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CIVIC chiefs are slashing grants for sport and making redundancies as they struggle to cope with the impact of coronavirus. The city council will cease to fund the Winchester Criterium cycling event, putting its future in doubt, and cutting grants for sports organisations. Twenty-eight posts, around six per cent of the workforce, will be cut meaning around 17 people could lose their jobs, to save £1.1 million. Policymakers at the Cabinet agreed the business plan which is likely to see the council tax increase by three per cent. Cllr Neil Cutler, cabinet member for finance and risk,...

CAMPAIGNERS are urging Hampshire County Council to “kill” Royaldown after discovering that the authority is backing the controversial scheme. The council owns part of the land that could be used to build 5,000 homes, a new road and a large industrial estate between Hursley and Oliver’s Battery. In a document uncovered by the Liberal Democrats, the developer for Royaldown states that they “have the consent by the landowners”. They highlight 215 acres of Hampshire County Council land as an integral part of the proposal. If this is converted from agricultural use to commercial ...