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Daily Mail
08-08-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Moment hot air balloon crashed into primary school roof during international festival
This is the moment a hot air balloon crashed into a primary school on the first day of an international festival. Shocking images show the balloon flying low before it hits the roof of Oasis Academy Connaught in the Knowle West area of Bristol. Witnesses described seeing the basket tip as it tried to get back into the air and said it 'looked like the people were going to fall out'. Fortunately, the balloon was able to recover and rise again up and over the roof of the school. Resident Stephanie, 22, a lash technician, who captured the moment said: 'I thought 'that one is looking a bit low' and pressed record. 'The basket was tilting - it looked like they were going to fall out. 'It must have been scary.' The crash happened close to the balloon's scheduled landing site just after 7am today. It was taking part in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta which kicked off this morning and is due to continue over the weekend. On the festival's website, it says that 100 hot air balloons were scheduled to take to the skies at dawn this morning. A statement reads: 'The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is a free to attend, three-day event that celebrates the city and its heritage links to the remarkable world of hot air ballooning. 'From Friday 8th to Sunday 10th August, the rolling hills of Ashton Court on the outskirts of the city of Bristol are home to a temporary playground of entertainment, and a stage set ready and waiting for over 100 hot air balloons to take flight. 'This iconic event has been a steadfast in the UK's event calendar for more than four decades. 'With the city of Bristol playing the best matched host as the birthplace of ballooning in Europe, and now the capital of the sport worldwide. 'Over the years, the impact of the event has grown far beyond the initial ambitions of a group of friends in 1979. 'It is now a Bristol institution, and is a synonymous icon, representing the region around the world.' The Daily Mail has contacted the festival for comment.
Times of Oman
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times of Oman
Oman participates in Basel Tattoo Military Music Show 2025
Basel — The Sultanate of Oman is participating in the Basel Tattoo Military Music Show 2025, held in Basel, Switzerland, from 7-21 July 2025. The event features musical bands from various countries around the world. The Royal Guard of Oman's band will perform a variety of musical formations and displays at the festival, showcasing the diversity and richness of Oman's military music traditions. Notably, the Basel Tattoo is an annual military festival established in 2006 and organized by the Swiss Ministry of Defense. It brings together international musical bands, performance teams, and musicians. As the second-largest military music festival in the world after the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the Basel Tattoo attracts approximately 130,000 visitors annually, making it one of the grandest military music spectacles globally.
CTV News
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Polish pride takes the stage in Greece
Magda Jhagru and Chris Malkiewicz from Iskry Dance Ensemble talk about representing Canada at an international festival in Greece.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
XCMG Opens 7th XCMG International Customer Festival, Strengthening Collaboration with Global Partners
XUZHOU, China, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XCMG Machinery ("XCMG", SHE: 000425) has successfully hosted the 7th XCMG International Customer Festival (the "Festival") from May 20 to 23 in Xuzhou, China. More than 2,000 customers from over 80 countries and regions as well as 60 journalists from both home and abroad gathered in Xuzhou, China, to celebrate and witness the largest edition of the Festival to date. Yang Dongsheng, chairman of XCMG Group and XCMG Machinery, expressed his gratitude and respect to the partners from all over the world. "As the old saying goes, 'Nothing, not even mountains and seas, can separate people with common goals and ideals.' Every breakthrough and leap forward in XCMG's globalization journey is full of the trust and entrustment of our global customers; it's the cohesion of everyone's wisdom and contribution and a chapter of the times we grow together." XCMG lined up 16 top-selling cranes, which heralded the beginning of a new journey with global partners. 2,500 drones drew the "SOLID TO SUCCEED" manifesto with the night sky as canvas, mapping the blueprint for building a greener future for all during its opening ceremony. XCMG also showcased groundbreaking products and green technologies, including the pure electric unmanned excavator XE215E and electric loader XC968-EV, both utilize XCMG's self-developed algorithms and AI models and are equipped with multi-line LIDAR, cameras and deep learning computing units that are extensively configured in the intelligent equipment to achieve truck positioning, path planning and accurate loading. At the opening ceremony, Yang Dongsheng presented six golden keys to deliver a batch of high-end hoisting machinery, intelligent and digital mining and road equipment. The interactive experience zone with 12 programs of the Festival was set up close to the actual working conditions of customer experience projects, including excavating machinery, road machinery, shoveling machinery, truck-mounted cranes, fire trucks and the city's operating platforms. Rooted in more than 190 countries and regions, XCMG, as a leading construction machinery brand, has made remarkable achievements in product technology, intelligent manufacturing, brand building, international market development and more. Against the backdrop of profound changes in the current global economic landscape and accelerated restructuring of the industrial chain and supply chain, XCMG is actively responding to the challenges and grasping opportunities, showing strong resilience and vitality in development. Li Qi, vice president of China Machinery Industry Federation, noted in his speech that XCMG has set a benchmark for the transformation and upgrading of the construction machinery industry. "We hope that XCMG will continue to play a leading role in the industry, strengthen in-depth cooperation with global partners, and make greater contributions to the development of the global construction machinery industry," said Li Qi. From the Simandou iron mine in Guinea to the Future City in Saudi Arabia, from the wind farms in Europe to mines in Indonesia, XCMG is committed to responding accurately to the market demand, and each solution originates from the in-depth insight into the local regulations, standards and operating habits, constantly breaking through the boundaries of the construction machinery to build a future of shared success. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE XCMG Machinery Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
