Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

The lump of metal was found in a wheel of the German tank during work to keep it in running order

Stories about a World War Two tank, a £1 gig and a new theme park were among our most read this week.

We have picked five articles from the past seven days in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to keep you up to date.

Plans submitted for £600m theme park

Puy du Fou currently has two history-themed parks in Europe

A theme park company has submitted a planning application for a £600m history-based attraction in the Oxfordshire countryside.

The site near Bicester would include four period villages and 13 live shows in which visitors can "immerse themselves in British history".

Plans also include three hotels based on different periods of British history, a wooded park with landscaped gardens, restaurants, and a conference centre.

Puy du Fou aims to open the park in phases, beginning in 2029. It said by the time it was fully developed it would employ about 2,000 people.

Queen Victoria's retreat blocks national coast path

English Heritage said it could not overcome challenges with the original route

The managers of a rural retreat once loved by Queen Victoria have blocked the King Charles III England Coast Path from crossing its land.

English Heritage, which manages Osborne House estate on the Isle of Wight, has refused to allow a 300m stretch of the national trail to pass along its beach.

Rambling clubs have said the decision will force walkers to travel on "unpleasant and dangerous pavements beside busy roads".

English Heritage said it could not overcome the "unique security and conservation challenges posed by the path".

Shrapnel found wedged in Tiger tank after 80 years

Engineers at the tank museum discovered a chunk of shrapnel inside a wheel during a routine inspection

A chunk of shrapnel left wedged in the world's only running World War Two Tiger I tank for more than 80 years has been plucked from one of its wheels.

The lump of metal was found in the German Tiger 131 during a routine inspection by engineers at The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset.

The museum said the shrapnel was likely to be from tank shots or artillery fire before the tank was captured in Tunisia in 1943.

It was the first German Tiger tank to be captured intact. It was found abandoned after a shot became wedged in the turret putting its gun out of action.

Band to charge £1 a ticket for gig at legendary venue

Only the Poets will play the O2 Brixton Academy in February 2026

A band will charge just £1 a ticket when they headline a legendary London venue days after the release of their debut album.

Only the Poets, from Reading, Berkshire, and Banbury, Oxfordshire, charged £1 for their first gig seven years ago and will do so again when they perform at the O2 Academy Brixton, in February 2026.

"We wouldn't have been able to see half the gigs we went to if ticket prices were what they are now, so we wanted to make sure that this show was open to everyone," frontman Tommy Longhurst said.

The band has previously toured Europe and the United States and has supported Lewis Capaldi, Yungblud and Bastille. They are due to support The Wombats in the US in the autumn.

New collection rules as donkeys trash wheelie bins

New guidelines on the collection of wheelie bins in the New Forest are set to be introduced to tackle the issue of livestock repeatedly breaking into them.

Free-roaming ponies and donkeys were seen scattering waste following the roll out of wheelie bins in the national park, prompting a warning about the spread of serious animal diseases.

The Commoners Defence Association (CDA), which represents livestock owners, had said there was a "real risk" of diseases such as African swine fever and foot and mouth spreading from contaminated food waste.

New Forest District Council said certain properties would be allowed to leave bins behind gates as part of "temporary arrangements" during the autumn.