The £20,000 sheepdog: World record price in bidding war for working collie as new owner buys her after watching video Brown and white collie Henna, three, was bought by hill farmer Donna Jones Her new dog will control 750 sheep in Llanbedr, in Black Mountains, South Wales Despite the sum, Mrs Jones, 41, is confident … Read more
One of the most complete T-Rex fossils in the world has been sold for a record $31.8 million, nearly quadrupling the previous highest price for a dinosaur at auction. The fossil nicknamed Stan made mincemeat of an opening price of between six and eight million dollars at Christie’s in New York Tuesday. It shredded the … Read more
A bass guitar once belonging to former Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman sold at auction for a record-breaking $384,000 (about £300,000) over the weekend. More than 1,000 items from the rocker’s archive went under the hammer, including musical instruments, amplifiers, stage-worn ensembles, awards and personal items. The collection contained pieces from Wyman’s three-decade stint in … Read more
Storm Francis left a trail of devastation in its wake today after battering Britain with record-breaking wind gusts of more than 80mph and six weeks’ worth of rain that brought travel chaos and flooded hundreds of homes. Rescue teams will resume two separate search operations in Cardiff this morning after reports of a man and … Read more
SpaceX celebrated its 100th successful launch Tuesday morning, sending 58 Starlink satellites into orbit aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Along with the internet beaming devices were three SkySat observational satellites owned by Planet Labs, a private Earth-imaging company. Falcon 9 is the first reusable rocket designed to take cargo and passengers … Read more
Endurance swimmer, 35, sets off on record-breaking attempt across the Channel aiming to make 21-mile crossing to Calais in 10 hours (but she will only spend 10 minutes on French soil to avoid quarantine) Chloe McCardel will swim across the Channel to France amid quarantine rules She plans to stay ‘in’ the country for less … Read more
Shocking weather: Record-breaking ‘megaflash’ bolt of lightning more than 440 MILES long strikes over Brazil In 2018, a ‘megaflash’ bolt of lightning struck over parts of southern Brazil Scientists used satellite imagery technology to capture a snapshot from space The team compared the bolt with a the world record that was 200 miles long The … Read more
‘Record-breaking’ ozone hole has formed over the Arctic due to a ‘polar vortex’ caused by freezing temperatures in the atmosphere Unlike the Antarctic ozone layer hole this will likely not appear again next year Researchers say it was caused by freezing temperatures in the stratosphere Holes appear occasionally in the Arctic ozone layer but this … Read more
Record-breaking bat plague causes damage to 10,000 churches with at least two already abandoned Church of England estimates that 60 per cent of its 16,000 churches have bats The bats leave floors and walls caked with corrosive droppings and urine There are 3,000 more than in the last study which was done in the late 1990s … Read more
Bears coming out of hibernation more than a month early after one of the hottest winters in human history Bears in Russia, Finland, and New England have come out of hibernation early Researchers believe the record high winter temperatures have woken the bears In some parts of Siberia, bears never started hibernation as temperatures hovered … Read more