World records

Irish footballer breaks longest throw-in world record
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Europe
Posted
1 day ago
Bid to break world record with Himalayas base jump
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Somerset
Posted
4 days ago
British woman, 115, becomes world's oldest person
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Surrey
Posted
1 May
London Marathon 2025 set to break world record
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London
Posted
1 May
Mum and daughter break own marathon world record
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Berkshire
Posted
30 April
Test tube rack runners set Guinness World Record
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
30 April
Paralympian breaks marathon record on crutches
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Devon
Posted
28 April
Moment Assefa sets women's-only marathon world record. Video, 00:00:58
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27 April
Brain-costumed man determined to beat world record. Video, 00:01:07
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London
Posted
24 April
Man completes 12-hour darts world record attempt
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Wiltshire
Posted
13 April
Morris dancer completes 11-hour world record attempt
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Oxfordshire
Posted
12 April
Sporting Witness. Surfing the biggest waves in the world. Audio, 10 minutes
Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré
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Morris dancer set for 11-hour world record attempt
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Oxfordshire
Posted
11 April
City plans summer tea party world record attempt
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
10 April
Traffic cone man eyes London Marathon world record
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London
Posted
6 April
Women break record for pulling car up high pass
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Cumbria
Posted
30 March
Dad and son cyclists in round-the-world record bid
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Norfolk
Posted
13 March
The pi, pie and other homophones quiz
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BBC Bitesize
Posted
13 March
Footballer inspires pupils on World Book Day
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Shropshire
Posted
6 March
Flurry of Welsh world records broken on St David's Day
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Wales
Posted
2 March
Runner's hopes of marathon world record as shrimp
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Essex
Posted
2 March
Great-grandmother sets croquet world record at 94
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Kent
Posted
25 February
Man accidentally sets marathon record on crutches
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Sussex
Posted
24 February
Guy Martin unveils new world speed record attempts
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England
Posted
22 February