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Daily Mail
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Adele Roberts breaks down in tears live on Lorraine as she receives emotional message from her cancer nurse after 'extraordinary' marathon world record
Adele Roberts broke down in tears live on Lorraine when she revealed the emotional message from her cancer nurse after she completed the London Marathon. Lorraine Kelly, 65, welcomed the radio presenter to the ITV morning show on Monday. Adele had become the fastest woman in history to complete the world's six major marathons in Boston, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago, New York and London with a stoma. She ran the London Marathon to raise money for Cancer Research on Sunday and joked 'my legs don't work' as she expressed her disbelief at her achievement. The star had brought her marathon medals to the show and Lorraine commented 'You're extraordinary'. Adele underwent surgery for bowl cancer in October 2021, later undergoing chemotherapy treatment and getting a stoma and announcing she had been given the all-clear in June 2022. She has continued her keen love of running despite battling her severe illness and in 2023, received a Guinness Record as she became the fastest person to ever run the race with a stoma bag. During the conversation, Lorraine played a video from Adele's stoma nurse called Elaine. 'You have inspired so many people and patients with stomas. You have been an absolute God send, you have been a person that others aim to aspire to. 'What a great accomplishment and thank you for carrying us along on that journey with you,' the nurse said. Adele wiped tears away and emotionally said, 'Sorry' afterwards. 'I get it because the people that helped you to get back and be you again are so important and sometimes we forget,' Lorraine said. The radio presenter agreed, 'Without a doubt, I always say cancer's a team effort and thanks to people like Elaine and the NHS, I couldn't have done it without them.' Adele was then presented with a Guinness World Records certificate live on air. During the conversation, Lorraine played a video from Adele's stoma nurse called Elaine, pictured The radio presenter completed the London Marathon in just three hours and 36 minutes. Adele took to her Instagram the day before Sunday's marathon to reflect on her record, sharing a video of her medal from the 2023 race and breaking into tears as she reflected on how far she'd come. She said: 'I just thought I'd have a look at this just to remind me where I've been and what I'm capable of, because I'm really freaking out today. I don't want to let anyone down and I don't want to let this girl down, the girl that did this.' Posting a video documenting her cancer battle and marathon journey, Adele shared a heartfelt post on Saturday night, writing: 'For every precious soul affected by cancer, for their families, their friends… and for everyone living with a stoma. This is for you.' She continued: 'I can't think of a better way to celebrate #bowelcancerawarenessMonth than running the @londonmarathon to complete the challenge and hopefully set a new Guinness World Record in the process as the first and fastest woman with a stoma to complete all 6. 'I promise to give tomorrow my all - Just as I did after waking up from surgery. I will start small and dream big!! I will take it step by step… and each of those steps will lead me to the finish. 'And I know you will all be with me every step of the way. I will run with all you in my heart.' While she also paid tribute to her girlfriend, Kate Holderness, saying: 'Thank you for being there with me EVERY STEP OF THE WAY @kateholderness. You're the reason I never gave up. You're my hero and I know with you by my side I can never lose ❤️ xxx'. On Sunday morning, Kate shared video of Adele on route to the marathon, with the presenter saying: 'My legs don't work!' as her partner encouraged: 'You're going to do good'. While she also posted a video of Adele making her way to the starting line in her running kit and putting her game face on amid her nerves. Lorraine airs on ITV1 weekdays from 9am and is available to stream on ITVX.
