WEEK IN NUMBERS

50ft

The height of a cliff a man playing Pokemon Go fell from in Southern California. Firefighters from the coastal city of Encinitas said two men climbed through a fence playing the digital-monster mobile phone game. One man fell about 50ft down the side of the unstable bluff and the other fell about 90ft to the beach. They were taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

2025

The year by which Swedish defence and security company Saab claims the use of cameras and sensors could make traditional air control towers “obsolete”. The firm has already tested the technology in the US, Sweden, Australia, Norway and Ireland. Cameras are used to relay information to a remote control room. The Irish Aviation Authority is trialling the use of digital towers at Cork and Shannon airports.

12th

The number of the next series of The Apprentice when it returns to our screens in the autumn. When Lord Sugar was asked on Twitter for the start date of the next series, the 69-year-old entrepreneur tweeted “October.” The BBC has not yet confirmed precisely when the 12th series will begin.

£300k

The worth of a probable Lucien Freud painting. The BBC says it has identified an early painting by the artist even though he denied that it was his work. Freud apparently said he had started the painting (recently featured on Fake or Fortune with Fiona Bruce on BBC1) but it had been completed by someone else, so consequently he refused to acknowledge it as his own work.