Moment riders climb 200ft down tallest rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach after it broke down

Watch your step! Terrifying moment thrill-seekers climb down 200ft from top UK’s tallest rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach after it broke down The Big One rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach broke down yesterday Adrenaline junkies were left stranded at the highest point of the rollercoaster Park staff were forced to guide the riders to safety … Read more

Visitors forced to CLIMB DOWN from top of 200ft-high Blackpool Pleasure Beach rollercoaster

Visitors are forced to CLIMB DOWN from the top of 200ft-high Blackpool Pleasure Beach rollercoaster after it broke down mid-ride The Big One rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach broke down today Adrenaline junkies were left stranded at the highest point of the rollercoaster Park staff were forced to scale the rollercoaster before tentatively guiding nervous … Read more

DIY shopper struggles to climb through car window after he tied a load of wooden panels to the roof

Fenced out! DIY shopper struggles to climb through car window after jamming doors shut when he tied a load of wooden panels to the roof Baz Caney watched on as man struggled to find a way to get into this Ford Focus  The man had tied five fence panels on top of his car and … Read more

Pet owner lowers blanket out of window and his cats climb it to get indoors 

Who needs a cat flap? Pet owner lowers blanket out of window and his moggies climb it to get indoors The bizarre footage was recorded by a bemused onlooker in Vologda, Russia Pet lover unfurled a striped blanket before lowering it out a ground-floor window His beloved cats then clambered up the material before he … Read more

Two wild elephants stuck in a ditch cleverly work together to help each other climb to safety

The Great Escape: Two wild elephants stuck in a ditch in Thailand cleverly work together to help each other climb to safety The pair of elephants found themselves trapped in a dried-out river bed in Thailand’s Rayong province Over the course of an hour the elephants worked together to get back to safety The adorable … Read more

Losses at struggling Aston Martin climb despite booming DBX sales

Losses at struggling Aston Martin balloon as Covid causes collapse in luxury car demand but DBX sales offer ray of hope as it targets a turnaround Aston Martin’s pre-tax losses rose from £119.6m in 2019 to £466m in 2020 The group expects vehicle sales will hit 10,000 by the middle of the decade Sports and GT … Read more

Detached home prices grow three times faster than flats as Covid makes housing ladder hard to climb

The price of a detached house shot up three times faster than that of a flat in 2020, as lockdown drove buyers to seek out bigger homes with gardens. Detached homes saw their value increase by 10 per cent or £43,364 last year, with the average cost reaching £486,595 by December. This was according to … Read more

Cold dog tries to climb inside his owner’s fluffy robe as sits at her desk working from home

Sleeve it out! Cold dog tries to climb inside his owner’s fluffy robe as sits at her desk working from home The Indonesian rescue dog Ralphy manoeuvres his way into his owner’s robe Daisy Gijsbers laughs as canine tries to keep warm in Budel, the Netherlands The dog pushes his head further into gown before poking … Read more

Nature: Snakes use their bodies as LASSOS to climb poles and reach the nests of endangered birds

A never-before-seen form of snake locomotion — in which serpents use their bodies like a lasso’s noose to climb wide poles — has been discovered by experts in Guam. US experts were trying to design snake-proof poles on which nesting boxes for Micronesia starlings could be placed without fear their eggs would be eaten. However, … Read more

Alan Bennett, 86, struggles to climb stairs but refuses to have a stairlift ‘for aesthetic reasons’

Alan Bennett, 86, has had to give up cycling and struggles to climb stairs but refuses to have a stairlift ‘for aesthetic reasons’ Playwright Alan Bennett, 86, shared his declining health in his annual diary ‘How long I will continue walking is an open question and a pressing one’ he said  The Talking Heads writer … Read more