Former NASA astronaut and geologist Kathy Sullivan has become the first woman to dive to lowest point on Earth, known as Challenger Deep, inside the Mariana Trench. Sullivan, 68, emerged from the submersible DSV Limiting Factor (LF) on Sunday, which performed a successful expedition at more than 35,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. LF, built … Read more
British Airways is heading for a vicious showdown with unions after relations appeared to spiral out of control over the airline’s plan for drastic job cuts. In a flurry of incendiary briefings last night, the two parties seemed further apart than ever over proposals to lay off up to 12,000 of its 43,000 staff – more … Read more
The Missouri River is running at its lowest point since 800AD due to less snow melt in the Rockies, sparking new fears of a midwest megadrought New research measured water levels in the Missouri River going back to 800AD The team measured tree rings for each year to see measure yearly changes Climate change has … Read more
Despite the obviousness of the question, none of the three contestants buzzed in to give an answer. As the buzzer sounded signifying the end of the round Ben was astounded nobody got the answer correct. Shirley began questioning: “The National Health Service?” To which Ben reprimanded her, saying: “Well you’re too late now Shirley!”
Counters over the line equate to how much money is in the player’s individual prize pot and the contestant with the least amount in each round is eliminated. Each normal counter is worth £50 but there are also a number of special counters in the machine which can win even better prizes. One such counter … Read more
Steve got off to a flying start on today’s Tipping Point by adding £1,000 to his pot with just two counters. But it wasn’t long before Kay caught him up and added the same amount of money to her own pot. Andrea answered two out of three questions correctly but the Tipping Point machine refused … Read more
Kimberly’s time in the final round was a mixed bags as she failed to answer a handful of questions correctly. However, after failing to knock the jackpot counter off, she was still offered the chance to retrieve with three extra counter. She’d have to trade in the money she’d accumulated which amounted to £5,200. Kimberly … Read more
Tonight’s line-up consisted of comedian Joel Dommett, TOWIE star Lydia Bright and actress Sarah Hadland as they took on the famous Tipping Point machine. Ben Shephard was on hand once more to provide the questions to the celebrities on the ITV show but proceedings were slightly derailed in the final stages when one of the … Read more
Energy use in the US drops to the lowest point in 16 YEARS as coronavirus shutdowns cause industrial and retail sector power consumption to fall Edison Electric Institute predicts a three percent drop in power consumption The biggest driver of the declines are retail and factory closures Residential power consumption is also declining as milder … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘will warn economy risks reaching ”tipping point” if Cabinet doesn’t balance the needs of protecting from coronavirus with the damage caused by lockdown’ Rishi Sunak will issue ministers with internal government forecasts on economy The Chancellor and Health Secretary to outline a model on economic aftermath It is understood there will be … Read more