Local France
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Local France
French pastry chefs break world record for longest strawberry cake
Youssef El Gatou brought together 20 chefs to make the 1.2 tonne masterpiece that took a week to complete and was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Paris suburb town of Argenteuil for residents to inspect. The effort overtook a 100.48m long strawberry cake made in the Italian town of San Mauro Torinese in 2019. El Gatou's cake also used 350 kilogrammes of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream. Dancers perform during a Guinness Record event in Argenteuil, northern suburb of Paris, for the world's longest strawberry cake on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / AFP) To claim the record in the Guinness book, the cake had to be at least eight centimetres wide and eight centimetres tall. The logistics were so difficult that the team "used blowtorches to heat the bowl" for the cream mix, said the chef's wife Nadia El Gatou. El Gatou said that since a child he had wanted to set a record. Advertisement "I was looking for a product, or a French pastry, and I also wanted to highlight farm produce, so French strawberries and products like milk, cream and butter," he told AFP. Residents of Argenteuil who went to see the calorie packed record-breaker on Wednesday were given a piece to take away. READ MORE: Paris bakers attempt world's longest baguette
BBC News
09-02-2025
- BBC News
Five fascinating fountains from around the world
Fountains can be spectacular, intriguing, amusing and soothing, and many of them have become world-famous landmarks and tourist earliest example of water fountains can be found from 3000 BC, when they were simple structures that kept communities well hydrated and clean. A lot has changed since then, and now many fountains across the world are seen as grand pieces of the tallest and longest fountains in the world, to water features that use technology to dance in time to music, join BBC Bitesize as we go on a tour of the world's most fascinating fountains. Jet d'Eau, SwitzerlandThe Jet d'Eau in Geneva, Switzerland is a sight to behold. 500 litres (110 gallons) of water a second, reach 140m (459ft) into the air from the fountain's base on a small what might be surprising is that it was never meant to be a fountain at all, and its history is closely linked to the city's need to power its industry, particularly the late 1800s, industry was booming in the city and power was needed to supply the factories, including the many watchmaking workshops. To help with this, a hydraulic power plant was constructed. A problem spouted when pressure built up overnight when the factories were closed, so a safety valve was installed which shooted water into the technological advances had made the valve redundant. However, the jet was such a familiar sight for locals, and so popular with tourists, that it was decided to build a second Jet d'Eau in a more visible spot, which you can still visit today. It was inaugurated in 1891. Bellagio Fountains, USAMusical fountains whose jets perform in time to music have a long history. It's believed that one of the first was designed in 1820 by engineer Peter Bodor and installed in the Transylvanian town of Marosvásárhely, now Târgu Mureş, musical fountains were controlled by a human operator pressing switches that opened and closed valves in time to the music. But advances in technology meant that computers now control most musical one of the most spectacular and technologically advanced musical fountains are the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, USA which were completed in 1998 at a cost of $40 million (£32,465,200 million).The lagoon in which the fountains stand holds 22 million gallons (83 million litres) of water while 1200 nozzles propel water up to 460 feet (140 metres) into the air - all in time to musical hits. Visitors can watch performances to the music of Lady Gaga, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Banpo Bridge Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, South KoreaWhile we we might often be impressed by how tall a fountain is, there are also some amazingly long ones in the world. One is Banpo Bridge Moonlight Rainbow Fountain in Seoul, South Korea which holds the Guinness Record for the world's longest bridge the Han River, the bridge is the country's only double-decker bridge. But the bridge's main attraction are the fountains attached to jets stretch for 1.14km (3740ft) on both sides of the bridge. During the fountain show which runs four or five times a day from April to October, they move and dance in time to music while illuminated by almost 10,000 LEDs, drawing tourists from all over the world. Trevi Fountain, ItalyThe Trevi Fountain in Rome is one of the most photographed fountains in the world. Every year, four million visitors scramble to see and take selfies in front of the baroque masterpiece. The attraction has become so crowded that recently a new queuing system was introduced to try to reduce the on the fountain, which sits at the end of a 2,000 year-old underground aqueduct, began in 1732 and shows Oceanus, Titan god of the sea, being pulled along by two winged may recognise the fountain from one of many films. Roman Holiday (1953) starring Audrey Hepburn, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) show the water fountain. Another movie, Three Coins in The Fountain (1954) popularised the legend of throwing coins into the fountain. Visitors stand with their back to the fountain and throw a coin with their right hand over their left shoulder. According to popular belief, this will ensure you have a return trip to €1.4 million (£1,182,615) worth of coins are thrown into the fountain, which is then collected each year and given to charity. King Fahd's Fountain, Saudi ArabiaThe battle to build the world's tallest fountain has been raging for many years but, to date, the tallest fountain of this type is King Fahd's fountain in Saudi Arabia, which was built in fountain shoots seawater drawn from the Red Sea 312m (1024ft) into the air, a height greater than that of the Eiffel Tower, at a speed of around 200kmph (124mph). It was donated to the City of Jeddah by the late King Fahd of Saudi of the main challenges that the fountain's designers and engineers faced when building it was that, since the fountain uses seawater, rust and corrosion constantly attack the mechanism - with the nozzles being particularly vulnerable. This led to the development of a special alloy, which allows them to last for years, rather than months, before having to be article was published in January 2025.
