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Victory over counterfeit tobacco products

3 weeks ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Andy Sherwill

Trading Standards officials seized the counterfeit tobacco and vapes from a car in Ross. A 'runner' was used at the Ross Vape shop to collect the illegal products when requested (Submitted)TRADING Standards’ officials have revealed more information over the successful closure order imposed on a Wye Valley vape shop. Herefordshire Council’s Trading Standards team, in conjunction with the police, carried out a raid on the Vape Shop in Ross-on-Wye’s Brookend Street on 8 April 2025.
Platform Housing Group's 200-mile cycle for NSPCC fundraising | theforestreview.co.uk

3 weeks ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Grace Price

Platform Housing Group embarks on a 200-mile cycle challenge to raise funds for the NSPCC, marking the start of a year-long fundraising partnership.
Becky pulls off masterstroke swapping tennis for rowing

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Nick Hartland

Becky Ashford won the women's 2nds 8 race with Cambridge (Boat Race)A FORMER school tennis captain swapped racket strokes for rowing strokes to help Cambridge take a clean sweep in Sunday's Boat Races.
Walk the Wye: Fundraising event for Breast Cancer Research

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Andy Sherwill

Participants of last year's Walking the Wye event. (Submitted)FOR the past 16 years, the Rotary Clubs of Ross-on-Wye, Monmouth and Chepstow and have organised a sponsored walking event in the Wye Valley. Known as ‘Walk The Wye’, this year’s event is taking place on Sunday May 11 and will again be raising funds for the breast cancer research team at Velindre, Cardiff.
Ross-on-Wye celebrates 80th VE Day anniversary with 1940s festivities

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Andy Sherwill

How the Ross Gazette reported Victory in Europe locally in its edition of May 10, 1945. (Submitted)ROSS-on-Wye will be celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Europe in 1945 on the evening of Thursday May 8. Ross-on-Wye Town Council has planned for 1940’s style live music to be performed by The Jazz Friday Big Band at ‘The Prospect’ from 7pm. A traditional fish and chip van will be on site with food available between 7pm and 9pm.
Road closures: more than a dozen for the Forest of Dean drivers over the next fortnight

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Sonja Tutty

Credit by (David Davies) (PA Archive)Drivers in and around the Forest of Dean will have 13 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week. And four of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups of between 10 and 30 minutes.
Lovely Bubbly for the Easter hols

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Nick Hartland

The Ultimate Bubble Show is blowing into Monmouth Savoy (The Ultimate Bubble Show)GUINNESS World Record Holder Ray Bubble is on a mission to master the art of bubble-making and create the ultimate square bubble. And the international ‘bubbleologist’ will be blowing into Monmouth's Savoy this Easter school holidays, with his Ultimate Bubble Show, as Ray uses different gases to craft stunning bubble sculptures, effects and magical displays.
Gloucestershire NHS paid £6M for misdiagnosis since 2019

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Tomos Evans

NEW research has found Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust paid out over £6 million since 2019, for misdiagnosis claims. Figures obtained by Medical Negligence Assist found the Trust paid out a total of £6,091,559, with the highest amount coming in 2021/22, standing at £2,647,024. The figures also showed from 2019 to 2024, 63 claims regarding misdiagnoses were lodged against the Trust, 47 of which were settled.
93 home break-ins recorded in The Forest of Dean last year

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Tomos Evans

NEW data has revealed the most targeted areas for burglaries in Gloucestershire, with three recorded every day on average. Data obtained by Legal Expert revealed the region’s home burglary hotspots in 2024. There were 93 break-ins recorded in the Forest of Dean, 295 in Gloucester, 182 in Cheltenham and 146 in Stroud. Legal Expert also found that 2,910 residential break-ins have been recorded by Gloucestershire Police in the last three years.
Police warn Forest residents of suspicious door-to-door sales

1 month ago | theforestreview.co.uk | Tomos Evans

Beware of suspicious door-to-door sales (Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels)POLICE have warned Forest residents to be vigilant amid a number of recent suspicious door-to-door sales visits, with three logged on March 25. Also in the newsOne incident in Primrose Hill, Lydney, involved a man who was selling cleaning products and claimed he had recently been discharged from the Army. The man was described as white with a slim build, shaved head, a tattoo on his neck, black tracksuit, and has a northern accent.