Sunday 6 November 2016
Devon and Cornwall police unusual gifts .
among thank you gifts given to this police force were -kittens,cupcakes,langoustines,all were declared.
World's shortest flight celebrates its millionth passenger
The world’s shortest flight, a tiny hop between two remote British islands, celebrated Monday taking its millionth passenger on the route.
The 2.7km (1.7-mile) flight between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney islands, off mainland Scotland’s northeast coast, holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest scheduled service.
The flight, in an eight-seater Britten Norman Islander aircraft, officially takes two minutes but with favourable winds it can be done in 47 seconds.
It is part of a daily service route that leaves Orkney’s main town, Kirkwall, and stops off around the archipelago.read more plus see video on link
At just eight minutes long, this is the world’s shortest international flight
Ever wished you could get to another country in less than 10 minutes?
Well you now can after an Austrian airline announced that it has started the world’s shortest regular flight.
The flight time is only eight minutes and will have you crossing international borders in no time.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/05/at-just-eight-minutes-long-this-is-the-worlds-shortest-flight-6237069/#ixzz4PFxSwIHc
t.n. a news and history .
-sad to see a wrestling company i have watched from the beginning no longer going to be on british television and looks like going the same fate as wcw and only wwe to watch ,i shall miss it .We know that many TNA fans will be disappointed to hear this, but we wanted to let you all know that as of January 2017, Challenge will no longer be the home of TNA in the UK. TNA has been a huge and important part of Challenge’s story over the years and we will treasure some great moments like the British Bootcamp and UK tours. We have been proud to bring UK viewers coverage of TNA and have huge respect for the company and its fans. TNA is packed with great talent and we know they will continue to do great things – we wish them all the best. The history of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling dates back to the early 2002 when it was founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 as NWA:Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA). It underwent name a name change from NWA-TNA due to a working relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2007 when TNA and the NWA ending their working relationship.
TNA is the second largest professional wrestling company in the United States.[1] It has promoted some of the most successful wrestlers and storylines, and featured some of the most iconic and significant matches and moments in the history of the professional wrestling. TNA currently airs several programs such as Impact Wrestling and TNA Xplosion in more than 20 countries, hosting pay-per-view events yearly including Bound for Glory the company's biggest event of the year.The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001. Bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett, and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the sport of wrestling.[2] Only one wrestling product remained on U.S. national television: theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF). Ryder felt[2] that this situation led many television stations to regard wrestling as bad for business; he suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view.
The Jarretts found the financial backing they needed, and the company put on its first show on June 19, 2002. That night, however, in a dark match just before they went on the air, a 450 lb wrestler named Cheex hit the ropes with so much force that one of them broke. The estimated repair time was 30–60 minutes, which they did not have because the schedule called for them to go live in a few minutes, whether the ring was ready or not. Backstage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the ring crew some more time, but they did not have many of them. The ring crew fixed the rope with the help of Ron and Don Harris, and everyone went live hoping for the best.[2]
Initially, TNA's weekly pay-per-view show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These shows started on June 19, 2002, and took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, nicknamed the TNA Asylum. After 27 months and 111 PPVs, TNA began[3] holding a weekly television show and monthly three-hour pay-per-views. The last weekly PPV took place on September 8, 2004. TNA Xplosion launched on November 27, 2002 as TNA's first regular cable show and featured exclusive matches from the TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with TNA Wrestlers. On November 18, 2004, the show became a recap show of the previous week's Impact! in light of alterations in the taping schedule. Xplosion resumed airing exclusive matches (billed as "Xplosion Xclusives") once more on October 7, 2005 in addition to recapping Impact!. The "Xplosion Xclusives" also aired on the now-ceased TNA Global Impact! internet show. Airing of Xplosion in the United States ceased at the end of 2006, although some of the exclusive matches can be seen on TNA Today.read more -wiki link
'I LASTED FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I FLED IN FEAR' Our reporter took a terrifying trip to house in Pontefract that was abandoned in the 1970s
SITTING on the narrow single bed as the wind howls outside, it doesn’t take a lot to imagine the terrors that led a family to run from this home, leaving almost everything behind.
Terrified visitors have called it the “bedroom of Hell” — and after visiting to see for myself how spooky it was, I lasted just FIVE MINUTES before I fled in fear.Number 30 East Drive seems like an ordinary semi-detached 1950s house on an unremarkable road.
But whatever now dwells there draws the curious to walk through its smart white front door in
Pontefract, West Yorks, and straight into what some have called “unbelievable evil”.
Jean Pritchard and her family were the last people to call this place home back in August 1966. They fled five years later.read more
Jean Pritchard and her family were the last people to call this place home back in August 1966. They fled five years later.read more
The UK's top 20 most-watched television programmes
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the first official broadcast on British television and to mark the occasion, a list of the most-watched TV programmes has been compiled.
At the top of the list is Only Fools and Horses, with more than 24 million people tuning in to watch David Jason's Del Boy finally become a millionaire on 29 December 1996. The show features three more times in the rankings, including two other shows from Christmas 1996.
In second place is a November 1979 episode of To the Manor Born, starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles.
Other programmes include Coronation Street and Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with Princess Diana, in which she discussed Prince Charles's extra-marital affairs.read more
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