Brit freediver breaks world record by plunging to depth of 96 meters in single breath

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Surfers in South Africa have laid claims to setting a new world record for the most boarders riding a single wave. The current Guinness World Record of 100 surfers is said to have been broken by at least 103 surfers surfing a wave at the Earthwave beach festival in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - A freediver has set a new world record by swimming through Australia's longest underwater cave. Mike Wells swam almost 400ft to create a new record.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - A British man has smashed the previous world record of walking 960 metres on a path of broken glass. Nigel Jardine, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, covered 1,060 metres in one hour around an octagonal circuit of glass at the Bageecha restaurant in his hometown of Horsforth.

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.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - More than 3,000 students from Swansea University in Wales, UK, will paint themselves blue, and don white gnome hats in a bid to set a new world record for staging the largest gathering of Smurfs. The attempt to smash the existing record of 1,253 Smurfs in one place, set in the town of Castleblayney in Northern Ireland last July, will take place on June 8 in the city's Oceana nightclub.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - More than 3,000 students from Swansea University in Wales, UK, will paint themselves blue, and don white gnome hats in a bid to set a new world record by staging the largest gathering of Smurfs. And helping them do so is a company called Jokers' Masquerade, which has supplied the students with over 3000 blue gnome costumes for the gathering, which takes place at the Oceana nightclub at 10pm on June 8.

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.

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Bad breath is the biggest worry before a romantic encounter, a new survey has found. Almost eight out of 10 British women say they more fretted about their teeth and breath than their general appearance.

April 19th, 2009 LONDON - A 13-year-old Brit boy has entered record books after slam-dunking a basketball from seven metres away. Gymnast Jordan Ramos, from Sheffield, made it to the Guinness Book of World Record with a seven-metre jump - shattering the previous record of 6.3 metres, reports News of the World.

April 13th, 2009 LONDON - The British Steam Car Challenge team is all set to attempt a new world steam-powered land speed record, following successful tests last week. According to a report in New Scientist, the project, which is designed to raise awareness of clean-burning fuels, is aiming to reach 270 kilometers per hour with its steam car later this year.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Guy Ritchie has confessed that he loves being single, and it certainly seemed so after the director was constantly in demand by 20-something girls at a bash. The 40-year-old, who officially ended his eight-year-marriage with Madonna in January, said that he would not trade his freedom for anything else in the world.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - England football star David Beckham has broken Bobby Moore's national team appearance record with his 109th cap in the 4-0 friendly win over Slovakia at Wembley. According to the Sunday Express, Beckham achieved the record at the half way stage of the match, leaving his fans quite excited.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Brit girl group Girls Aloud celebrated the release of their 21st single, wearing sexy PVC and leather. Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, all posed for the photo shoot in the sexy clothes to mark the launch of their single 'Untouchable'.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Brit girl band Sugababes have rebuffed claims stating that the band is on the verge of splitting. The band, which has gone through several line-up changes in recent years, replacing founding members Siobhan Donaghy and Mutya Buena, confirmed that they are very much together.

January 20th, 2009 LONDON - New British singing sensation Leona Lewis has been snubbed by the Brit Awards. 'It's a complete travesty, Lewis has been overlooked in her own country.