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May, 2021 Issue 48
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Charity's celebrity backing
Arts trail is back
THE Severn Vale Art Trail will go ahead this month - one of the first community events to return as lockdown rules are eased. PAGE 13
TV presenter Joel Dommett and his wife, model Hannah Cooper, have a very personal reason to sign up as official ambassadors for Thornbury charity Brain Tumour Support.
Rip-off merchant A ROGUE trader who conned a Thornbury NHS worker has been brought to justice. PAGE 2
Full story: Page 5
Town is 'losing heart and soul' A DECISION to keep Thornbury's Armstrong Hall shut as lockdown restrictions are eased could leave the town with few facilities and no heart or soul, campaigners have warned. The hall's trustees, led by town mayor Jayne Stansfield, announced that they had "reluctantly taken the difficult decision to keep the Hall closed" after finding that at least £77,000 of repairs were needed before the hall could reopen "safely".
The building has had only "necessary" maintenance in the past four years as there was a long-term plan to demolish and rebuild it. But the Armstrong Hall Trust says that several of the grant-awarding bodies it hoped would fund the new hall have decided to divert their money to keep venues they currently fund afloat through the COVID-19 pandemic. Turn to page 4
Election guide
CANDIDATES who want to be the region's Metro Mayor and police commissioner give Voice readers their manifesto pledges. PAGES 6 to 9
Turn on, tune in
THORNBURY'S own FM radio station is preparing to launch. PAGE 11
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