Man base jumps off The Shard with parachute

A man jumped off The Shard, the tallest building in London, with a parachute on Saturday morning and landed safely on a street below.

The Shard in London is one of the tallest buildings in Europe

Witness Justin Knock captured images of the base jump and said the "dangerous" move was "skilfully" done with the jumper landing on his feet.

The base jumper landed at about 10.18am, police said, adding that no-one has been arrested.

The Shard stands at 310 metres and is one of the tallest buildings in Europe.

A spokesperson for The Shard said: "We are investigating an incident involving a member of the public this morning."

Eyewitness Mr Knock, said: "I was buying some cheese from the store opposite St Thomas's Street and looked up and this guy was coming down with his parachute.

"It was obviously a dangerous thing to do but he pulled it off skilfully."

He and another man bundled up the parachute within seconds of landing and left the scene. Police and staff from the building arrived at the scene soon after, Mr Knock said.

A teenager gets to keep gold bar she found in a lake

Back in August a 16 year old girl found a gold bar while she was swimming in a lake in Germany and now she gets to keep it.

Lucky this girl!

The gold bar weighs half a kilogram

The teenager found the gold bar, worth over £13,500, two metres under water in Lake Koenigssee. Police said that as nobody had come forward in six months to claim the gold that the finder gets to keep it.

Lake Koenigssee

The gold was found in Lake Koenigssee in an area called Bavaria in south East Germany near the border with Austria.

At the time police divers checked the area for more gold but didn't find anything. Following an investigation, nothing else is known about where it came from.

The gold bar has distinctive markings which show the weight of the bar and how pure the gold is.This has helped experts work out that the gold bar is worth a whopping £11,500.

From CBBC Newsround

Amazing chocolate clothes on catwalk

If you love chocolate check this out!

Models in Paris have taken to the catwalk dressed in clothes made entirely from chocolate.

The designs were made by stylists and famous chocolate makers called chocolatiers.

They were worried their creations might melt under the bright lights. So they had to think of ways to keep the models cool.

They said it was one of their biggest challenges.

What is a sinkhole?

Sinkholes are so wierd!

What is a sinkhole?

A sinkhole is a hole in the ground formed when the rock underneath dissolves by groundwater.

Where do they form?

Sinkholes usually form in areas of chalk or limestone - types of rock slowly that dissolve with rain water.

Sinkhole collapses are pretty common in the American state of Florida. Virtually the whole of the state is a limestone platform.

But sinkholes are extremely rare in the UK.

What are they like?

Sinkholes can be of all different sizes ranging from just a few metres to large ones around 20 metres deep.

Collapsed sinkholes generally have steep rock sides and may have streams that then flow underground.

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Sky's the limit for new jet pack pals

The jet-propelled pilot has found a friend to fly through the sky at 185 miles per hour with

Exclusive audio of the jetpack flight over Dubai

Yves Rossy, who goes by the name 'Jetman', and French parachutist Vince Reffet soared together at speed, powered by jetpacks.

They put on a world-first aerial display above landmarks in Dubai, including Palm Island.

Yves built the specially developed flying suit back in 2006, using four jet-engines, which you might normally find on a small plane.

He has already used his jetpack prototype to cross the English Channel and fly over the Grand Canyon and Rio de Janeiro.

He said the display in Dunai "was the culmination of over 20 years of innovation".

'Jetman' added it "has resulted in achieving my personal dream to fly free, soaring through the sky."

From BBC Newsround

Huge 'ice fountain' draws big crowds in American park

A huge ice fountain has formed in a New York park, as freezing cold weather continues to grip the eastern half of America.

Letchworth State Park's fountain runs year-round from a stream, but has been encased in ice as temperatures continue to plummet.The icy formation - 15.24 metres tall is continuing to draw big crowds.Park staff think it could grow even bigger.Temperatures are 20-40F below normal for February.They've come in from the Mid-Atlantic to the South.

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Little piglet rescued from sea by RSPCA off Suffolk coast

A piglet has been rescued after tumbling down a cliff and swimming out to sea off the Suffolk coast in England.

The little pig had been stuck on a cliff, but when RSPCA staff arrived it had run down to the beach and was heading into the sea.

Inspector Jason Finch said it seemed "unfazed" as it splashed in the waves.

"I thought he was heading to France," he said.

                            Can you spot the piglet?

"I have never seen anything like it. I couldn't believe it when he darted straight into the sea like that," he added.

"He was completely unfazed by the bubbling surf and was in the water upwards of 10 minutes."

"He became a tiny black dot in the distance... I was just wondering whether I would have to dive in myself when he started swimming in the more shallow end of the surf, so I just ran in and grabbed him."

"He was safe and sound and in good health, in fact he did not even seem puffed out. Far fitter than many I know," said Mr Finch.

RSPCA inspector Jason Finch went into the sea to get the piglet

The adventurous little pig was later returned to its owner.

From CBBC newsround

Giant salamander spotted on walk to school

A rare giant salamander has been spotted by a boy on his way to school in 
Japan.

Yu, a high school student in Kyoto, saw the creature slithering along the path by a river bank.

He filmed the salamander and asked police to guard it until it went back into the river.

Yu said: "I was just walking without really paying any attention to it but once I got close to it, it started to move"

"That's when I realized it was this giant salamander".

Japanese giant salamanders are amphibious, meaning they live on land and in water, and can grow up to 150 cm.

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Peacock gang upsets neighbourhood

 

A gang of peacocks has been causing a flap in a suburb of Greater Manchester.

No-one knows how the birds came to settle in Laleham Green but the feathered five are causing a nuisance to residents.

One resident claims the birds entered her home and did a poo in the kettle.

She told BBC North West Tonight that she wants the birds to find a new home.

From CBBC newsround

Baby seal visits city in Sweden!

A baby seal has been attracting a lot of attention in Sweden!

It was spotted in Sundsvall city's harbour having apparently lost its way while swimming in the Baltic Sea.

Local residents turned up to meet the pup, which seemed in no hurry to get back to its swim.

It's not unusual for seal pups to leave their parents when they're 2-3 weeks old.

The seal population is big at the moment, so it may be the first of many visits to the city!

Dog owner's shock to find blueberry muffin that looks like her pet CHIHUAHUA

A teenage girl was shocked to discover the blueberry muffin she had just bought looked exactly like her pet Chihuahua

Oh my dog! Pet looks just like a blueberry muffin

A  teenage girl in La Mesa, Calif went out to buy a muffin and came back home with one that looked exactly like her pet dog.

"We bought a big pack of muffins at Costco last week and on Monday, I walked into the kitchen and got the last muffin," Kaelin Bell, 14, told The Huffington Post.

She was about to eat it when she noticed it had a strange resemblance to Chico, her six-month-old Chihuahua.She lost her appetite. At least for muffins.

The 14-year-old girl posted the extraordinary similarity on her tumblr page.

Her Chihuahua is seen staring up at her as she holds a muffin in a plastic bag.

The two - the muffin and the dog - look like mirror images of each other.

The girl, who lives in California, posted: "my blueberry muffin looks exactly like my dog I'm gonna cry.”

"I couldn't eat it," she said. "So we froze it in a plastic bag. My dad is wondering if we'll be able to sell it, but, so far, no one has offered to buy it."

Around a quarter of a million people have viewed the picture so far.

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'Magnetic man' breaks spoon record

Do you keep spoons in a drawer or cupboard? Well not this guy... he carries them on his body!

Etibar Elchyev, 41, dubbed the ‘magnet man’, managing to secure 53 metal spoons around his neck and chest setting the world record for the most spoons balanced on a human body.

Elchiyev, who llives in Tbilisi in Georgia, created the spoon record in 2011.

But he has no plans to stop there. "When the time comes I am going [to move] an airplane, then an empty train carriage, something like this, I won't reveal all my cards at once," he said

Source: ITN

From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10540599/Magnetic-Georgian-man-breaks-record-for-sticking-spoons-to-his-body.html

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Giant spinning ice circle found in US river

Imagine coming across this on a walk in the countryside!

                               Really weird!

The mysterious ice whirl was discovered in a river in America.

It looks so perfect it could be man-made but apparently it occurred naturally.

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Volcano causes new island to pop out of the sea near Japan

A brand new island has popped out of the sea near to Japan.

