A Swiss and Austrian climbing pair have shattered the speed record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains – the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Switzerland’s Nicolas Hojac and Austria’s Philipp Brugger shaved nearly ten hours off the previous record set more than two decades ago. Read full article at...
Punjab Kings set an Indian Premier League record for the lowest total successfully defended as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs. Read full article at source...
Scotland’s hopes of progressing at the Women’s World Cup qualifier suffered a blow following a 34-run defeat by Bangladesh in Lahore. Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan each have 100% records after three matches and are well placed to claim the two available spots at the autumn World Cup in India. Scotland face Ireland in their final...
Remember the halcyon days after the Los Angeles fire–you know, the one started by arsonists armed with climate change propane torches and power lines kept in disrepair–when the governor of California and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, promised that they would cut through all the red tape and get rebuilding going quickly. Good...
The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday, taking the total number of people crossing in 2025 so far to 8,064, according to provisional Home Office figures,...
Former England spin-bowling all-rounder Dom Bess posted his maiden century in the County Championship before lunch on day three against Worcestershire before Yorkshire’s bowlers wrapped up a record-breaking 504-run victory in double-quick time. Bess came in as nightwatchman late on day two and reached 10 overnight. He reached three figures off 115 balls shortly before...
Top Gear’s anonymous racing driver The Stig has broken a 20-year-old record for the fastest lap around the BBC motoring show’s test track in Surrey. The Stig completed the 1.75-mile (2.8km) figure of eight circuit at Dunsfold Aerodrome in 55.9 seconds in a McMurtry Speirling Pure VP1 electric track car, beating the previous record by...
England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is to be given a knighthood for services to cricket. Read full article at source...
“Trump plans on liquidating Medicaid and SNAP benefits while giving the Pentagon a trillion dollars,” wrote one critic. President Donald Trump on Monday publicly backed an annual budget of roughly $1 trillion for the U.S. military as his administration rushed ahead with a destructive tariff scheme that amounts to a major tax increase on American...
No Parlez/Record Store Day in joke turns into a reality! Record Store Day comes once a year complete with an avalanche of vinyl, a collectors paradise and a pay day for the stores themselves. It also comes with its own in-jokes and arcane references, which this year have been turned into some kinda reality with...
Michal Szubarczyk. Remember the name. The 14-year-old is hoping to make history this week by breaking Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long-standing record to become the youngest player to qualify for the World Championships at the Crucible. The Pole has been making waves on the snooker circuit, winning the U16 and U18 European Championship titles in March. But...
Southampton’s season has been troubled from the start. They lost eight of their opening nine games this term, and after 23 games had just one victory to their name. After replacing Russell Martin in December, Juric oversaw six straight defeats and has just one win in his 14 league games at the helm. Saints were...
It was a day to forget for Worcestershire, who toiled in the sun and now face a mammoth task if they are to save the game over the course of the next two days. All notion of a Worcestershire fightback on day two was dispelled in a morning session that went altogether in Somerset’s favour,...
Russian ice hockey player Alex Ovechkin has become the National Hockey League’s joint-highest ever scorer after racking up his 894th career goal. The Washington Capitals star is now tied with Canadian Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, whose once-untouchable record stood for 26 years. Ovechkin, 39, drove home the puck with a power play in the...
Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News APOPO Five-year-old Ronin has helped Cambodians reclaim land that was once avoided for fear of landmines A landmine-sniffing rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rat to uncover more than 100 mines and other deadly war remnants. Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered...