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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
New £15m Bristol regional cycling hub plans submitted
New images have been released of a proposed £15m regional cycling Bristol Regional Cycling Hub will be built on Henacre Open Space, a former landfill site in Lawrence plans include a 1km competition track, an area for new cyclists to learn how to ride, a car park, a main building and new connections to nearby cycling City Council, which has submitted the planning application for the hub, said the new facility will replace the Bristol Family Cycling Centre at the Old Whitchurch Athletics Track, which opened in 2010. In planning documents, the council says the new cycling centre will be funded by the government's City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, which is administered by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). A previous bid for money from the Levelling Up fund was rejected, the Local Democracy Reporting Service was for the planning application said the competition-grade track was designed in collaboration with British Cycling for local competitions and regional championships, while the 250m training area for children and adults would be a traffic-free space for developing cycling skills and planning permission is granted, it is expected the new cycling hub will open in 2027.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC to broadcast live 2025 Women's Tour of Britain
BBC Sport will broadcast live this year's Lloyds Women's Tour of Britain as part of its Women's Summer of Sport coverage. The four-day race across England and Scotland begins on 5 June and will be aired live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and of Britain's best riders will compete in the event, including two-time winner Lizzie Deignan and her Lidl-Trek team-mate and 2024 Olympic silver medallist Anna prospects Cat Ferguson of Movistar and Imogen Wolff, who rides for Visma-Lease a Bike, are also part of BBC Sport's Women's Summer of Sport coverage, the Women's Euros, Women's Rugby World Cup and World Athletics Championships will be live across the BBC alongside Wimbledon, The Hundred cricket tournament and the tennis at Queen's, where women will compete for the first time in more than 50 years."The Tour of Britain Women will be another great moment for women's sport this summer and we're delighted to bring this event to fans across the UK through our popular digital platforms," said Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport."The BBC has a strong track record of backing women's sport. Not just the victories, but the stories, the grit and the passion behind them. And as the UK's most-used sports broadcaster, we're proud to shine a spotlight on this race and its great cyclists."The Tour of Britain Women was rescued by British Cycling last year after being cancelled in 2023 because of funding issues. Tour of Britain Women 2025 stages: Stage one: Thursday, 5 June, Dalby Forest to RedcarStage two: Friday, 6 June, Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-SeaStage three: Saturday, 7 June, The Scottish Borders Stage, Kelso to KelsoStage four: Sunday, 8 June, The Glasgow Stage
BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Tour of Britain Women joins BBC Sport's line up of women's sport this summer
This summer, BBC Sport will bring even more women's sport to audiences, having secured the rights to show the Tour of Britain Women. The event, which will run from the 5-8 June, will see a record number of 18 teams compete across four stages; starting in the Tees Valley and concluding in Glasgow. BBC Sport will stream every stage live across all four days on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, bringing the race to fans wherever they are. Highlights, clips and key moments will also be shared across BBC Sport's social channels throughout the event. Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, says: 'The Tour of Britain Women will be another great moment for women's sport this summer and we're delighted to bring this event to fans across the UK through our popular digital platforms. The BBC has a strong track record of backing women's sport. Not just the victories, but the stories, the grit and the passion behind them. And as the UK's most-used sports broadcaster, we're proud to shine a spotlight on this race and its great cyclists.' Managing Director of British Cycling Events, Jonathan Day, says: 'We are really pleased that the BBC will broadcast the Lloyds Tour of Britain women during a huge summer of sport for women. The event is breaking records this year with the number of teams riding across the four stages, so it is brilliant news that the races will be available across BBC Sport's platforms, allowing the British public to follow the action from this sporting spectacle.' BBC Sport's roster of women's sport this summer includes Queen's, Wimbledon, Nottingham & Eastbourne, UEFA Women's Euro 2025, Women's Rugby World Cup, The Hundred and women's cricket international highlights, as well as the World Athletics Championships. Read more: Women's Sport takes centre stage across the BBC in summer 2025 RM4
BBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Paralympic gold aim after brain tumour and stroke
Paralympic hopeful Lissie Simpson was a sporting-mad teenager. She played regional hockey and football and was in the Great Britain Under-19 handball in 2015, while having surgery on a brain tumour, she suffered a stroke that left her paralysed down the left side. "I had to learn to walk again and to do things one handed with my non-dominant right hand," the para-cyclist said."But I am a very determined individual and returned to university to complete my degree in physiotherapy." The physiotherapist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is now setting her sights on gold at the Paralympics in Los Angeles in Simpson achieved a world record time in February, when she was crowned champion in the women's 1km time trial for C1-5 para-cyclists at the National Track Championships. 'So much freedom' When she went on a borrowed road bike at a British Cycling talent ID day in 2022, she "felt free". It was her first exposure to para-cycling and Ms Simpson was spotted as having the attributes required to develop as an elite athlete."For the first time I could do something that felt somewhat similar to before my stroke - I could pedal on two wheels."As a child I was often on my bike; cycling to school, to the park, to see friends gave me so much freedom."She self-funds her coaching equipment and travel costs."I am a driven individual working towards being the best women's C2 rider there is," added Ms Simpson, who rides with Royal Leamington Spa Cycling Club."As part of the Community Stroke Team, I'm also passionate about helping patients achieve their goals when they are recovering from a stroke."I had community rehab myself and having that empathy of knowing what they are going through helps me to build great relationships with patients."She also said representing Team GB and winning a gold medal had been her goal "from a young age"."I am determined to achieve this and prove anything is possible." Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
New tracks help fuel next cycling generation in the Borders
Leading cyclists believe a surge in the number of pump tracks opening across the Scottish Borders can help generate the next generation of Scottish mountain bike champion Kerry MacPhee and rising star, Ben Allan, enjoyed a spin around the latest track to open in Stow are confident the increased facilities are helping drive forward the sport - in the Borders and across who is one of British Cycling's top hopes in mountain bike cross-country, said: "I grew up near Peebles with a pump track on my doorstep and it taught me everything I needed to know with basic skills." Pump tracks are designed to create a safe, fun and inclusive area for the likes of BMX bikes, scooters, skateboards and design combines rolling jumps with turns that teach the basic skills of carrying momentum, balance and the past couple of decades the Borders has produced an endless string of road and off-road cycling the likes of Ruaridh Cunningham, Isla Short, and Reece Wilson have shone on mountain bike courses, the likes of Oscar Onley and Callum Thornley are regular challengers at some of the biggest road races in the world. Continued investment in pump tracks - as well as upgrading mountain bike facilities in the Tweed Valley and at Newcastleton - is encouraging more youngsters than ever onto two who is about to embark on his first international Under 23s season, added: "Even at a small village like Stow you can see the appetite there is for cycling."Pump tracks are a form of acceleration-progression for bike skills - you learn things really quickly."Almost every town in the Scottish Borders now has its own pump track with three opening in the past year - at Jedburgh, Walkerburn and Stow. EDF Renewables community liaison officer Kerry MacPhee competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in mountain said: "I regularly see all of the community benefits that come from EDF Renewable developments, but this is particularly special for me."I'm told that since the pump track opened the children are never off it."Pump tracks are great fun - and that fun can lead to them taking cycling more seriously as they get older." Funding for the track in Stow came from Scottish Borders Council, as well as Sportscotland, Scottish Cycling, EDF Renewables, SSE Renewables and the National McBeath, from the Stow Pump Track fundraising group, said: "The roads aren't always safe to ride on for children so we felt it was vital to have a facility like this in the village."Since opening we have children coming from all over the valley to ride on the pump track."