It's tiny - about 200 metres wide - and it might not last very long because it's made out of volcanic rock that erodes quite easily.

It was caused by a volcanic eruption under the sea bed which forced lava and rock to burst through the surface of the water.

The molten rock has then cooled and hardened on the water, turning it into a mini island.

It was first spotted because of massive clouds of smoke blowing out into the air, and when coastguards went to investigate they saw land that wasn't there before.

It's not been named yet because experts want to wait and see if it will stick around, but if it does it's a new mark to make on the map!

From CBBC Neewsround

Artist sets two pumpkin boat records in two days

Pumpkin boat man's record-breaking voyage to Isle of Wight

You may have carved one, used one to make a lantern or even eaten one but here's one man with a really unusual use for a pumpkin.

Artist Dmitri Galitzine has set not one, but two bizarre records, in a boat made out of a massive hollowed out pumpkin.He set a record for paddling 100 metres in less than three minutes in Portsmouth harbour.Then he raised the bar a bit higher and modified the boat to make it motorised.He motored off in the 'souped up' pumpkin crossing the Solent to the Isle of Wight.

Watch his amazing adventure.

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Three African lions and two rare jaguars born at zoo

There's a baby boom at a zoo in Mexico!

Two rare jaguar cubs and three African lion cubs have been born there.

One is causing serious excitement because it's completely black!

The zoo's launched a competition for local children to help name them.

See the cute cubs.

From CBBC Newsround

Switzerland's golf ball stealing fox!

A clever fox is robbing golf balls and hiding them at a golf club in Valais in Switzerland.

The fox has been filmed waiting as a golfer takes a shot and then running out to stealing the ball.

Locals say the animal, named Foxy, is often hiding behind the shrubbery and when he gets a ball, heads behind buildings and hides it.

According to BBC, the fox has gathered over 100 golf balls from the course, often while the balls are still in play.

Check out the clip and see the cheeky fox in action!

From CBBC newsround

Miniature books on display in Scotland

Some of the world's smallest books have been put on display at the National Library of Scotland.

Robert Burns's poetry also deserved a miniature book

One of the books is a copy of Old King Cole which measures less than 1mm in height!

It was published in 1985 and held the world record for the smallest printed book for 20 years.

It is one of about 80 miniature books which will go on display in Edinburgh until 17 November.

A miniature book is generally defined as one that is less than 7.5cm tall.

Why would anybody publish such tiny books?

In the 1870s, the Glasgow book publisher David Bryce & Son became one of the most successful miniature book publishers in the world.

They found that books sold thousands upon thousands more copies if they were miniature.

Others, like the tiny copy of Old King Cole, are simply published for a bit of fun.

From CBBC Newsround

Dutch cyclist claims new world speed record in Nevada

Dutch cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier has pedalled his way into the record books, becoming the fastest ever cyclist in a human powered vehicle.

He pedalled the special bike known as Velo X3 along one of the smoothest roads in the world, in Nevada USA.

Reaching a top speed of over 83 miles per hour, Sebastiaan broke the previous record set in 2009 by a Canadian cyclist.

Odd bike, isn't it?

From CBBC newsround

Mystery postbox appears on bridge

A red postbox that mysteriously appeared in the middle of a bridge is going to be removed.

The postbox appeared a few weeks ago on the side of Sonning Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in Berkshire.

Royal Mail said the postbox is not real and any letters posted would not get delivered.

People living nearby say the postbox is a mystery. Some people think it was put up as a piece of art.

Local councillor Mike Haines said he thought it was a "bit of fun" but the postbox will have to come down.

The Sonning Bridge is a "listed" structure which means it is protected and any alterations must be approved by the council.

From CBBC newsround

Sonning Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames at Sonning, Berkshire. It links Sonning with Sonning Eye (Oxfordshire) and crosses the Thames on the reach above Shiplake Lock, just short of Sonning Lock. It is a brick arch bridge completed in 1775, to replace an earlier wooden bridge. The bridge has been the subject of many paintings and prints by artists.

The road extends to the two Sonning Backwater Bridges. One is over the backwater downstream of the weir and the is other over themillrace which is between the two main branches.

The Thames Path crosses the river at this point.

in Wikipedia

Sonning Bridge is also used in handpainted English china pieces