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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Vale council invests £350k in eco park and play areas
A council has agreed to nearly £350,000 of funding for a new community green park and a games of White Horse District Council earmarked the money for an eco-play park in Steventon and a multi-sport games area in Parish Council plans to develop the park on land they own next to St Michael's Primary School playing Parish Council is commissioning a new multi-use games area (MUGA) at Walnut Meadow. Mark Coleman, the council's cabinet member for finance, said investing in good quality leisure and sports facilities remained "a top priority".The local authority said the park would have 18 new trees chosen for their sustainability, a wildflower meadow, bug hotels and damp zones for amphibians and mammals. Play equipment will be created from "sustainably sourced hardwood" and "bouncy park" permeable surfaces will be made from "recycled car tyres, and self-binding gravel". The MUGA would cater for sports where a hard court is needed, such as five-a-side football and site around the edge of the MUGA would be a mixture of mown grassland, wildflower grassland and a wetland wildflower mix, "both of which will aid with biodiversity and ecological habitat", the council Coleman said the new facilities "will provide valuable spaces for play and exercise for years to come"."Investing in good quality leisure and sports facilities across the Vale remains a top priority for the council," he said, adding that would contribute to "the community's health and wellbeing". You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
In Pictures: First day of Truck Festival 2025 in Oxfordshire
Thousands of people have already kicked off this year's Truck Part brought the first night to a close with their performance at Hill Farm in Steventon, Oxfordshire, on four-day event is expected to attract more than 25,000 people for the county's biggest music headliners expected over the weekend include Kasabian, The Courteeners and Nothing But Thieves. Unwritten singer Natasha Bedingfield will also play a special guest set during the festival and the Women's Euros 2025 final between England and Spain will be shown at the site on Sunday. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
The Independent
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality
A TV historian has said she thinks Jane Austen would be disappointed that women do not have equality in 2025. Lucy Worsley was speaking at Austen's birthplace in Steventon, Hampshire, at a country fair to mark 250 years since the novelist was born. Austen's novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma. Worsley said: 'It's such a special feeling to be on the spot where she herself walked and everybody here agrees with me, everybody here really loves Jane Austen.' The historian said she thinks Austen 'changed the world', adding: 'Although she was a novelist, and she gives entertainment and her books are funny, I think they have a serious message that was very important then and now, which is that women shouldn't have to marry for money. In Jane Austen novels, that's always what happens. 'In the world of Pride And Prejudice, women and men were not equal. In the world of today, women and men are still not equal. 'It's 250 years later but we're still not where we should be with our society. So if Jane Austen were to be here in the world today, I think that she'd say, 'hmm, I thought things would have been better than they are for women'.' Actor Adrian Lukis, who played George Wickham in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of Pride And Prejudice, was also at the event. Lukis said he was offered a different role originally, then Wickham became available, and he screen-tested and got that, which he called a 'wonderful part' in a 'fabulous book'. He added: 'I've just done a Q&A for an hour to the audience, and having people say how much it means to their family that they all sit down at Christmas with their grandparents, and they've watched it for years, and it's just a wonderful series. And I'm very proud to have been a part of it.' Lukis said Austen's novels are 'wonderful stories driven by a compelling narrative' and praised the 'quality of her writing and her observation'. Of Wickham, Lukis said: 'He's not a great guy, but what he is is charming and really good fun. And I always say, if at the end of the evening you spent with Wickham in a bar or a restaurant, you would have had a fantastic time, it's just at the end of the evening, he will say, 'I'm so sorry I forgot my money'. That's what you expect from Wickham. 'Darcy would sit there being all pompous and proud and serious and would pick up the bill, but you'd have a better time with Wickham.'
BreakingNews.ie
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality
A TV historian has said she thinks Jane Austen would be disappointed that women do not have equality in 2025. Lucy Worsley was speaking at Austen's birthplace in Steventon, Hampshire, at a country fair to mark 250 years since the novelist was born. Advertisement Austen's novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice, and Emma. Worsley said: 'It's such a special feeling to be on the spot where she herself walked and everybody here agrees with me, everybody here really loves Jane Austen.' The historian said she thinks Austen 'changed the world', adding: 'Although she was a novelist, and she gives entertainment and her books are funny, I think they have a serious message that was very important then and now, which is that women shouldn't have to marry for money. In Jane Austen novels, that's always what happens. 'In the world of Pride And Prejudice, women and men were not equal. In the world of today, women and men are still not equal. Advertisement 'It's 250 years later but we're still not where we should be with our society. So if Jane Austen were to be here in the world today, I think that she'd say, 'hmm, I thought things would have been better than they are for women'.' Actor Adrian Lukis, who played George Wickham in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of Pride And Prejudice, was also at the event. Lukis said he was offered a different role originally, then Wickham became available, and he screen-tested and got that, which he called a 'wonderful part' in a 'fabulous book'. He added: 'I've just done a Q&A for an hour to the audience, and having people say how much it means to their family that they all sit down at Christmas with their grandparents, and they've watched it for years, and it's just a wonderful series. And I'm very proud to have been a part of it.' Advertisement Lukis said Austen's novels are 'wonderful stories driven by a compelling narrative' and praised the 'quality of her writing and her observation'. Of Wickham, Lukis said: 'He's not a great guy, but what he is is charming and really good fun. And I always say, if at the end of the evening you spent with Wickham in a bar or a restaurant, you would have had a fantastic time, it's just at the end of the evening, he will say, 'I'm so sorry I forgot my money'. That's what you expect from Wickham. 'Darcy would sit there being all pompous and proud and serious and would pick up the bill, but you'd have a better time with Wickham.'
Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality
A TV historian has said she thinks Jane Austen would be disappointed that women do not have equality in 2025. Lucy Worsley was speaking at Austen's birthplace in Steventon, Hampshire, at a country fair to mark 250 years since the novelist was born. Austen's novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma. Worsley said: 'It's such a special feeling to be on the spot where she herself walked and everybody here agrees with me, everybody here really loves Jane Austen.' The historian said she thinks Austen 'changed the world', adding: 'Although she was a novelist, and she gives entertainment and her books are funny, I think they have a serious message that was very important then and now, which is that women shouldn't have to marry for money. In Jane Austen novels, that's always what happens. 'In the world of Pride And Prejudice, women and men were not equal. In the world of today, women and men are still not equal. 'It's 250 years later but we're still not where we should be with our society. So if Jane Austen were to be here in the world today, I think that she'd say, 'hmm, I thought things would have been better than they are for women'.' Actor Adrian Lukis, who played George Wickham in the BBC's 1995 adaptation of Pride And Prejudice, was also at the event. Lukis said he was offered a different role originally, then Wickham became available, and he screen-tested and got that, which he called a 'wonderful part' in a 'fabulous book'. He added: 'I've just done a Q&A for an hour to the audience, and having people say how much it means to their family that they all sit down at Christmas with their grandparents, and they've watched it for years, and it's just a wonderful series. And I'm very proud to have been a part of it.' Lukis said Austen's novels are 'wonderful stories driven by a compelling narrative' and praised the 'quality of her writing and her observation'. Of Wickham, Lukis said: 'He's not a great guy, but what he is is charming and really good fun. And I always say, if at the end of the evening you spent with Wickham in a bar or a restaurant, you would have had a fantastic time, it's just at the end of the evening, he will say, 'I'm so sorry I forgot my money'. That's what you expect from Wickham. 'Darcy would sit there being all pompous and proud and serious and would pick up the bill, but you'd have a better time with Wickham.'
