Forest of Dean councillor Dave Wheeler said he was worried about safety near the homes set to be built off Ellwood Road in Milkwall, near Coleford, and asked for mine shafts to be capped.

A man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in the Forest of Dean. Neil Anthony Woodley is accused of murdering Luke Wasley, 20, in Oakfields, Coleford, in the early ...

A mural to celebrate writers from the Forest of Dean has been unveiled. The artwork on the side of a former pub in Coleford features playwright Dennis Potter, poet F.W. Harvey and author Joyce Latham.