Reporter filmed 'sinking into studio floor'

A clip of a reporter 'sinking' while live on air has become an online hit.

A camera fault which gave the impression a TV reporter was sinking into the studio floor at BBC regional news programme Look North.

Reporter Caroline Bilton, tweeted about the incident: "Well I'm globally famous it would seem and for all the wrong reasons! The power of the web! Glad it's making people smile. #sinkingfeeling".