A council has pledged to protect the ancient rights of freeminers to burn and mine coal despite concerns over climate change. The Forest of Dean tradition was first established in Gloucestershire in ...

Gloucestershire County Council has stood up to say it would protect the ancient rights of the Freeminers of the Forest of Dean to mine and burn coal. The rights of Freeminers were granted by King ...

The Forest of Dean is to be submitted for consideration as a Unesco "biosphere reserve".If approved, the forest would join ...

The government then took over control of the coal industry from its owners in 1942. The effect was quickly felt as Welsh miners were moved to coalfields such as Kent and the Forest of Dean where ...

A council has pledged to protect the ancient rights of freeminers to burn and mine coal despite concerns over climate change. The Forest of Dean tradition was first established in Gloucestershire ...

Gloucestershire County Council has stood up to say it would protect the ancient rights of the Freeminers of the Forest of Dean to mine and burn coal. The rights of Freeminers were granted by King ...