63 h. ago ‘Logs falling from the sky’: the harrowing true story behind wildfire drama The Lost Bus

Paul Greengrass’s anxiety-inducing new disaster drama relives the devastating 2018 Camp fire in California, a day relived by its survivors hereSchoolteacher Mary Ludwig gets goose bumps when she remembers the first time she met bus driver Kevin McKay. “I said, ‘Who the heck are you?’” she says via Zoom. “’Cause I knew all the bus drivers from field trips. He’s like, ‘I’m Kevin McKay.’ I said, ‘You’d better be good!’”The pair were setting off on a terrifying, five-hour journey with nearly two dozen elementary school students as the Camp fire engulfed Paradise, California, in 2018. It was the start of a beautiful friendship. “That day I met a stranger and put my complete trust in that stranger and today we’re very close, lifelong friends,” Ludwig adds. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Tommy Fury left 'feeling so small' as Game of Thrones star and 'world's tallest athlete' towers over him

Tommy Fury may be from a family of giants but the boxer joked that he'd never felt so small as when he was surrounded by some of the world's strongest men. 

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8 d. ago Watch: Time capsule embedded in Edinburgh's historic North Bridge to mark seven

The North Bridge project has faced several delays, but is finally set to be completed next summer

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8 d. ago The world's tallest bridge towering twice as high as the Eiffel Tower opens to traffic in China

China has unveiled the world's tallest bridge, which is almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower.

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9 d. ago World's tallest bridge finally opens as two hour journey shortened to two minutes

Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in China's Guizhou province is the tallest in the world - and has shortened a journey that once took two hours to just a couple of minutes

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9 d. ago World’s highest bridge unveiled at more than 2,000ft above ground

The world’s tallest bridge, which stands at more than 2,000ft above ground, has officially opened in China.

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9 d. ago Cineworld leaves world's tallest cinema building as Scots multiplex closes doors

Opening in September 2001, the world’s tallest cinema complex stood at 62 metres high, roughly 203 feet.

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1 week ago Men in lederhosen and the world’s tallest bridge: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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1 week ago Meet the world’s biggest DONKEY who lives in UK sanctuary and already towers over his keeper despite still growing

IT’S official – the world’s tallest donkey lives in a sanctuary in the UK and already towers over his keeper – and he hasn’t stopped growing. Loveable giant Derrick is a staggering 16.3 hands, the equivalent of being 5ft 5ins or 167cms tall. His status has now been recognised as a Guinness World Record (GWR)...

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2 w. ago Tallest rugby player in the world is 'circus freak' who can play for England, Scotland or Wales

Rob Carmichael is the tallest professional rugby player in the world, and the towering lock is hoping to make a name for himself with Scotland in the coming years

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3 w. ago Chelsea: David Luiz reveals Champions League final injury nightmare ahead of Stamford Bridge return

The jovial Brazilian will have his SW6 homecoming in January

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3 w. ago The world's tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant

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3 w. ago My husband died in horrifying circumstances on our way home from my pregnancy scan. I gave birth the next day: GEORGINA KLOTZBACH

The couple had just come from a scan appointment and, with only days to go, had been busy preparing for their baby's arrival. But an hour into the journey, everything changed.

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3 w. ago My husband died in horrifying circumstances on our way home from my pregnancy scan. I gave birth the next day... and I still don't know what happened: GEORGINA KLOTZBACH

The couple had just come from a scan appointment and, with only days to go, had been busy preparing for their baby's arrival. But an hour into the journey, everything changed.

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4 w. ago Wildfire tears through grove of ancient giant trees in California’s Sierra National Forest

The sequoia is the world’s largest tree by volume and closely related to the redwood, the world’s tallest

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