内容摘要："I think people are more inclined to maybe shell out £4.50 for a pain au chocolat if it's something special, because it's that little treat," he said.

"I think people are more inclined to maybe shell out £4.50 for a pain au chocolat if it's something special, because it's that little treat," he said.

Oxygen spectacles and a baby's banana bottle all form part of an exhibition of historic medical artefacts to be shown to patients at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital.Volunteers will take the handling collection around the wards from 2 to 8 June in a scheme which has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Some of the items are from the former Royal Hospital, which closed in 1997, and Wolverhampton-based chemist Reade Brothers and Company."The bottle comes with its own story, and once the story is told, it unlocks memories and anecdotes or sparks questions, and a broad range of topics are explored, ranging from sustainability to social history," said volunteer Helen Statham.In an upstairs rehearsal room at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot, a group of teenagers are practising for an upcoming show.

It is a sign of the booming activity the venue has been enjoying recently.Last autumn, audience numbers were up 70% on the year before and a new strategy from local authorities is promising a hefty investment in its building.

But the scene across Oxfordshire is not always as rosy, with funding and access to affordable arts spaces sometimes proving a sticking point.

The Covid pandemic was a tough time for arts venues.There was also severe flooding in 2022, when more than 600 people died and 1.3 million were displaced.

"I remember looking up and seeing like 40,000 people there."Bruce Springsteen superfan Haydn Craven said being pulled out of the crowd, aged nine, to sing on stage with The Boss will be a moment he remembers for the rest of his life.

The 18-year-old's parents were huge fans of the Born in the USA singer, and Haydn had inherited their love of Springsteen's music.Haydn and his mum Sally feature in a new BBC documentary