An impossible dream realised in the Vitality staging European football, and the Europa League is becoming an oasis for Bournemouth. No wins yet in the Premier League but in beating Sturm Graz to follow victory at Real Sociedad should ease the domestic pressures on Marco Rose. A pair of Brazilians secured club history on the gala night, Evanilsonâs first-half header followed by Rayanâs close-range drive, a clincher arriving as the Austrian visitors had pushed hard for an equaliser. Ălvaro RodrĂguezâs injury-time penalty furthered the celebrations.
Flag day at the Vitality. Elvis Presleyâs high baritone and Andy Williamsâ tenor replacing the usual dance hits on the public address system marked a different type of occasion. Bournemouth have come a long way. âMinus 17 to European dreamsâ read a banner in the Steve Fletcher stand, marking the journey from the foot of the Football League to a model, continental club.
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CALAIS (ANP) - Het aantal zwaargewonden als gevolg van het ongeluk tussen een minibusje en een vrachttrein aan de Franse kant van de Kanaaltunnel is bijgesteld naar twee. Dat melden de lokale autoriteiten tijdens een persmoment ter plaatse. Eerder spraken Franse media nog van vijf zwaargewonden.
In totaal raakten negentien inzittenden, onder wie de chauffeur van het busje, gewond. De twee zwaargewonden zijn overgevlogen naar een ziekenhuis in Lille. Sommigen van hen zijn naar ziekenhuizen in de regio gebracht, aldus de autoriteiten. Het gaat voor zover bekend uitsluitend om mannen van verschillende nationaliteiten.
Het busje raakte om nog onbekende redenen in aanraking met de trein. Op beelden bij Franse media is te zien hoe het voertuig beschadigd is geraakt en mensen in de omgeving van het voertuig worden verpleegd.
Anders dan aanvankelijk werd gemeld, is het Eurostar-treinverkeer niet gehinderd, melden verschillende media op gezag van de vervoerder. Opgeschorte treinen zijn verhinderd door werkzaamheden, niet door het voorval.
Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates have made the operating system up to 20% more responsive by improving memory management and reducing background resource use. "A big part of that work is making smarter use of memory and system resources," says Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows experiences at Microsoft. "We've improved memory management and efficiency across Windows to help keep more of your PC's resources focused on what you're actively doing." The Verge reports: The improvements to memory management now make a "meaningful difference" on PCs with just 8GB of RAM. "Windows can now keep up to 2GB more of your active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage," says Virk. "For example, on PCs with 8GB of memory or less, Widgets load only when you open them, making more than 200 MB of memory available for your apps and other work."
Microsoft has also made Windows Update less disruptive, cleaned up the Widgets section, and finally allowed the taskbar to be repositioned to the sides or top of a display. Windows Hello sign-in has also been sped up, and Bluetooth pairing is more reliable, "including an AirPods pairing experience that's up to 15 seconds faster."
The next big step is a new Windows Search experience that's a lot faster and more capable. [...] It's currently available for Windows Insiders, and Microsoft says it will "roll out more broadly later this year."
Microsoft has also made Windows Update less disruptive, cleaned up the Widgets section, and finally allowed the taskbar to be repositioned to the sides or top of a display. Windows Hello sign-in has also been sped up, and Bluetooth pairing is more reliable, "including an AirPods pairing experience that's up to 15 seconds faster."
The next big step is a new Windows Search experience that's a lot faster and more capable. [...] It's currently available for Windows Insiders, and Microsoft says it will "roll out more broadly later this year."
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