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April, 2024 Issue 83
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Tributes to Scott
A stage full of stars Competitors in this year's Marlwood's Got Talent event played to a packed audience at the Alveston school. Picture: Paul Flack. Full story: Page 9
£160m Oldbury nuclear deal THE government is buying back land near the former Oldbury nuclear power station, 15 years after selling it off. A £160 million deal for the land at Oldbury-onSevern and another site at Wylfa, on Anglesey, was announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in March's budget. The land will be bought by Great British Nuclear (GBN), which is described as a "government armslength body created to drive forward delivery of new
nuclear generating capacity". Current owner Hitachi abandoned its own plans to develop the site when its subsidiary Horizon Nuclear Power ceased operations in 2020. Minister for Nuclear Andrew Bowie hailed the decision as "a major step forward for the UK’s nuclear revival", adding: "We are bringing nuclear back to the historic sites of Wylfa and Oldbury – and with it jobs, investment and clean energy." Turn to page 3
HUNDREDS of supporters and former team-mates gathered to pay tribute to a former footballer who died after an assault outside a Pilning pub. PAGE 4
Bin changes coming
A raft of changes to recycling that will eventually see black bin collections every three weeks instead of two has been confirmed. PAGE 5
Detox clinic plans are approved
AN unused children’s activity centre near Thornbury will be turned into a live-in detox and rehab clinic for addicts, despite more than 40 objections from neighbours PAGE 6
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