jon goodwin from newcastle under lyme, who's 80, has beaten the odds in another way.me and say, "you're not able to go". but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson's. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled downjust to prove that it wasn't going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that's not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august the eighth. ellie price, bbc news. model ships built by two young brothers from aberdeen—sher in scotland have been launched on what is planned to be an epic journey around the south pole. the mission to circumnavigate antarctica, started by harry and ollie ferguson, is thought to be a world first. the schoolboys built one—metre replicas of two scientific vessels. it's

jon goodwin from newcastle—under—lyme, who�*s 80, has beaten the odds in another way.'s. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled down just to prove that it wasn't going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that's not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august the eighth. ellie price, bbc news. and now to the remarkable story of an australian sailor who survived two months at sea. they were attempting a 6,000 km solo voyage across the pacific ocean to french polynesia — but their boat was damaged by a storm several weeks later. this meant the sailor and his best friend — were left drifting in the vast and hostile north pacific ocean — for two months! here he is — this is the castaway — tim shaddock — and on his right you can

and with them will be 80—year—old jon goodwin — an olympian — who bought a ticket for the virgin spaceattached to a mothership... as bucket list dreams go getting into space is a difficult one. when i was two years old, just looking up in the skies, i was like, "how can i get there"? it turns out a raffle ticket will do it. keisha and anastatia from antigua will be the first mother and daughter to blast into orbit together. jon goodwin from newcastle under lyme, who's 80, has beaten the odds in another way. he's got parkinson's. i was pretty convinced that they were going to turn round to me and say, "you're not able to go". but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson's. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled downjust to prove that it wasn't going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to d

jon goodwin from newcastle—under—lyme, who's 80, has beaten the odds in another way.y, "you're not able to go." but they have been fantastic — the fact that i can defy my parkinson's. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled down just to prove that it wasn't going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that's not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august 8. ellie price, bbc news. a sweater with a complicated royal history is up for sale. it's the so—called �*black sheep jumper�* princess diana wore to a polo match in the summer of 1981, one month before her marriage to then—prince charles. it set off a fury of specualaton over what message she might have tried to send. it is expected to sell for as much as $80,000 at auction

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