'Heather Frost estate' may be named after much-loved councillor

“Dispicable that TiG should link these two stories. The story is should be a local news item celebrating the naming of a local community housing estate in memory of a lady who was a stalwart of the community and gave more serving it than she would ever have taken out. I've first hand experience of this and saw the dedication she gave in her life to others, without wish for recompense.

Crass journalism and a cheap, cheap shot.”

“Pleased to report the PCC ARE now involved in this media storm. As are the Police.
They're backing the Frost family all the way and I for one hope Northcliffe media will face hefty fines for this intrusion.
Two stories naming the family today. Shocking behaviour. But, more comments, more advertising space sold. What a cash cow this has been for them. All part of the agenda...”

“And I cannot believe that if you scroll through the pictures there is actually a picture of Frost herself!
Altogether now....'BOOOORRRING' !!!!”

“Shame on you TIG for tagging Heather Frost's name in this headline for this story.
You need to get down the racecourse with your wallet,because you are clearly flogging a dead horse!”

“Do TIG not read through the comments posted, if they did they would realise people are heartily sick of them tagging Heather Frosts name onto any story which could have any possible link no matter how tenuous. Other than this there is the article about family of eight Joanne and Scott Jenkins-Pugh, who only have four children and live with Joanne's parents, so not much of a link really, as there are many families who are shoe horned into living with in laws etc, as they cannot get a foot on the housing ladder, not even remotely close in relevance really.

This story about a street being named after former councillor Gwen Davies on the estate where Heather Frost, and should be all about what this woman did and achieved for her community. The fact she had 10 children is totally irrelevant, their circumstances are totally different, talk about flogging a dead horse !!”

“I hope the good people of Tewkesbury realise that this development will become more of a tourist attraction than the cathedral is.”

“How about calling the road
'Benefits Row'
or 'ThemorekidsIhavethemorelikelyIwillneverhavetowork Close'”

“I have every admiration for Gwen Davies. I can't say that I have contributed to my community in the way she clearly has. How many of us could claim that?

However when you read the account you discover that she had ten children and yet some readers have been vitriolic about Heather Frosts having eleven.

TIG refer to her family as "her brood." The term is obviously used perjoratively inviting readers to view Heather Frost negatively and yet when you look at the definition it is "a collective term for offspring". Do they consider Gwen Davies ten children to be a brood?

It would seem very fitting to name the estate after Gwen Davies but is there any point when TIG have effectively named it after Heather Frost?”

“With the greatest respect to the late Mrs Davies' family and friends, in what sense is the possible opinion of an individual who has been dead for four or five years and has never met Heather Frost and her family relevant to this story? And in what sense is it newsworthy?

I would suggest that it is relevant only in the sense that, like the majority of other stories about Heather Frost, it is based on supposition, i.e. it is not factual because it is not possible to find out what Mrs Davies' opinion would have been. In no sense is it newsworthy.

I would also suggest that it does the late Mrs Davies a disservice in that it detracts from the tribute that the LA wishes to pay to her by naming the new housing development after her.

Holding the Frost family up as an example of all that is seen to be wrong with the Welfare State whilst publishing their current and now their future address is irresponsible in the extreme. Persistently contacting and reporting on the Frost family in the knowledge that the family has asked for an end to the stories and in the knowledge that the family contains nine children who are minors is irresponsible in the extreme. Taking a comment on one story by a member of the family, a minor, and using it as the basis of another story about this family is irresponsible in the extreme. Publishing headlines which relate to allegations without making it clear that they are allegations and not fact, for example: "Mum-of-11 Heather Frost's five year reign of terror revealed in pensioner's diary", is irresponsible in the extreme. This list is not exhaustive.

The whole sorry saga of the Citizen's and TiG's persistent use of the Frost family to provide news stories is irresponsible in the extreme and frequently breaches the PCC Press Code of Conduct, it also brings local journalism and journalists into disrepute. It is time for this media circus, with the Citizen and TiG as ringmaster, or perhaps ringleader would be a more appropriate word to use, to stop.”

“Perhaps it's time to get the Press Complaints Commission involved http://tinyurl.com/4n279h2”