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By Charlie Fenton A pastor has set a world record by walking 24 hours with a 30kg shopping trolley on his back. James Baker, 40, walked around a 400m track at Stanley Park Sports Arena, in Blackpool, Lancs, a total of 200 times - a staggering 49.7 miles (80km) - for the challenge. To achieve the feat - the greatest distance carrying a shopping trolley in 24 hours by a male - Guinness World Record adjudicators told him he had to walk within 24 hours with a trolley weighing a minimum 30kg.

The large and warm-bodied great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has high fuel demands and risks overheating in warm oceans. (Andrew Fox via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Great white sharks face a "double jeopardy" extinction threat due to global warming, warns a new study. The fearsome ocean predators have high "fuel" demands due to their lifestyle and physiology, say scientists.

Jaime the librarian with Issy the cat. (Emma Trimble via SWNS) By Filipa Gaspar Meet the "famous" Oxford University library cat who's been keeping students company during their studies. Cat Isambard Kitten Brunel, also known as Issy, makes a bus commute to the library alongside his owner Jamie Fishwick-Ford. Jamie is a librarian at Lady Margaret Hall, one of the colleges at Oxford University, and began bringing Issy to work six years ago.

Visualization that accompanied NASA report showing magnetic reconnection on Sun. (NASA’s Conceptual Image Lab via SWNS) By Dean Murray Space scientists have revealed details of a "surprise" explosion on the sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has discovered unexpected behavior in how our star blasts energy into the solar system. During a close flyby, the spacecraft detected a jet of fast-moving particles — protons and heavy ions.

A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and below the plane of the Milky Way. The Universe's large-scale structure is visible in the magnified inset. Earth lies at the center of the wedges, and the black gap marks where our own galaxy obscures distant objects. Light from the furthest galaxies shown is 11 billion years old by the time it reaches Earth.

Fox cubs. (James Linsell Clark via SWNS) Foxes, crows and magpies could provide an "early warning system" to monitor antibiotic resistance, suggests a new study. Wildlife including the bin-dipping mammals as well as carrion birds can alert us to the spread of highly drug resistant bacteria into unexposed ecosystems, say scientists. Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, especially resistance against drugs critically important for human medicine, is an increasing health issue.

Paul Seymour says he didn't want to worry his wife, Joanne, about his health struggles. (Tom Wren via SWNS) By Jake Meeus-Jones A man hid his symptoms of coronary artery disease from his wife for seven months - before he suffered a life-threatening angina attack. Paul Seymour, 66, didn't want to worry his wife, Joanne, 64, so kept his symptoms - shortness of breath and chest pains - a secret.

(William Dax via SWNS) By Tom Bevan A horrified mom says a fake fundraiser for her sick baby has duped the public into donating thousands of pounds to the scammer. Katelyn Clarke, 23, launched a genuine fundraising appeal for eleven-month-old Macey-Mai after tests showed an ultra-rare birthmark was cancerous.

Elephants in Rwanda. (Laura Bertola via SWNS) By Stephen Beech African elephants are increasingly vulnerable to disease due to inbreeding, reveals a major new study. Evidence of genetic mutations was discovered in isolated populations of the iconic species in the largest genomic mapping of the continent's elephants. An international research team analyzed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected across 17 African countries.

(Photo by Edz Norton vía Unsplash) One in five Americans believe they’re basically psychic (19%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults explored how they employ their intuition in their daily lives, finding that another 71% rely on their intuition at least sometimes — only 11% don’t believe in it. Over the past year, respondents have had an average of 18 psychic moments.