Novak Djokovic wins 7th Wimbledon Grand Slam

Jul 10 2022

Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has beaten Australian Nick Kyrgios to retain his Wimbledon Grand Slam trophy for another year. This is his 7th ever Wimbledon Grand Slam and his fourth in a row, joining other tennis legends such as Federer, Sampras and Bjorn Borg as players who have won 4 consecutive Wimbledon Grand Slams.

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Fan favourite Nick Kyrgios started the final in good fashion, winning the first set with a score 0f 6-4. Throughout the match this dominant performance faded away as the Australian hothead let his faulty concentration get the better of his performance. In the last few sets he was seen shouting and arguing with the umpire, fans and even his own family in the stands. This problem was not seen in the experienced Novak Djokovic who let his tennis do the talking.

The Serbian managed to win the next three sets to wrap up the final. He did this by performing very well in the games where he had to serve, not letting Kyrgios score many points pass him. He won the title in a convincing tiebreak, beating Kyrgios with a score of 7-3. The sets ended in Djokovic favour with scores of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).

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People evacuated off yacht after vessel floods with water

Jul 10 2022

A number of persons had to be quickly evacuated off a yacht they were on in the St Thomas Bay Area after a large amount of water entered the vessel.

Thankfully, a kayaker in the vicinity managed to give first assistance to those aboard. The kayaker helped the people get off the yacht at around 0900hrs this morning when a call for help came in from the same Marsaskala bay.

Officers from the Civil Protection Department and member of the Armed Forces of Malta were called onto the site and went on to remove the water from the yacht. No one was injured in the incident.

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Local weightlifter Tenishia Thornton wins gold at European Union Cup

Jul 10 2022

Starlet Tenishia Thornton has continued on her impressive streak of wins and awards as she managed to cusp her second gold medal in the span of a few weeks.

Thornton managed to place first at the European Union Cup held in Leon, Spain. The young weightlifter has already written Maltese history when she cusped the gold medal at the World Youth Championships in Mexico.

But her determination and success did not end there as she went on to bag another prestigious award in Spain this weekend. She has also become the first Maltese weightlifter to win gold in this specific competition.

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The young athlete managed a best of 100 kilograms in clean and jerk as well as 78kg in snatch for an overall total of 178kg. Converted to Sinclair Points, the overall standing for Thornton was 250.17 points.

This placed her 20 points ahead of second place Lea Marie Antonio from France, who finished with 221.41 points. Thornton went on to thank her coach Jesmond Caruana on her social media, as well as her family and supporters.

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Record demands for Enemalta over three days due to summer heat

Jul 10 2022

As Malta undergoes a battering of scorching heat this summer, electricity peak loads were sent sky-rocketing as many made use of cooling appliances to beat the temperatures.

Newsroom MaltaToday revealed that according to data provided by State energy provider Enemalta, new peaks in energy demand were registered for 3 days in a row.

In fact, the surge far outweighs the highest ever electricity peak load reached on the island. The record figures refer to the amount of energy distributed through the national electricity network.

Demand has risen on a daily basis, breaking a record with each passing day. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the grid load which was registered surpassed the all-time peak load seen in 2019.

During that same period in 2019 Enemalta had registered a peak of 522 megawatts. However, this was quickly broken this past week, despite it only still being July. Peaks of 566MW, 577MW and 581MW were recorded on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

Many factors contribute to this rise – the main reason being consumers having to use the appliances to beat the heat. However, climate change and population growth all contribute to these demands. These pressures are also recorded to result in faults in the system.

This thus comes accompanied with power cuts in various localities, despite Enemalta currently undergoing a €90 million investment on network distribution to minimise disruptions.

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