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Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way – BBC
A submersible craft used to take people to see the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean with its crew on board, sparking a major search and rescue operation.
Tour firm OceanGate, which runs $250,000-a-seat expeditions to the wreck, said it was exploring all options to get the crew back safely.
It said government agencies and deep sea firms were helping the operation.
The Titanic sank in 1912 and lies some 3,800m (12,500ft) beneath the waves.
The missing craft is believed to be OceanGate’s Titan submersible, a truck-sized sub that holds five people and usually dives with a four-day supply of oxygen.
It is not known when contact with the craft was lost.
“Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families,” OceanGate said in a statement.
“We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to re-establish contact with the submersible,” it added.
The company bills the eight-day trip on its carbon-fibre submersible as a “chance to step outside of everyday life and discover something truly extraordinary”.
According to its website, one expedition is ongoing and two more have been planned for June 2024.
The submersible usually carries a pilot, three paying guests, and what the company calls a “content expert”.
A full dive to the Titanic wreck, including the decent and ascent, reportedly takes around eight hours.
The OceanGate website lists three submersibles it owns, and only the Titan is capable of diving deep enough to reach the Titanic wreckage.
The vessel weighs 10,432 kg (23,000 lbs) and, according to the website, can reach depths of up to 4,000m and has 96 hours of life support available for a crew of five.
The Titanic, which was the largest ship of its time, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912.Of the 2,200 passengers and crew onboard, more than 1,500 died.
The wreckage is about 600km (370 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
It has been extensively explored since it was discovered in 1985.
The wreck lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 800m (2,600ft).A huge debris field surrounds the broken vessel.
Last month,
the first full-sized digital scan of the wreck was created using deep-sea mapping.The scan shows both the scale of the ship, as well as some minute details, such as the serial number on one of the propellers.
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Today in Sports – Miami Heat win first NBA Championship, Dwyane … – The Associated Press
June 20
1908 — Colin wins the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay and retires undefeated after 15 starts.No major American racehorse approaches this record until 1988, when Personal Ensign retires with a perfect 13-for-13 career.
1936 — Jesse Owens sets a 100-meter record of 10.2 seconds at a meet in Chicago.
1940 — Joe Louis stops Arturo Godoy in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title.
1960 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the fifth round in New York to become the first boxer to regain the world heavyweight title.
1966 — Billy Casper beats Arnold Palmer by four strokes in a playoff to win the U.S.Open.
1967 — Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, is convicted of violating the United States Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.Clay is sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000, the maximum penalty for the offense.
Ali remains free while his conviction is on appeal.
1968 — The Night of Speed.
In a span of 2½ hours, the world record of 10 seconds for the 100 meters is broken by three men and tied by seven others at the AAU Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif.Jim Hines wins the first semifinal in a tight finish with Ronny Ray Smith, becoming the first man to break the 10-second barrier.Both runners are credited with a time of 9.9 seconds.Charlie Greene wins the second semifinal and then ties Hines’ 9.9 record in the final.
1976 — UEFA European Championship Final, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany, 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw.
1980 — Roberto Duran wins a 15-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal to win the WBC welterweight crown.
1982 — Tom Watson wins the U.S.Open by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus.
1982 — Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz).
1984 — Jockey Pat Day equals a thoroughbred racing record for an eight-race card when he wins seven races at Churchill Downs.Day’s only loss is in the fourth race.
1993 — Lee Janzen holes a 30-foot chip for birdie on No.
16 and adds birdies on the par-5 closing holes for a two-stroke victory over Payne Stewart in the U.S.Open.Janzen ties Jack Nicklaus’ record 272 total and Lee Trevino’s four straight rounds in the 60′s.
1993 — John Paxson hits a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left as the Chicago Bulls win their third consecutive NBA title with a 99-98 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the finals.
1994 — Ernie Els of South Africa becomes the first foreign winner of the U.S.Open since 1981, beating Loren Roberts on the second sudden-death hole.
1994 — Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J.
Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.
2004 — Retief Goosen captures his second U.S.Open in four years.
In the toughest final round at the U.S.Open in 22 years, Goosen closes with a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory made possible when Phil Mickelson three-putts from 5 feet on the 17th.
2004 — Ken Griffey Jr.hits the 500th home run of his career, off Matt Morris, to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the St.Louis Cardinals 6-0.
2006 — Dwyane Wade caps his magnificent playoffs with 36 points and 10 rebounds to lead Miami past the Dallas Mavericks 95-92 as the Heat roar back from a two-game deficit to win the NBA finals in six games.
2013 — LeBron James has 37 points and 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat repeat as champions with a 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
2017 — Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence.
2018 — Christiano Renaldo scores a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international compitition.
2019 — Duke power forward Zion Williamson is the first player chosen in the 2019 NBA Draft.
2020 — Tiz the Law, ridden by Manuel Franco, wins the 152nd Belmont Stakes becoming the first New York-bred horse to win the event since 1882.
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Buddy Holly: Lubbock’s native son changed the world, still offers something to visitors today – KWKT – FOX 44
LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) – In the land of cotton and oil, a music legend was proud to call West Texas home.
Rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly was born and raised in Lubbock.
After graduating from Lubbock High School, Holly rose to prominence with his band “The Crickets” and quickly became a household name in the music industry with hits like “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.”
“He really rewrote what music was,” said Sebastian Forbush, curator at The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock.“The Crickets were the very first of the traditional four-piece band with a guitar, bass, drums and vocals.”
Holly’s life and career were cut short on Feb.3, 1959, when he was killed alongside singers Ritchie Valens and J.P.Richardson in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Explore Buddy Holly’s worldwide legacy
The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock is a popular tourist destination visited by thousands every year.
The interactive museum chronicles Holly’s childhood and documents his short but impactful music career that influenced future acts like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
“Even today, we get a large number of our visitors from out of state, from out of the country because they want to see where it all began,” Forbush said.
“It’s amazing to me how he goes all the way to England and Australia and different countries,” said Holly’s niece, Sherry Holley.“He was loved over there and loved up north.
And he was loved here.”
“A great singer, a great guitar player; I guess he could do it all,” his niece continued.She visits the center and sometimes performs her uncle’s songs there.
In case you’re wondering, there is a reason for the spelling differences.Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley.Buddy Holly with no “e” was his stage name.
The building the center calls home was rich with West Texas history even before it became the place to see Holly’s exhibits.It started as the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot, “the largest and most elaborate of the depots built along the Lubbock-Estelline branch of the Burlington Railroad’s Fort Worth and Denver City line,” according to the
center’s website.
It is on the national register of historic places, and the Buddy Holly gallery itself is shaped like a guitar.
To see the Buddy Holly Center galleries, services, programs and ticket prices, visit the
center’s web page.
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Keir Starmer pledges to end North Sea exploration and let areas profit from clean power – BBC
Labour will end new North Sea oil and gas exploration, but help communities profit from clean power projects, Sir Keir Starmer has pledged.
Speaking in Edinburgh, the Labour leader vowed to “cut bills, create jobs and provide energy security”.
He also said that a previously announced publicly-owned green energy company would be based in Scotland.
Sir Keir is under pressure from environmentalists and the oil industry over the scale and pace of change.
Climate campaigners have criticised the party for rowing back on a pledge to
invest £28bn a year in green industries.
In England, planning rules which effectively ban new onshore wind farm developments would be scrapped if Labour won the next election.
Labour has confirmed it would “not grant licences to explore new fields” in the North Sea, a momentous shift for a sector which supports 200,000 UK jobs, including 90,000 in Scotland, according to trade body Offshore Energies UK.
But the party insisted it would honour any licences in existence at the time of the next election, which must be held by January 2025.
That is likely to include the controversial new Rosebank development west of Shetland.
Sir Keir said: “Labour will deliver lower bills, good jobs, and energy security for Scotland and the whole UK, as Britain leads the world in the fight against climate change.”
He said it would be a “historic mistake” to wait until North Sea oil and gas runs out and let the opportunities “pass us by”.
The Labour leader said his party had “a credible plan to manage the change, protect good jobs and create good jobs.No cliff edges.”
One of Labour’s initiatives will be to provide more incentives for areas to take part in new clean energy projects.Under Labour’s plans, GB Energy – the new publicly-owned firm which it says will be based in Scotland at a location yet to be decided – would play a key role in getting that message across.
It would oversee the return of profits from successful projects to local councils.The councils could then use that income to reduce council tax, pay for improved public services or simply provide rebates on energy bills.
Labour says GB Energy could end up providing up to £600m per year to local councils to invest in green infrastructure and a further £400m annually in low interest loans for community projects.
These community loans would be designed to ensure small projects could benefit from the expertise of GB Energy while also generating money for local areas.
Sir Keir accused the Conservatives and the SNP of having abysmal records on renewables.
He said Labour would introduce new rules on “good work, decent pay and union recognition” – and create a new incentive.
This would be “a British jobs bonus that will attract new investment, new jobs, new supply chains into our deprived industrial heartlands and will reward companies that back working people”.
Offshore Energy UK’s chief executive David Whitehouse told the BBC that Labour’s plans to move away from the reliance of North Sea oil and gas “would create a cliff edge” deterring investment and heightening the risk of energy shortages.
Mr Whitehouse said 180 of the North Sea’s 283 active oil and gas fields were due to close by 2030, and new licences were “essential” or production would “plummet” and “the UK and its skilled workforce will be exposed”.
The GMB union said the UK was going to need oil and gas until 2050 and beyond, and that a ban on new licences “ignores this reality”.
But Philip Evans, of Greenpeace UK, said the idea that the plans would “lead to an overnight shutdown of the industry” was nonsense.
Labour’s opposition to new exploration licences represented “genuine leadership” he added, and the party was right “to debunk scare stories being peddled by climate delayers”.
Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, welcomed Labour’s latest ideas but warned “there can be no backsliding on pledges to stop new oil and gas extraction and invest in green growth”.
Environmental groups are particularly vocal about their opposition to the proposed Rosebank development in the North Atlantic.
Industry and government sources say the field could be approved by the UK government’s North Sea Transition Authority within weeks.
Norwegian state-controlled oil company Equinor said Rosebank could
produce almost 70,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak.
Sir Keir has held private talks with senior energy industry figures in the past week and previously gave direct assurances to Equinor that a Labour government would not revoke any licences.
Instead the party says its focus is on delivering “cheaper zero carbon power by 2030” and its “mission” includes plans to attract and incentivise investment “in the UK’s industrial heartlands”.
That is likely to provoke comparisons with the approach taken by the US Democratic president Joe Biden whose Inflation Reduction Act has been described by the UK Conservative government’s Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch as “protectionist”.
The Scottish Conservatives’ energy spokesman Liam Kerr described Labour’s plans as “ruinous” for the UK’s oil and gas industry, claiming they “would throw up to 90,000 highly skilled workers in the North East under a bus pretty much overnight”.
The Scottish government said it was committed to “a planned and fair transition” away from fossil fuels that did not imperil jobs.
First Minister Humza Yousaf said Labour governments had squandered hundreds of billions of pounds of oil and gas revenues, and only invested a fraction in Scotland.
“I am not sure anybody will trust a Labour Party on the green economy just two weeks after they dump their £28bn green prosperity fund,” he added.
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