Paul Woolston, chair of the LEP, said cricket at Durham helped "attract global, national and local visitors to the area".
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Newtown Youth Centre and Woolston and Millbrook Youth Projects in Southampton were earmarked for closure but will now be funded for the next financial year.
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Mike Woolston was the mayor at the time.
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