106yr-old fast car-freak granny smashes race track record

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - A record breaking 205,000 plastic ducks floated down the Thames on Sunday as part of the third annual Great British Duck Race in London. The event shattered the previous record of 175,000 ducks in a similar race held in China earlier this year.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - A British-built car has broken the land speed record for steam-powered cars for the first time in more than 100 years, after it achieved an average speed of 225 kilometres per hour. According to a report in New Scientist, Charles Burnett III has reached speeds of 219 km/hr (136 mph) and 243 km/hr (151 mph) during two drives at California's Edwards Air Force Base.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - A team of oceanographers in the U.S. have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding 'freak waves', the monster waves that present a major risk to ships and offshore platforms.

August 1st, 2009 LONDON - An elite team of guinea pigs has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by setting two new records. Two-year-old Flash has won the world record for the fastest run by a guinea pig by conquering the 10metre red carpet track in 8.81 seconds.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - A British schoolgirl aged 13 has set a new water-skiing world record after leaping almost 100 ft. Charlotte Wharton, from Wrestlingworth, Northants, broke the previous 20-year-old for under-14s of 88 ft by 10 ft, soaring the equivalent of three double-decker buses.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - A 61-year-old granny was threatened with an anti-social behaviour order unless she removed her tomato plants. Linda Ware from Neath, South Wales had grown two tomato plants outside her council flat to brighten up the foyer, but estate chief David Rouse paid her a visit after a neighbour complained they were making her ill.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - A man from California wolfed down 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes to smash the previous world record of 66 and to win America's Coney Island annual hot dog eating contest. Joey Chestnut defeated Takeru Kobayashi- six-time titleholder from Japan- in the food competition to retain the title at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating for three consecutive years now, Sky News reports.

May 18th, 2009 LONDON - Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles enjoyed private driving sessions with Formula One world champion driver Lewis Hamilton at Monaco's Grand Prix track following her arrival at the Cannes Film Festival. Knowles' husband, rapper Jay-Z had also joined them and the couple were more than happy to drive on the racy tracks.

May 18th, 2009 LONDON - Usain Bolt stormed to a world's best of 14.35 seconds over 150 meters on the streets of Manchester last night. Bolt, the reigning world record holder at 100m and 200m, left the rest of the field - including British sprinter Marlon Devonish comfortably behind, The Sun reports.he Olympic champion now insists he can lower his own 100m world mark of 9.69 seconds - set in Beijing last summer - to 9.4sec.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Christina Aguilera says her 16-month-old son, Max Liron, is a cleanliness freak. 'He has a cleaning fetish and he loves to run around with a rag and dust and clean, and he loves to clean his high chair after he has done eating.

April 26th, 2009 Wanjiru wins 1st London race, Mikitenko gets 2ndLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru won his first London Marathon title in a course record on Sunday, and Irina Mikitenko defended her title in the women's race. Wanjiru won in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 10 seconds, finishing ahead of the same two men who made the Olympic podium in Beijing.

April 26th, 2009 Olympic champion Wanjiru wins London MarathonLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has won his first London Marathon title in a course-record time. The 22-year-old Wanjiru won Sunday's 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 10 seconds, providing a record seventh triumph for Kenyan runners.

April 14th, 2009 LONDON - Legendary singer Ronnie Wood has finally been accepted by his young lover' family, and has also got a nickname Ronik. Twenty-year-old Ekaterina Ivanova's granny says she would fondly accept a marriage.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - Richard Jenkins, a British engineer, has smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles, by clocking 126.1 mph (miles per hour) in the Ecotricity Greenbird. According to a report in the Telegraph, Jenkins beat the previous American-held record of 116mph, which was set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck almost 10 years ago to the day at the same location.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - One-time op king Michael Jackson has roped in talented rockers like Black Eyed Peas' WILL.I.AM and Ne-Yo for his comeback track. The 'Heal The World' hitmaker, who will be belting out hits at his much anticipated London's O2 Arena concert in July, wants to be ready with some foot-tapping numbers Michael has headed back to the studio to record thrilling tunes with the help of WILL.I.AM and Ne-Yo, reports the Daily Star.