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provide flexible business work - spaces, meeting rooms and company set-up services. It opened in January 2019. NFDC said it awarded the project £75,000 of seed mon - ey, plus £150,000 from Hamp - shire County Council, totalling £225,000. It was given half the money upfront and was told it would receive the rest for meeting targets in its first three years, including delivering 100 jobs and 50 apprenticeships, taking 60 businesses through an inno - vation growth programme and creating 30 start-ups. However, when Mr Sherry ap - peared before the committee last week, he admitted it had not yet created a single appren - ticeship, and no co-workers were there currently. Around 20 start-ups with 26 jobs were there, but they all moved out when Covid-19 hit and have not yet returned. He added eight businesses were currently based in the offices, alongside the NHS staff. He admitted it may not make though, is all the things I now have to do in terms for her, the distress she’s in and the worry I have, not being able to ride her and maybe never at an event again. “To be honest it was very, very lucky I wasn’t badly in - jured. But this has had such an emotional trauma, though. I’m just frightened now, whenever I go out. It was awful. “She was such a placid, lovely horse, and who knows what she will be like once this is all over.” Sally-Anne bought Girlie – whose passport name is My Bay Girl – when she was five years old in 2016, and they have com - peted in 25 affiliated one-day events. In 2019 they achieved five top-10 finishes, including two third places, in 90cm and 100cm British Eventing showcases – the Mecca for amateur eventers which can give successful riders the chance to compete at Bad - minton. “The partnership we have has taken time, money and effort to achieve results,” Sally-Anne said. Sally-Anne, who has ridden Business centre cash Continued from front page ry-controlled authority over its approach. Writing online, he said: “If you want to see a good example of how not to conduct a survey, try this one. It is one of the most basic principles of designing surveys is that you don’t ask leading questions which as - sume what people think. “This is basically a real - ly clumsy attempt to impose wheelie bins and persuade peo - ple that this is what they want.” He titled the blog post: “Worst survey ever.” As reported by the A&T, the conslutation was launched a week ago, asking residents for their views on recycling. The first question is qualified by a statement that the govern - ment plans to make it a legal requirement that authorities such as NFDC provide separate weekly food waste collection services. If NFDC recycles food waste its recycling rate will improve 10% to 44%, it adds, “which is good for the environment” as it helps tackle climate change. The question about wheelie bins explains non-recyclable waste would be collected on an alternative week to recycling, but adds the current plastic sacks for general waste and re - cycling are “not good for the en - vironment”. It goes on: “We could provide wheeled bins for all households instead. For a small number of properties, access and stor - age could be a potential issue. We would consider a different fectious or, as importantly, give reassurance that they are Cov - id-free at the point in time that the test is taken. “Importantly, the test can be carried out regularly and return results in a very short space of time. Similar tests are being finalised that could be used in universities, workplaces, air - ports, and sports matches.” The news comes after two Totton schools closed last week following positive tests, and students at other educational establishments had to self-iso - late. Abbotswood Junior School School Covid testing Continued from front page Rider appeal Continued from front page

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CONSULTATION New Forest District Council over a waste strategy proposing to bring in wheelie bins and fort - nightly collections has been la - belled “the worst survey ever”. Cllr David Harrison, leader of the opposition Liberal Dem - ocrat group, attacked the To - by

