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The world-famous street party, which is the largest in Europe, officially begun on Sunday morning with dancers in bright costumes parading along the streets.

Their paths first crossed in Australia - a country they now regularly return to for holidays - during the 2003 Rugby World Cup that was won by England.

Archer Aviation is "the official air taxi partner" of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Electrek reported in May. In June it entered "a key development phase ahead of full-fledged flight certification and commercial operations" by completing a piloted flight in its flagship Midnight aircraft, "demonstrating a conventional takeoff and landing instead of vertical (it can do both)." During that flight, which took place in the skies above Salinas, California, the eVTOL achieved a top speed of 125 mph and a maximum altitude of 1,500 feet above ground level. Most recently, Archer has taken its Midnight eVTOL above Salinas again, achieving its longest flight to date. Per Archer, the recent successful flight in California lasted 31 minutes, and the piloted Midnight eVTOL traveled 55 miles — the company's longest recorded flight yet with a pilot onboard... [Again with speeds exceeding 125 mph] United Airlines CFO Mike Leskinen, who led the airline's early investment in Archer Aviation, was present at the test facility to witness the milestone flight. Leskinen congratulated the Archer team on its longest eVTOL flight and expressed his satisfaction with the Midnight aircraft's quiet operation. Their aircraft even "reached speeds of nearly 150 miles per hour" the week before, according to Archer's announcement. They're calling it another milestone "as the company advances toward FAA certification in the U.S. and near-term commercialization in the United Arab Emirates." And Archer's Founder/CEO said crossing the 50-mile mark at speed "is another clear step toward commercialization that shows the maturity of our program."

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Filler injections, Botox and even boob jobs were once the order of the day among the rich and famous hoping to prolong their youthful looks and look their very best on the red carpet.

The couple took fans with them as they enjoyed a hospitality box at Wembley Stadium to watch the Chris Martin and his band perform at the 90,000 seat venue.

The South Gloucestershire native, 40, made her TV debut when she appeared on the 11th series of Big Brother in 2010 - the final edition on Channel 4 .

The childhood United fan McGregor expressed his joy in meeting the former England captain and shared a number of snaps alongside Beckham and his young sons.

Masked thieves riding a stolen off-road motorcycle are caught unawares as two female undercover police officers sneak up on them after they stopped at a petrol station for fuel.

Louis Turvey, 33, told police he was struck by the flaming object in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, as he and a group of others were hanging St George's flags on lampposts and poles.

James Cotterill, who performed at hundreds of displays during a four-year stint with the White Helmets, accuses the MoD of failing to carry out adequate risk assessments.

During an interview with Puck 's Matthew Belloni, Michaels, 80, said the fate of the comedy sketch stars would be determined 'in a week or so' ahead of the fall season.

He has not been seen for several days

Abdalah Al-Abasi went on Linkedin to warn his professional network not to work with a consultant who had posted about 'Islamic grooming gangs ', an employment tribunal heard.

The murders shocked the village and it took them a long time to come to terms with what had happened

Plastic bag sales have increased for the first time in a decade thanks to a boom in online shopping.

Jessica Silvey, 30, from Brisbane married her husband Craig, 34, while he was serving a 10-year prison sentence in Kansas for attempted aggravated robbery in the US.

Jo Winter, 50, was flying to Copenhagen with her daughter, Sally, who wanted to visit the city as she might spend time studying abroad there during her upcoming degree.

The passengers were forced to leave so extra fuel could be pumped aboard the plane which was leaving Florence's Amerigo Vespucci Airport bound for London City Airport.

Corrie Lee Stavers, 28, has been named by relatives as the young father who was killed on the 'Experience' ride at the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay on Saturday.

"Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla's browser now makes even more extensive use of AI," writes the Register, "providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions." Firefox 142 brings some visible shininess, but due to the combination of regional restrictions and Mozilla's progressive rollout system, not everybody can see all the features just yet... Not geofenced but subject to phased rollout are link previews, for various native-English-speaking regions. Hover over, long-press, or right-click a link and pick Preview Link, and a summary should appear. Mozilla's summary says: "Previews can optionally include AI-generated key points, which are processed on your device to protect your privacy." "Link Previews is gradually rolling out to ensure performance and quality," Firefox says in their release notes, "and is now available in en-US, en-CA, en-GB, en-AU for users with more than 3 GB of available RAM." (The notes also add a welcome for "the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 20 of whom were brand new volunteers!") The Register notes that Firefox 142 also gives developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions using wllama, a Wasm binding interfacing with llama.cpp, which lets you run Meta's Llama LLM and other models, locally or in the cloud.

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