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The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Woman, 35, dies at Tomorrowland days after devastating blaze gutted main stage and delayed festival opening
A WOMAN has died at the Tomorrowland festival, which went ahead despite a ferocious blaze destroying its main stage just days before the start. The Canadian festival goer, 35, was among tens of thousands of revellers at the site in Boom, near Antwerp, Belgium, on the opening night of the dance music festival. 2 2 The woman was reportedly rushed to hospital after falling unwell, where she tragically died. Officials said they have not determined the cause of her death. Some 400,000 people were expected at the electronic dance music festival over two weekends. Thousands arrived on Friday night for the opening ceremony, which was delayed after a major fire gutted the main stage on Wednesday. Dramatic footage showed a furnace engulfing the entire structure - leaving nothing but a charred skeleton. .
Reuters
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
One man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain, July 8 (Reuters) - A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamplona's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls. The man who was gored, identified only as being older than 25, was injured by a bull horn under his right armpit, a spokesperson for the city emergency services said. "At this time, he is under observation but is in stable condition," she told reporters. The seven others suffered bruises and contusions, some in the shoulder or head. In the festival's "encierros", or bull runs, fighting bulls are set loose in the streets and then race to reach the bullfight arena. Hundreds of aficionados, many wearing traditional white shirts with red scarves, run with them. On Tuesday morning, one of the bulls stopped in the middle of his run, and charged the runners for several tense minutes. The festival, which gained international fame from Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises", lasts for one week in early July. Participants are occasionally gored at the hundreds of such bull-running fiestas in Spain every year. Other injuries are common. At least 16 runners have lost their lives at the Pamplona festival down the years, the last in 2009. As well as the morning bull runs and afternoon bullfights, the San Fermin festival features round-the-clock singing, dancing and drinking by revellers. There are also religious events in honour of the saint. (This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Pamplona in paragraphs 1 and 8)
CNA
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
One man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain: A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday (Jul 8), the second day of Pamploma's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls. The man who was gored, identified only as being older than 25, was injured by a bull horn under his right armpit, a spokesperson for the city emergency services said. "At this time, he is under observation but is in stable condition," she told reporters. The seven others suffered bruises and contusions, some in the shoulder or head. In the festival's "encierros", or bull runs, fighting bulls are set loose in the streets and then race to reach the bullfight arena. Hundreds of aficionados, many wearing traditional white shirts with red scarves, run with them. On Tuesday morning, one of the bulls stopped in the middle of his run, and charged the runners for several tense minutes. The festival, which gained international fame from Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, lasts for one week in early July. Participants are occasionally gored at the hundreds of such bull-running fiestas in Spain every year. Other injuries are common. At least 16 runners have lost their lives at the Pamploma festival down the years, the last in 2009. As well as the morning bull runs and afternoon bullfights, the San Fermin festival features round-the-clock singing, dancing and drinking by revellers.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Daredevils are thrown into the air and smashed by bull as first person is gored by bull in this year's Running of the Bulls festival in Spain
Spain 's famous Running of the Bulls festival saw its first gore injury this morning as five people were taken to hospital. A fighting bull which became separated from the rest of the pack caused chaos and panic among revellers. The 575 kilo (90 stone) animal called Caminante, or 'Walker', lifted one runner into the air and smashed him down onto the tarmac of Pamplona's old town on his head. At one point it even turned on one of the ranchers trying to guide it towards pens in the bullring at the end of the half-mile course. Towards the finish it appeared to dig its horns into the stomach one of the six steers that accompany the six fighting bulls on each of the eight morning runs, narrowly missing a reveller in traditional festival attire who was sprawled helpless on his back. Today's drama during the second morning run, known in Spanish as an encierro, meant it was five minutes