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BBC News
09-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
New sports pitches to be built in Leicester
Four new outdoor sports pitches will be built and five existing ball courts refurbished in City Council successfully bid for nine grants – totalling £1,858,066 – from the Football Foundation's national PlayZones council said PlayZones are "inclusive and accessible" outdoor facilities that aim to bring "communities together" through football and other councillor Vi Dempster said the projects will help the council deliver "valuable improvements" to nine communities. The locations for the four new PlayZones will be Elston Fields, Hamilton Park, Mowmacre and Sharmon ball courts will be refurbished at Atlas Close, Armadale Drive, Cossington Recreation Ground, Eyres Monsell and Spinney Hill Park. The Eyres Monsell PlayZone will be the first to be completed and is due to open to the public later this summer, the council said. Dempster added: "Each of the areas have been selected due to a lack of high-quality sports facilities in the community, which can create a barrier to physical activity."The new PlayZones will help address that, offering safe and secure ball courts where the community can meet for recreational football and other activities, and enjoy a programme of events and training delivered by local sports clubs and other organisations."
News.com.au
26-05-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
Six die in Switzerland weekend mountain accidents
Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday. Near the luxury resort of Zermatt, rescuers found the bodies of five people, police said in a statement. A helicopter was sent to survey the area around the Rimpfischhorn mountain after climbers alerted authorities after spotting abandoned skis near the summit on Saturday. "The bodies of five people were quickly found," Swiss police said in a statement. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident and were working to identify the victims, it said. The Rimpfischhorn is a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain that lies east of Zermatt, near the Italian border, and is popular with backcountry skiers. Further north, a 29-year-old alpinist was killed in an avalanche on the Morgenhorn in the Bern canton, police said. Two other climbers caught in the avalanche were rescued and hospitalised with light injuries, police said. Outdoor sports are a popular pastime in mountainous Switzerland and accidents are a regular feature of winter. During the current winter season, between October 1, 2024 and May 17, 2025, 15 people have been killed in avalanches in the country, according to the Institute for the Study of Snow and Avalanches. In March 2024, six backcountry skiers died -- five of them members of the same family -- after being caught in a violent storm in the peaks near Zermatt. vog/yad/jj
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Six die in Switzerland weekend mountain accidents
Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday. Near the luxury resort of Zermatt, rescuers found the bodies of five people, police said in a statement. A helicopter was sent to survey the area around the Rimpfischhorn mountain after climbers alerted authorities after spotting abandoned skis near the summit on Saturday. "The bodies of five people were quickly found," Swiss police said in a statement. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident and were working to identify the victims, it said. The Rimpfischhorn is a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain that lies east of Zermatt, near the Italian border, and is popular with backcountry skiers. Further north, a 29-year-old alpinist was killed in an avalanche on the Morgenhorn in the Bern canton, police said. Two other climbers caught in the avalanche were rescued and hospitalised with light injuries, police said. Outdoor sports are a popular pastime in mountainous Switzerland and accidents are a regular feature of winter. During the current winter season, between October 1, 2024 and May 17, 2025, 15 people have been killed in avalanches in the country, according to the Institute for the Study of Snow and Avalanches. In March 2024, six backcountry skiers died -- five of them members of the same family -- after being caught in a violent storm in the peaks near Zermatt. vog/yad/jj
