Dale Heenan resigns from Swindon Council cabinet role after museum row thisiswiltshire.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisiswiltshire.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery has been closed since March 2020 Widespread dismay has greeted the suggestion that Swindon Museum and Art Gallery might be closed for an indefinite length of time. And the angry response has changed the way the council is going to consider whether to keep Apsley House in Bath Road – which has been closed since March 2020 – shut for good. The man in charge, councillor Dale Heenan, was set to make a decision of some sort today – but he has now asked for a full report to be prepared to be put before his Conservative cabinet colleagues. Last week a cabinet member decision note was produced which recommended that Coun Heenan approve the closure of the building, moving the museum and art galleries collections and declaring Apsley House surplus to council requirements.
Virtual art exhibition celebrates spring and hope for Swindon s future thisiswiltshire.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisiswiltshire.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.