Councillor wants to ban ‘Snowdon’ as the name for Wales’s highest peak and replace it with the Welsh version ‘Yr Wyddfa’ Councillor John Pughe Roberts, 58, is set to bring the motion forward today Mr Roberts represents Corris and Mawddwy on Gwynedd county council He also wants to rename Snowdonia National Park the Parc Cenedlaethol … Read more
Watch your step! Terrifying moment thrill-seekers climb down 200ft from top UK’s tallest rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach after it broke down The Big One rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach broke down yesterday Adrenaline junkies were left stranded at the highest point of the rollercoaster Park staff were forced to guide the riders to safety … Read more
The Miami skyline is set to be transformed in spectacular fashion. Renderings have been released of a sensational new tower that will rise 100 stories and 1,049ft (319m) above the city in Biscayne Bay, becoming the tallest residential building south of New York City and the loftiest building in Florida, taking the crown from the 868ft- (265m) … Read more
7ft 9in Nigerian basketball player hopes to become NBA’s tallest ever player after Shaquille O’Neal shared viral footage of him on the court Abiodun Adegoke’s height allows him to dunk with both feet still on the ground The 18-year-old is currently training at a youth development camp in Dubai Footage of Adegoke dunking with ease … Read more
7ft 9in Nigerian basketball player hopes to become NBA’s tallest ever player after Shaquille O’Neal shared viral footage of him on the court Abiodun Adegoke’s height allows him to dunk with both feet still on the ground The 18-year-old is currently training at a youth development camp in Dubai Footage of Adegoke dunking with ease … Read more
Fly into New York nowadays and you can’t miss it — unless its loftiest floors are wreathed in cloud. Like a giant stake driven into the heart of Manhattan, 432 Park Avenue is intended to stand out and is perhaps the Big Apple’s most ostentatious skyscraper. When it was completed in 2015, at nearly 1,400 … Read more
Excitement is building at pace for the Falcon’s Flight, set to become the world’s longest, fastest and tallest roller coaster – as the design process for the attraction is now underway. The ride will be the main attraction at Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudia Arabia, a ‘one-of-a-kind theme park’ that’s due to open in 2023. … Read more
Towering nearly two feet over his classmates, 14-year-old Ren Keyu from China has always stood out from the crowd. The ninth-grade pupil, nicknamed Xiaoyu, already measures about seven feet three inches (2.21 metres) in height and is still growing. The boy has applied to be the world’s current tallest male teenager with Guinness World Records … Read more
Towering nearly two feet over his classmates, 14-year-old Ren Keyu from China has always stood out from the crowd. The ninth-grade pupil, nicknamed Xiaoyu, already measures about seven feet three inches (2.21 metres) in height and is still growing. The boy has applied to be the tallest male teenager in the world with the Guinness … Read more
Don’t look down! Daredevil climber without any safety equipment uses his bare hands to climb up the tallest skyscraper in central Paris – before being arrested by waiting police The climber started his ascent just after 7pm at Montparnasse Tower He had no safety equipment and just used his hands to clamber up the building The … Read more