Petition to reopen Portsmouth track after fatality

Updated: Mountbatten track in Portsmouth has been closed since the death of Richard Phillips-Schofield in March

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Words by Chris Marshall-Bell

A petition has been set up to allow the return of coached cycling at a closed circuit where a police officer sustained fatal injuries in March.

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