and 22 seconds before Caminante reached the end of the course. The last of the bulls to finish yesterday took just over two and a half minutes to finish. In an initial casualty round-up moments after the end of the day two encierro, a Red Cross official confirmed one person had suffered a gore wound and had been among five people taken to hospital. It was not immediately clear how bad the injury was although the victim is said to have been gored in the arm. One participant speaking after the event said: 'It was panic out there today. It's a miracle if only one person ended up getting gored. It could have been into double figures.' The bulls that starred in today's run were from the Cebada Gago ranch in the province of Cadiz and have a reputation for being the most dangerous. Caminante was the second heaviest of the six fighting bulls that took part, with another called Lioso weighing in at a whopping 580 kilos (just over 91 stone). Yesterday five people were rushed to hospital after being injured during the first encierro, all men from Spain aged 21 to 49. One suffered a serious chest trauma injury and was left with multiple rib fractures. The famous festival in the northern Spanish town, popularly known as the Sanfermines, kicked off at midday on Sunday with the traditional opening ceremony called the Chupinazo. Thousands of revellers dressed in the must-wear white outfits with a red bandana around their necks ending up soaked in wine and sangria. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025 Sixteen people have been killed during the bull runs at the annual festival, which finishes on July 14 and was made famous by 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises', since records began in 1910. The most recent death was in 2009 when 27-year-old Daniel Jimeno, from Madrid, was gored in the neck by a bull called Capuchino. Several foreigners, from Australians to Americans through to Brits and Irish, are normally among the injured. The first of the eight encierros last year took place four hours after a San Fermin reveller collapsed and died. Police rushed to the scene and tried to save the 40-year-old man but were unable to resuscitate him.
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Off their boat races! Revellers at Henley Regatta look a little worse for wear after hours of drinking and hot weather
Henley Regatta revellers yesterday looked worse for wear as they swigged wine and beers while partying on boats on the Thames. Empty bottles of £40 rose sparkling wine, and £28 M&S St Gall champagne stood upright on the grass. People dressed in glamorous outfits who were keen to keep the party going sat on the banks of the Thames and stood on boats swigging from bottles of alcohol and pint glasses. One group of young rowing fans wearing boating jackets sat cross-legged on the grass as they poured vodka into a hip flask. Meanwhile, one young gentleman, wearing a cream blazer with a black trim, clasped an orange Sainsbury's bag as he sat on a brick wall beside a young woman, a four-pint bottle of milk, and two one litre bottles of diet coke. Another suited male was seen slumped to his knees on the grass, while elsewhere some pals sat on the floor sipping beer. Empty pint glasses, cans of cider and lager, and a half-drunk bottle of La Mortuacienne Mandarin lemonade sat abandoned on a pub picnic bench. The rowing event, which was established in 1839, takes place every year and sees teams compete in more than 300 races along the river in Oxfordshire. People keen for the frivolities to continue as the fifth day of the regatta came to a close were later spotted enjoying after-parties as they stood and danced on boats. The six-day event comes to its culmination today with a series of finals races. The popular sporting event, which was established in 1839, comes hand-in-hand with a day of picnics and drinking. Teams compete in over 300 races of an international standard on the Thames, which can include Olympic rowers as well as crews new to the event. It was first staged in 1839 and has been held annually every year since, except during the two World Wars and 2020 due to Covid-19. In 2021 it was announced that women would be allowed to wear trousers to the Henley Royal Regatta for the first time since it was established in 1839. The long-standing sartorial rules - which asked for over-the-knee skirts and no trousers, and a blazer or smart jacket - crumbled under pressure from campaigners who branded the former dress code 'symbolic of an era when women couldn't compete and were just there to look pretty'. Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave was chairman of the boating event until 2024 when he stood down after ten years in the role. He was succeeded by Richard Phelps who previously competed at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 as well as rowing for Cambridge in the Boat Races. Mr Phelps told the Henley Herald in May one of the main focuses of the committee for this year event was 'achieving gender parity'. He also told how 'good relations with the town and the goodwill of the residents are important'. 'We'll make sure that whatever we do is to enhance both,' he said.
