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The Daily Telegraph 20.10.2025 Ily Fraser 12 (blue), Hayden Mee 11 (red), Molly Picklum Estella Carbonelli 12 (pink), and Levi Lowe 10, (white). - Molly Picklum newly Crowned WSL World Champion and former Grom Search competitor at Rip CurlÃs National GromSearch Final, URBNSURF Sydney. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Surf champ inspires young guns

Newly crowned WSL World Champion surfer Molly Picklum has come home to Australia with one very heavy trophy, a big smile and these nuggets of wisdom for the next generation of grommets

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Kiwi man holds Guinness World Record for longest name. Photo: Guinness World Records

Man’s world record-breaking name

After a High Court ruling, over 2000 middle names and one very patient wedding celebrant, this New Zealand man’s Guinness World Record for the longest name will be a real mouthful to beat

It was a massive night. Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images

Healy smashes World Cup record

Australia has pulled off one of the greatest wins in Cricket World Cup history with skipper Alyssa Healy playing a jaw-dropping innings in India – find out how she did it

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Photo: Elsie Chittleborough (12), Prime Minister's Spelling Bee champion. SA's Elsie Chittleborough of Torrensville Primary School is the state's first ever national champion title in the PM's Spelling Bee after claiming the Orange level (Years 5-6) of Kids News' national spelling challenge, following a record-breaking 82,000 student registrations. Kids News and the Bee are key pillars in the News in the Community program led by Penny Fowler. Picture: Tim Joy. 16th September 2025

Bee spelling success pretty sweet

Back-to-back victories and a breakthrough win for South Australia have marked the fifth anniversary of Australia’s premier student spelling competition. FULL HONOUR ROLL

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Jennifer Hunt, 15, and her golden retriever Bella before they both embark on a record-breaking flight around Australia from Darwin, Friday, September 9, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Teen pilot and puppy take off

While most 15-year-olds are in school, Australia’s youngest female pilot and her puppy are set to make history attempting to become the youngest team to fly around our country’s vast coastline

14-year-old boy Caspar has photographed all of Metro’s 222 train stations as part of a school assignment this year. He has made a 168-page photobook out of the images, Picture: Supplied

Caspar’s stopping all stations for school project

High school student Caspar Schoonbrood certainly had a one-track mind when it came to a school project that saw him photograph every one of Melbourne’s 222 train stations

Back - Lexie, 7, Ivy, 7, Harry, 10, and Ella, 8, celebrate halloween with Front - Tyson, 6, Stevie, 8, and Jasmine, 8. Photo:Tertius Pickard

Halloween fans ready for spooky spree

Aussies are tipped to spend $430 million on Halloween as freaky festivities return in full force this year

2022 Comedy Wildlife Finalists - Keep Calm and Keep Your Head - Picture Martin Grace /Comedywildlifephoto.com.

Laugh your head off at funny wildlife snaps

From a ‘headless’ penguin to an antelope with wings, the finalists in the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are sure to put a smile on your face

A Queensland man have found a big gemstone on his evening walk.

Recent rains unearth giant gem

An evening stroll proved especially profitable for one prospecting enthusiast in Queensland’s Sapphire Gemfields, whose keen eyesight picked out a glint that turned out to be one great big gem

Australia has one of its youngest ever motorsport world champions after 10-year-old South Australian Dexter Warren won the UTV World Championship in Barstow, California. Picture Facebook

Meet Australia’s pint sized world champ

Dexter Warren is just 10 years old and already on top of the world in his chosen sport, off-road kart racing

Tallest ever domestic dog Zeus, a great dane measuring 1.118m in October
2011, at his home in Michigan US. Picture: Guinness World Records

Aussies set Guinness world records

Always entertaining as a unique portrait of our planet, the latest Guinness Book of World Records is a riot of races and risk, human endeavour, animal excellence, fearful feats and lots of fun

ESCAPE. MY NEIGHBOURHOOD. How to do Melbourne's Paris end with Andrew McConnell. Hill of Content Bookshop. Picture: Supplied

Local bookstores recover with love

With Australia’s eastern seaboard braced for another serious soaking, what better time to stock up on new titles and curl up in a cosy corner than the annual Love Your Bookshop Day

Michael Jordanâs game-worn 1998 NBA Finals âThe Last Danceâ jersey, from game 1, is displayed during Sothebyâs âInvictusâ sales, in New York City on September 6, 2022. - The iconic red Chicago Bulls jersey, with Jordan's number 23 on the back, is only the second worn by the star during his six championships to be sold at auction. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Jordan’s jersey sets new record price

Basketball great Michael Jordan’s jersey from the famed ‘Last Dance’ NBA season has sold for over $US10 million, making it the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia in history

The hyper realistic work of Australian artist Cj Hendry. Instagram

Wonka ticket of the Instagram age

For Instagram followers in the know, the race is on down busy city streets as Australian art star Cj Hendry drops little red boxes in Sydney, New York and London like a millennial Willy Wonka

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Jos Bots, 92, pictured at Stanwell Tops is the oldest Paraglider pilot in Australia. He turns 93 on the 14th of September and is hoping to set a new Guinness World Record for the oldest Paraglider pilot in the world. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Paragliding pensioner chases world record

Paragliding enthusiast Jos Bots celebrated his 93rd birthday with 50 years of flying tucked under his harness but a Guinness World Record is one gift still on the death-defying adventurer’s wishlist

MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022: Zachary Cheng, 13, is the national winner of the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee in the Year 7-8 age group. He'll be going to Canberra to meet the Prime Minister as part of his prize. Picture: Mark Stewart

Meet this year’s Spelling Bee champions

The national winners of the 2022 Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee have been revealed – and you won’t believe some of the tricky words they had to conquer

Australia's favourite children's author Andy Griffiths is about to release his 12th book in his Treehouse series, The 156-Storey Treehouse where the boys take on an angry snowman at Christmas. Picture: David Caird

What’s your favourite Treehouse book?

With the 12th book in his hit Treehouse series hitting the shelves, author Andy Griffiths has created lots of funny stories. But he can’t pick a favourite. Or can he?

BUNOL, SPAIN - AUGUST 31: A reveler lays is tomato pulp during the Tomatina festival on August 31, 2022 in Bunol, Spain. The world's largest food fight festival, La Tomatina, consists of throwing overripe and low-quality tomatoes at each other. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

Frenzy at Spanish tomato party

Six trucks rolled into the sleepy Spanish town of Buñol and unleashed 130 tonnes of juicy tomatoes to the wild delight of thousands of tourists massed in the streets for a very pulpy party

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Getting the boot can’t take shine off Ricciardo

Aussie Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo is famous for his beaming smile and doing a ‘shoey’ – and not even getting the boot from his racing team can take those away

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Anthony Field and his daughter Lucia pictured as she starts her journey as the 2nd blue Wiggle. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Wiggle’s daughter makes Blue debut

The Wiggles’ famous big red car just became an eight-seater as original member Anthony Field makes room for his 18-year-old daughter, a ballerina now buckling up for a wiggly ride in blue

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