Mark Elson

1 day ago | tucson.com | Mark Elson

Please be advised that the Trump administration and its antisemitism task force are using the Jewish people as a weapon to go after universities and other institutions not in their good graces. As far as I know, the Jewish people have not been consulted about whether we agreed with these actions, supposedly undertaken for our benefit. At least I haven’t been. Jews value education and debate above all, not the stifling of it as the Trump administration is trying to do.

2 days ago | rossgazette.com | Mark Elson

Longhope celebrate winning the North Gloucestershire One title (Longhope FC)LONGHOPE are celebrating winning the first division title in the North Gloucestershire League but elsewhere it is going down to the wire. They got over the line with a 0-4 victory over Ross last Wednesday (April 16). There was a brace for Harry Tuffley and one each for Rick May and Nathan Whittaker. Longhope went down the previous weekend to second-placed Redmarley and Tibberton United.

2 days ago | monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk | Mark Elson

The Jones Food Company factory has been closed. (Forest Review)THE company behind a huge “vertical farm” in the Forest of Dean backed by retail giant Ocado has called in the receivers. The Jones Food Co billed its salad-growing operation at the former JD Norman factory near Lydney as revolutionary and the future of farming. But the company, which also ran another farm at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire and a research facility in Bristol, has now made 61 people redundant.

6 days ago | theforester.co.uk | Mark Elson

Abigail Smith speaking to councillors on the development control committee. (Forest of Dean District Council)FOREST planners were urged to “look beyond the letter of the law” to allow a new bungalow which would improve life for a man with multiple sclerosis. Abigail Smith and Gary McCreery were seeking permission to build the new home on land next to Rosemary Cottage in Hartpury.

6 days ago | monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk | Mark Elson

HUNDREDS of people went back to the future as Steampunk enthusiasts returned to Chepstow last weekend. Steampunk is a type of science fantasy inspired by the technology, dress and design of the 19th centuryPeople from across the country met up in Chepstow on Saturday (April 12) to show off their creations. There was music and a market in the Drill Hall in Lower Church Street, a hat competition and a parade to the riverside.