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A D-Day hero yesterday became the world’s oldest tandem skydiver – aged 101 and 37 days. Daredevil Verdun Hayes leapt from a plane at 15,000ft to glide into the record books. The great-granddad jumped with ten other people, including three generations of his family and the doctor who signed him off. He stole the world title after knocking Canadian Armand Gendreau, who was 101 and three days when he jumped in 2013, off the top spot. The sprightly centenarian, of...

Footage shows the ducklings being scooped up by Jim Robinson who noticed they were stuck while on an walk through the east side of Lancaster University campus. The ducklings were then placed into a large metal pan half filled with water. It's believed the tiny ducklings simply fell trough the grate and had been stuck for around 15 minutes before being rescued on April 20 this year. Hero Jim said: "The mother had already left by the time I got...

A D-Day veteran has been given a free mobility scooter by a military charity - to help him cope with injuries to his backside caused by a Nazi hand grenade. Brave Joe Vango, 92, took part in the Normandy landings and was held in the Stalag XIIA POW camp in Limburg, Germany, in 1944, the same year he was enlisted. He was hit in the behind by a German grenade and says" ''if it had been another inch or two...

A pig that was given just weeks to live has been saved after being taken in by a kind-hearted owner. Emily Keates, 25, fell in love with wild boar cross Fella after fearing he was destined for the slaughter house. She paid £70 to take him home – only for him to be diagnosed with depression and three tennis-ball sized cancerous tumours on his abdomen. But despite being given just a fortnight to live in January, he has shown no...

This cheeky gorilla chimp was caught by stunned passersby performing BALLET. Western lowland gorilla Kiondo, 15, who lives at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon, has always been known as a bit of a show off. This photo caught the 186 KG animal jumping in the air whilst throwing grass today. A spokesman for the zoo revealed it wasn't the first time he has been seen showing off to the public.

This is the heartwarming moment a British soldier who has served in Afghanistan was reunited with his daughter -- months after he was sent overseas on deployment. RAF Sergeant Jon Caffrey, 42, had an emotional reunion at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire as loved ones welcomed him home for 11 days on April 21. Disabled daughter, Emily is seen running in her "crocodile walker" before being picked up and cuddled in a loving embrace by her hero daddy. The four-year-old...

An autistic boy who never gets invited to parties got 100s of birthday cards from all over the world – after a campaign by his mum. Daniel Heard struggles to make friends due to his condition and was thrilled when a mountain of envelopes arrived through the letterbox to help him celebrate. He has not been invited to a birthday party since Year One, and his mum Kayleigh James turned to the internet to find inspiration for his big day....

The incredibly rare litter of sextuplets were born were delivered by Raymond Brindley, 51, as he lambed his flock of 400 Texel-cross sheep. The farmer was expecting the ewe to have triplets but was amazed when she gave birth to three white lambs and three black ones. Mr Brindley, who has been working 15-hour days to keep up with his flock, said: "I helped her deliver three of them but then realised there were two more to come. "I thought...

Caretaker Kevin Would used school tables laid out on the floor at Willerby Carr Lane Primary School in Hull, East Yorks., to create an unusual walkway for the ducks. In the footage, the mother duck is seen leading her new borns back through the school in formation. Headteacher Sean Smith said: "The mother was nesting and laid her eggs in the quadrangle in the middle of the school."Our caretaker Kevin made a nice little pond for her and she had...