Man to enter Guinness book for making train-long wedding dress for bride

September 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Aussies have managed to enter the Guinness Book of World Record, after more than 300 people, including university students, danced in robotic unison. The group broke the previous world record set by 276 people dancing like robots, when they danced on a lawn at the University of Melbourne, reports the Australian.

September 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Brisbane couple Rob and Kate Trenchard married on Friday with a "man of honour" beside the bride, and "groomschicks" backing up the groom. According to reports, they wanted their best mates, regardless of their gender, to step into the coveted roles of maid of honour and groomsmen.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - A plumber has built the world's longest motorbike measuring 46ft to enter the Guinness Book of Records. Colin Furze's 14.03 metres long vehicle beat the previous record of 9.06 metres.

September 21st, 2009 WELLINGTON - Brides-to-be participated in an unusual competition in Wellington to win a free wedding offer. The challenge called 'Running of the Brides' was organised by More FM on the city's waterfront.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit bride-to-be is said to have died after she went on a 500 calories-a-day diet plan, in a bid to lose weight before her wedding. It was revealed at an inquest that Samantha Clowe, 34, was "fit and well" when she started the diet, but passed away 11 weeks later, after losing three stone from her original 17st 6lb.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian-origin man named Guinness Rishi has planned to get tattoos of every national flag on the planet over his entire body, in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The 67-year-old man is considering covering himself in 220 different banners in his quest to become a walking global flag-pole.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - The ongoing credit crunch has now taken a toll on the sale of Princess Diana memorabilia. Snippets of Diana's wedding dress are being advertised on eBay under the banner "Seriously reduced for quick sale!" with a "buy it now" price of 15,500 pounds.

July 13th, 2009 MOSCOW - The tradition of the bride throwing the wedding bouquet led to a plane crash in Livorno on Italy's western coast, a media report said. The centuries old tradition of the bride throwing the wedding bouquet to a group of single women turned into a tragedy after the happy couple hired a light plane in an effort to add some novelty to the custom, Corriere della Sera said.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man is looking to catch the attention of Guinness World Records officials, believing his chicken may have broken a previous record with its large egg. Zhang Yinde, in Suiling, Heilongjiang province, has been storing the egg in his refrigerator.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - After a bridal store went bust due to recession, a man swiped 200 paid-for wedding dresses from the shop and gave them to their owners. Glasgow's Capri Skies bridal store was set to have its assets, including the dresses, seized after being hit by recession, but thanks to the man, who told a local newspaper that "insiders" helped him get into the shop, the dresses were saved.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - Two space fanatics will have a wedding that is out of this world - literally. Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan will be floating - possibly upside down - as they say "I do" in a specially modified Boeing 727-200 departing Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canavera, Florida, US.

May 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A Kentucky man who keeps suing people is suing the Guinness Book of World Records for naming him the world's most litigious man. It is believed that Riches has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world, reports Britain's Metro newspaper, against people and entities as varied as George W.

May 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest militarized territorial dispute in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records used the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) world fact book to name the Kashmir issue, the longest dispute between two countries, The Daily Times reports.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - The 'world's tallest man' has yet to decide if he would like the Guinness Book of Records to officially enter his name in their records. Zhao Liang, 27, who is from China, is four inches taller than the current holder of the title, 2.36-metre herdsman Bao Xishun, and he needs two beds to rest his 8ft, 1in frame, reports the Telegraph.

March 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actress Penelope Cruz has confessed that she's in love with the Irish stout-Guinness. The 'Princess Diaries' star has revealed that she's a big Guinness fan, but gets tipsy after a single serving only, reports the China Daily.