Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Revolutionary response to environmental concerns
Forest Green Rovers' proposed new all-wood stadium is both elegant and a groundbreaking initiative in sustainability, says MICHAL BONCZA

LYING sixth in League Two and just a point off automatic promotion, the atmosphere at Gloucestershire Forest Green Rovers (FGR) is one of exhilaration. And it’s just got even headier.
The club have had plans for their new 5,000-capacity stadium finally approved by Stroud District Council, which is run by a politically innovative co-operative alliance of Labour, Green and LibDem after overcoming local Tories’ procrastinating opposition. Ominously, perhaps, an appeal against this decision is due to be heard next month.
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