Poland World's deepest swimming pool opens its doors in Poland The previous record belonged to a 42-metre-deep swimming pool in Italy. The new 'Deepspot' pool in Poland won't hold the record for very long, either. 22/11/2020
no comment Enormous Chinese string dance show sets world record The World Record Certification Agency said it's "the biggest one around the world". 09/08/2020
View Online youth art projects are promoting creativity and community during COVID-19 ǀ View 20/05/2020
Iceland ‘The Mountain’ actor from Game of Thrones sets new deadlift record Hafthor Bjornsson, who won the title of World’s Strongest Man in 2018, lifted 501kg to set a new world record. 04/05/2020
no comment Indians may be record-bakers with the world's longest cake The 6.5 kilometre cake is more than double the length of the previous record holder. 16/01/2020
no comment Hockey game becomes bear pit as 45,000 teddy bears hit the ice The Bears, the oldest and most decorated team in the American Hockey League, established a new world record, in Sunday's annual CommunityAid Teddy Bear Toss. 02/12/2019
no comment Turn a ferris wheel by hand? This Austrian athlete did it! Tied to ropes attached to the ferris wheel which he pulled with his full weight, Franz Muellner managed to get it moving under conditions he described as "brutal." 28/11/2019
USA Kenyan Kosgei beats Radcliffe's marathon world record by 71 seconds Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets new women's marathon world record, beating Paula Radcliffe's 2003 time 13/10/2019
no comment World War Two veteran breaks own scuba diving record at 96 A 96-year-old World War Two veteran celebrated his birthday on Saturday (August 31) by breaking his own record as the world's oldest active scuba diver for the third year running. 31/08/2019
no comment Briton Neil Campbell breaks speed world record, cycling at 174mph A British cyclist claimed the motor-paced speed world record, after cycling a short distance at a staggering 174.34 miles (280.57 kilometres) per hour 18/08/2019
United Kingdom UK cyclist sets motor-paced speed world record A UK cyclist has set the motor-paced speed world record. 18/08/2019
Places Ethiopia breaks world record by planting 350 million trees in one day The east African nation setting an example with an ambitious tree-planting campaign. 02/08/2019
Inspire Middle East Record breaking Egyptian mountaineer Omar Samra talks triumphs and tragedy Sixteen years ago, Egyptian adventurer Omar Samra turned his back on a successful career in finance to pursue his love of the great outdoors. 26/07/2019
Inspire Middle East Record breakers are rising in the Middle East and North Africa The Guinness World Records is a benchmarking institution best-known for having authenticated and catalogued feats of human endeavour since 1955. 26/07/2019
no comment Watch: Hershey Bears break world record in largest teddy bear toss So many teddy bears thrown around. 04/12/2018
Inspire Middle East ‘The Mountain’ wins World’s Ultimate Strongman and talks Game of Thrones spinoffs Game of Thrones star Hafthor Bjornsson has won the World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) competition in Dubai. 09/11/2018
Inspire Middle East Strongman Eddie Hall recalls 500kg deadlift: “I woke up in a massive pool of blood” As the World’s Ultimate Strongman 2018 competition was held in Dubai, last year’s World’s Strongest Man, Eddie Hall, was on the ground to oversee proceedings. 09/11/2018
no comment India inaugurates world's tallest statue to celebrate independence hero India on Wednesday (October 31) inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty. 31/10/2018
United Kingdom 95-year-old diver breaks his own record A 95-year-old British man has broken his own record to become the world's oldest diver - again 02/09/2018
United Kingdom Watch: British swimmer breaks world record for longest staged sea swim British adventurer Ross Edgley surpassed the previous record on the 74th day of his journey. The swimmer is aiming to become the first to circuit the British mainland. 15/08/2018
world news World's longest beard goes on display Hans Langseth or King Whiskers has gone down in history as having the world's longest beard 22/06/2018
