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Row over cost of Bristol Beacon refurbishment after report mysteriously pulled
The report was expected to reveal the extent of the cost blowout
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A political row over the escalating cost of refurbishing the Bristol Beacon has ensued after a public report on the multi-million-pound project was “mysteriously” pulled at the last minute.
Willmott Dixon’s Bristol concert hall cost rises by ‘millions’
Costs on Willmott Dixon’s revamp of the Bristol concert venue formerly known as Colston Hall have risen by “millions”.
It was revealed at a council meeting this week that, after early works on the latest phase of the transformation of the 19th century building into a modern music venue, the cost of the works is to increase by a sum yet to be revealed.
The former Colston Hall was renamed Bristol Beacon in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matters protests and toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston after whom the venue was named.
YESTERDAY LABOUR’S FROME VALE COUNCILLOR, NICOLA BOWDEN-JONES DEFIED THE WHIP AND THE BULLIES IN HER PARTY TO VOTE AGAINST THE LABOUR BUDGET. HERE IS THE SPEECH SHE MADE, WHICH SHE HAS POSTED TO FACEBOOK:
Thank you Lord Mayor.When I was a child I watched war films with my Dad. I worried that if I faced the choice between following the pack whose collective actions were perilous to others, would my ethics be sufficient to enable me to stand alone. Today I test my own hypothesis.
So let’s get one thing straight, this Council rent freeze is nothing to do with coronavirus or helping people on low incomes. – Let’s be honest.