The bridge made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books is up for sale by the auction house Summers Place. The 114-year-old bridge in Ashdown Forestm where the bear and his friends played “pooh sticks”, may sell for as much as £60,000, Summers Place Auctions estimates. Sealed bids are now being accepted for the auction, which will conclude on 6 October.
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The wackiest records in Guinness book
The dog with the longest ears and the world’s tallest teenager are featured in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book. American Zion Clark, who was born without legs, claimed the record for fastest 20 metres walking on hands, achieving the feat in 4.78 seconds. Laetitia Ky from Ivory Coast set the record for most skips over a person’s own hair in 30 seconds, which she managed 60 times.
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World’s oldest rock art discovered in IndonesiaUnder the Radar Ancient handprint on Sulawesi cave wall suggests complexity of thought, challenging long-held belief that human intelligence erupted in Europe
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Claude Code: the viral AI coding app making a splash in techThe Explainer Engineers and noncoders alike are helping the app go viral
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‘Human trafficking isn’t something that happens “somewhere else”’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
