Britain’s oldest lottery winner, Dennis Banfield, has died age 92, just five years after winning a huge jackpot of £18million. We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking
The world’s oldest known wild bird may have lost her mate — but recently she was seen courting new suitors. The Laysan albatross, or mōlī, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential mates on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge,
A Ukrainian missile is believed to have struck Putin’s oldest warship, igniting flames and smoke that engulfed the vessel in the occupied port of Sevastopol, In a significant blow to Russia’s naval forces in Crimea. Footage captured the 112-year-old warship, identified as
China is home to the oldest and longest man-made navigable canal in the world – aptly known in the Western world as the Grand Canal. The main artery of this man-made wonder links two major Chinese cities – the capital of the
Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM’S 500-POUND, 95-YEAR-OLD SEA TURTLE GETS CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH Fatou was born in 1957
How has the world’s oldest man lived such a long life? For starters, no smoking, little alcohol and a fair amount of good luck have contributed to his lengthy life… And maybe a weekly batch of fish and chips, too. John Alfred
The “world’s oldest man” eats fish and chips every Friday and believes the secret to a long life is just “good luck”. John Alfred Tinniswood, a 111-year-old man from Southport, England, has officially been recognised as the world’s oldest living man by
Britain can now boast of having the oldest living man in the world. John Tinniswood, at the age of 111 years and 222 days, was awarded the title during a ceremony at his care home yesterday. The Guinness World Records, the global
One of the oldest Christian liturgical books is expected to sell for more than $2.6 million at an auction in London. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was written on Egyptian papyrus from around 250-350 A.D., and produced in one of the first monasteries. “It’s
Sourdough recipes, especially bread, have become a popular trend in recent years. In order to bake sourdough recipes, you must first prepare a sourdough starter. Sourdough starter, often referred to as the “mother dough,” is used to make dough rise instead of