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August, 2024 Issue 87
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West End treat
STUDENTS brought the smash hit musical Les Misérables to the stage for their annual school production. Page 13
Armstrong Hall's £350,000 offer
New MP, new leader Claire Young (centre) celebrates with fellow Lib Dems including Maggie Tyrrell after her general election victory THORNBURY has a new MP, after the Liberal Democrats won the town's parliamentary seat from the Tories in the general election. Claire Young's win over Conservative Luke Hall means she has given up her position as leader of South Gloucestershire Council, with Thornbury ward councillor Maggie Tyrrell being elected to take her place. Ms Young overturned a Tory majority of 12,369 from the 2019 election to win the Thornbury & Yate
constituency by 3,014 votes. Reform UK came third, with more than 7,500 votes, and Mr Hall pointed to divisions within his party as the reason for its landslide defeat across the country. Cllr Tyrrell, who has been a member of South Gloucestershire Council since it was formed in the 1990s, takes charge of the authority after more than 30 years of representing Thornbury. Full story: Pages 4&5
THE wife of a billionaire has offered the charity that owns Thornbury's Armstrong Hall a donation to help reopen it. PAGE 3
Carnival battles rain
THORNBURY Carnival battled heavy rain and wind to give the town another weekend of music and entertainment to remember. PAGE 7
Mast misery
A THORNBURY resident has spoken out about a huge new mobile phone mast that 'dominates' her view. PAGE 6
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