A forensic accountant from Scotland has become the first woman to be crowned Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show has had five other female champions since its launch on Channel 4 in 1982, but none in the 21st Century. Friday’s final match between Fiona Wood, from Kinross, and Chris Kirby, went right down to the wire, but the accountant prevailed after correctly identifying the final conundrum as “lassitude”, meaning a state of physical or mental weariness. Wood said: “I have absolutely no regrets about applying and would encourage other women to give it a go.”
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