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The Boomtown festival will not go ahead after organisers said the lack of a government-backed insurance scheme left them staring at a £10m “gamble”. The 66,000-capacity event sold out in February and was due to take place at the Matterley Estate, near Winchester, from 11-15 August. Organisers said they needed government help to insure against a late cancellation out of their control...