The Latest Breaking News from Guinness World Records

The Great Dane’s owner considered him her ‘dog child’

More than 30,000 applicants submitted their achievements to Guinness World Records this past year.

Finally old enough to drink, this bantam hen had a rough start to her record-breaking life.

For 35 years, Barker was a familiar presence in the living rooms of everyone from little old ladies, to kids home sick from school. He used his fame to promote another great passion: animal rights.

No one has measured Cassius since 2011, which is when the saltwater giant was awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's largest living crocodile in captivity.

That's 453 real-life days in case you're counting

The 21-year-old drew a 21.3 metre-long picture of his favourite train – a Thameslink engine and carriages

More than 1,100 people wearing Dolly Parton costumes have gathered in an Irish town. The Dolly Day event in Listowel attempted to set a world record for the largest gathering of people wearing a full head-to-toe Dolly Parton costume. The event raised money for Kerry Hospice and Comfort for Chemo…

The mother of the 19-year-old killed aboard the Titan submersible said the plan had been for her to accompany her husband on a trip to see the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the sea. But Suleman Dawood "really wanted to go."

Suleman Dawood applied to the Guinness World Records and his father, Shahzada, who also died, had brought a camera to capture the moment.

Heidi Crowter, 27, from Coventry, identified the most celebrity birthdays in three minutes to earn a Guinness World Record.