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Yahoo
3 hours ago
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Jersey Opera House gets third chairperson of 2025
Jersey Opera House has appointed a new interim chairperson, in the latest chapter of a story which has seen multiple resignations since the start of 2025. Laura Robertson, a lawyer, has stepped into the position having already served as part of the board of directors. The decision comes after Cyril Whelan announced on Wednesday he was to resign having only just succeeded another outgoing interim chairperson in April. Jersey Opera House's Grade II listed building in St Helier reopened after five years in May following a major £13m refurbishment scheme. More news stories for Jersey Listen to the latest news for Jersey Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Jersey Opera House's interim chair steps down Opera House reopens for Liberation Day concerts Jersey Opera House
BBC News
8 hours ago
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Jersey Opera House gets third interim chairperson of 2025
Jersey Opera House has appointed a new interim chairperson, in the latest chapter of a story which has seen multiple resignations since the start of Robertson, a lawyer, has stepped into the position having already served as part of the board of decision comes after Cyril Whelan announced on Wednesday he was to resign having only just succeeded another outgoing interim chairperson in Opera House's Grade II listed building in St Helier reopened after five years in May following a major £13m refurbishment scheme.
BBC News
9 hours ago
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In pictures: Great Yarmouth's Britannia Pier refurbishment
One of the biggest tourist attractions on the Norfolk coastline has undergone a £1.8m original wooden Britannia Pier was built in Great Yarmouth in 1858 but was demolished in 1899. A new steel and timber frame was constructed in 1901 - but reopened in its current form in 1958 after a series of devastating fires destroyed the was bought by Triangle Amusements in December 2022, with the group applying for planning permission to upgrade the site a year later. A new amusement arcade and a new facade have been part of the refurbishment, with a second phase of work expected to start in October on the food stalls and cabin. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
a day ago
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Community hub to open in former council office in Williton
Three publicly owned buildings will be sold off following the completed refurbishment of a former council Somerset House, on Killick Way in Williton, was the joint headquarters of Somerset West and Taunton Council until the council's abolition in April taking over the building, Somerset Council had been carrying out refurbishment work to allow the village library and other services to operate out of the site, the Local Democracy Reporting Service the building due to reopen on 25 June, the council said it would sell off the former library, children's centre and Beckett House, with the proceeds being used to fund front-line services. Since Somerset Council officially took over, no in-person meetings had been held at West Somerset House – with all meetings of its planning committee west taking place in Taunton and being decision to remodel the building was taken by the council in March Federica Smith-Roberts, the lead member for communities, housing and culture said: "By bringing the library, customer access point and other services together under one roof, we're creating a hub where people can access vital services and get support."The ground floor of the revamped West Somerset House will comprise the library, registration service and children's addition to selling off the former library building and children's centre, the council also intended to dispose of Beckett House on Bridge head of property Simon Lewis said the council's ongoing financial emergency meant it was not in the public interest for these surplus assets to be council has declined to state how much it expects to raise from the sale of these three buildings, citing commercial sensitivity.
BBC News
a day ago
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Mother nature blamed for Brixham's empty seafront pool
An outdoor pool in Devon has been left empty because "mother nature" failed to deliver at high tide, operators have Pool in Brixham was emptied and cleaned ahead of the predicted hot and sunny weekend but has yet to be refilled due to the tide not coming up high said: "Due to mother nature not playing fair, the pool will be closed due to not filling on the high tide after a pool clean. Apologies to all."They said they hoped the pump would be working and it would be full in time for the weekend. Operations manager David Thomas said the team only had "a very small window" of opportunity to clean the said: "The high tide did come but it wasn't quite high enough to fill the pool. "It was very benign, we didn't have any sort of significance of sea conditions or wind so we currently don't have a pool, we have just a big hole in the ground."Mr Thomas said the pool would be getting a refurbishment in August thanks to community and council will include the reconstruction of one of the corners of the pool and anchoring the base of the pool to the rock bed below.
