Gloucestershire County Council put forth an amendment to allow the historic practice to continue, saying its contribution to global warming was "miniscule". During the nationalisation of the coal ...

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 ...

25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved ... such as Kent and the Forest of Dean where labour shortages were more acute.

Forest of Dean District Council voted in favour of ... such as freemining – which grants certain locals the right to mine coal, iron and stone on personal plots known as "gales".

Getty Images The work is being carried out in the Cannop catchment of the Forest of Dean, where there are remnants of mine buildings The council's Joe Baker said that hydrological modelling was ...

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 ...