week bus users will discover just how much cuts to the county council budget are going to cost them. |
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Thursday, 28/Jul/2011 BY the time you read this the transfer of our beloved community hospitals could well be a done deal. |
Town's vision is as a centre of learning Thursday, 21/Jul/2011 IF the Forest is to have any kind of future, we have to get the basics right. |
Will an Arab sheik look after Mary? Thursday, 14/Jul/2011  AS the Southern Cross care home giant finally folded this week, The Forester has discovered that Highgrove House in Minsterworth is owned by the Qatar royal family. |
School could bring children back to town Thursday, 07/Jul/2011 AS a rule, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. |
Bus services provide a lifeline Thursday, 23/Jun/2011 SOMETIMES when you drive a car it is all too easy to forget how buses are a lifeline to large sections of the community. |
Bishop gains insight into Forest Thursday, 16/Jun/2011 IT was a great accolade to Foresters that ‘our land’ was chosen as the first place to visit by the Bishop of Liverpool and his Independent Panel. |
We must unite to eradicate blots on the landscape Thursday, 09/Jun/2011 THERE’S no doubt that Foresters are immensely proud of the area where they live. |
Warning bells from Southern Cross crisis Thursday, 02/Jun/2011 ANXIOUS times face the families of relatives in two Forest care homes owned by Southern Cross – which is facing major financial difficulties nationwide. |
Why it's worth making a song and dance Thursday, 26/May/2011 THE news that the Forest of Dean will be the first to get a visit from the government’s Forestry Review Panel is a real feather in the cap for Foresters. |
Political and real minefields facing troops Thursday, 31/Mar/2011 FOR many in the Forest this week, their thoughts will be a long way from home. |
Housing issue building into a crisis Thursday, 24/Mar/2011 IN this day and age putting a roof over people’s heads should be one of the basics we get right. |
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Thursday, 10/Mar/2011 AT last things seem to be moving for Cinderella Cinderford. |
This is one cut too far in area like ours Thursday, 03/Mar/2011 WHEN the Government warned us there were tough times ahead, we were reassured that the most vulnerable in society would be protected. |
We must stay united to keep the Forest safe Thursday, 24/Feb/2011 THERE were loud cheers at the weekend when Baroness Royall removed a Hands Off Our Forest sign from a great oak following the environment secretary’s admission: “I’m sorry. |
Grim prospects as cuts become reality Thursday, 17/Feb/2011 ALL those spending cuts seemed so far away when we first agreed that drastic measures were needed to beat the deficit. |
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Thursday, 10/Feb/2011 AS pressure builds for a U-turn on this whole sorry saga of our nation’s forests, Councillor Andrew Gardiner’s comment after last Friday’s heated (in every sense) public meeting is still ringing through my ears. |
Our business community is our future Thursday, 20/Jan/2011 IT’S a statistic that should shock us all. |
Who's going to pay to keep the streets safe? Thursday, 13/Jan/2011 THE four Forest town councils are in open revolt against the district over the funding for CCTV. |
HOOF message is loud and clear Friday, 07/Jan/2011 SNOWFALL and freezing temperatures were no deterrent to more than 3,000 people who joined the HOOF rally in Speech House Meadow. |
Will chill winds affect our view of the budget? Thursday, 09/Dec/2010 THERE are plenty of old chestnuts among the Forest of Dean District Council’s budget proposals. |
Cuts spark a winter of discontent Thursday, 18/Nov/2010 AT Cinderford Town Council’s meeting, it was said that those who will suffer most from cuts will be the most vulnerable: the young, the old, the poor and the disabled, and it was “sickening”. |
MP at difficult crossroads on sell-off Thursday, 11/Nov/2010 FOLLOWING the May General Election, Mark Harper must have been jubilant. |
Celebrate not decimate our Dean stewards Thursday, 04/Nov/2010 ONE sure way to raise the hackles of most Foresters is to tell them their birthright, the woods, may soon no longer be theirs to freely roam around in. |
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Thursday, 28/Oct/2010 FROM Warren James to the Dilke and Lydney hospital campaigners, Foresters have never been afraid to fight for what is important. |
Sir Ray Tindle
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