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its targets within the three-year period but suggested the time - frame should be delayed be - cause of Covid. Mr Sherry claimed to mem - bers he had a “deal in the pipe - line” in January that would have brought the site to “100% capacity” but Covid-19 had in - tervened. He also said he had only re - ceived £150,000 of seed money – which NFDC planning chief Claire Upton-Brown chal - lenged, insisting the council’s figure of £225,000 was correct. Mr Sherry stressed he had invested his own money to get the scheme off the ground, add - ing it was inspired by a social project connecting youngsters with jobs and apprenticeships. He said when Covid hit, 49 had adapted to host NHS Southern Health Foundation Trust maternity services. Now it was doing other clinical work there, such as blood tests, and was interested in expanding further. Mr Sherry suspected the site might need £400,000 in the com - ing years, adding he was intend - ing to find funding from local, regional and national sources as well as private investors. While some members were in the Forest for nearly five dec - ades, said she wanted to talk about the impact of the crash to coincide with the British Horse Society’s Road Safety Week 2020. Appealing directly to motor - ists to take care, she said: “You may think these animals are do - mesticated but they are flight animals and they retain that instinct. “They can get spooked by all sorts of noises. I was wearing a hi-vis in bright sunlight in the morning, and I was still hit. “Please, please if you are driv - ing just take the utmost care method of containment or col - lection for these properties. “We would continue to pro - vide assisted collections for res - idents who are unable to pres - ent their waste at the kerbside.” Defending consultation over the draft strategy, an NFDC spokesperson admitted it “makes it clear” that changes to waste recycling are “needed”. She said: “The Draft Waste Strategy is not about yes or no to wheeled bins – it is about how we all, the council, our partners, residents, and businesses can improve recycling and meet our responsibilities for the future. “We want residents to think about how the new system might affect them, whether in a positive or negative way, by reading the full or summary strategy, and tell us. “We can then understand the scale of any issues that are raised, incorporate that in our final waste strategy, and use the information to help implement shut for a day as a precaution after a member of the school tested positive for Covid-19. Four bubbles of pupils were understood to have been asked to self-isolate and study from home. Head teacher Glen Moore told parents in a letter the closure was “not because of a widespread outbreak” and highlighted the health and safety of pupils and staff was of “paramount impor - tance”. Eling Infant School was also forced to shut its doors, and it is understood it may not re - open until December. It did not respond to requests from the A&T for a comment. Highcliffe School reported a positive case after Arnewood,

impressed with his presenta - tion, others had questions. Cllr Alan O’Sullivan highlighted the site was currently losing more than £10,000 a month, and won - dered how that figure would be made up. Mr Sherry admitted: “I per - sonally can’t take much more pain. I cannot continue to sup - port it but I am not here com - ing for a bailout.” Cllr Mahmoud Kangarani pointed out Mr Sherry had not produced figures as to how 49 compared with similar business hubs in the New Forest in terms of how it had coped amid coro - navirus. “You say you are not ask - ing for money, but then you ask for money,” Cllr Kangarani said. “I am certainly not here mak - ing excuses,” Mr Sherry insist - ed, adding he was “sharing the reality – warts and all – of the situation”. He also admitted he was ask - ing for cash, but not right now, and “would like to think” he was doing so “in a slightly dif - ferent, nuanced way”. Mr Sherry explained the name 49 came from the latitude of the site being subtracted from the longitude. “The collision is being dealt with through insurance, and both parties exchanged details. A full investigation was com - pleted and no further action was taken.” around us riders and the horses. Please slow down, go to 15mph if you can, and give way. People are giving each other two me - tres because of Covid, please give us two metres as well.” A Hampshire police spokes - man confirmed the force at - tended the incident, adding: “No charges were brought against the driver of the vehicle as there were no offences. a future waste service, whatev - er that service may end up look - ing like.” She said it was developed based on what NFDC knew about its existing waste ser - vices, which the council has ad - mitted does not generate high enough recycling rates. It also takes into account government environmental plans and reducing the carbon impact of waste in the New For - est. She added: “The survey ques - tions were then designed to summarise the findings of the work carried out to date, based on available facts and data, be - fore asking for resident feed - back. “There are opportunities within the survey to add addi - tional comments, and all these comments will be reviewed. Visit www.newforest.gov. uk/wastestrategy before the consultation deadline of 10th December. Priestlands, Ringwood, Apple - more and Hounsdown also con - firmed infections. Many schools throughout the New Forest and Christchurch have been hit with positive Covid-19 cases since the start of November, according to Hamp - shire County Council. On its website, HCC revealed other schools which had re - corded them since Sunday 15th November but remained open, included Bartley and Lyming - ton Junior and Netley Marsh Infant. Since the start of November there have also been cases at Ringwood Infant, Fawley In - fant, Forest Park, and St Mi - chael and All Angels in Lynd - hurst.

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