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BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Karl Bushby global walker from Hull prepares for home stretch
A man hoping to become the first person to complete an unbroken round-the-world walk is preparing for the last leg of his Bushby set off from Chile in 1998. Since then he has walked across American and Asian continents, swam 186 miles (300km) across the Caspian Sea and fought off ice lumps and polar bears through the Bering Strait, all without using any form of former paratrooper has less than 2,000 miles (3219km) left to walk before he arrives at his home city of Bushby, who is currently in Mexico waiting for a visa to complete his challenge, has said returning home will be a "very strange place to be" after being away for some 27 years. Following his 31-day swim across the Caspian Sea last year, Mr Bushby said he continued his journey to Azerbaijan and then through to traveller, originally from Sutton Park, said he "had to step aside" from his mission, named the Goliath Expedition, while he waited for a hopes to continue his trek, via Turkey, in August before entering Europe. Mr Bushby expects it will take another year before he is on home soil and is aiming to arrive in Hull by September 2026. Speaking on BBC Radio Humberside, Mr Bushby said: "On 1 November 1998 you're literally looking down at a road that's 36,000 miles long and have no idea how you're going to do it."We've run into a lot of complications with visa problems, financial crises, the pandemic, we've had it all."It's been extremely difficult but we've always stuck to our guns and never been willing to compromise on the route."Mr Bushby said there had been "a few occasions" where he feared for his life, but he was "mentally prepared" for the tough encounters. He said: "Getting home, I just don't know, it's weird, it's a very strange place to be in where suddenly your purpose for living will have a hard stop."I'm hoping to transition into other things as quickly as possible, keeping mind, body and soul on the move."He said reuniting with his family would involve getting "to know each other again".The adventure was meant to take 12 years but his global voyage has transcended more than five prime ministers, the Covid-19 pandemic, and numerous wars. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Daily Mail
British Army para secretly filmed himself losing his virginity with female recruit and showed it to his 'lad' friends, court martial hears
A British Army paratrooper secretly filmed himself losing his virginity to a female recruit before sharing the sex tape with his 'lad' mates, a court martial heard. Gunner Josh Handley allegedly filmed himself having the one night stand with the 17-yeart-old trainee during a boozy night out. However, after allegedly showing friends a tape of the encounter, the female soldier then confronted Gnr Handley - now a member of the airborne regiment's acclaimed artillery unit. Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard the male accused claimed he had made up the existence of the video to get back at his alleged victim for spreading rumours about him having a small penis. The court heard a mobile phone video was taken when the pair were on a night out together with a large group of friends. The woman had no idea Gnr Handley - now in his early twenties and in the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - had filmed their consensual encounter, the court heard. But several months later the soldier - who appeared in court sporting the famous fighting force's distinctive maroon beret - showed it to a 'couple of lads' It was then over a year before he showed anyone the tape again, when he bumped into a friend of the victim in Magaluf and showed her the clip which she told him 'wasn't funny'. The alleged victim found out about the video nearly two years after the incident when the girlfriend of one of the male soldiers who had been shown the clip told her. After finding out about the sex tape, the recruit confronted Gnr Handley on Snapchat, asking him if he had a video of them 'sh***ing' and he told her did but no longer had access to it. Prosecuting, Graham Coombes described the incidents when the alleged video was shared with some 'lads' and then with a friend of the victim's. He said: 'She had consensual intercourse, what she did not know was this was being recorded on the accused's phone. 'She took this up with the accused via Snapchat, the conversation confirmed that a video had been recorded by him and had been shown to others. 'He apologised for his actions and said he did not know why he had shown it to a couple of lads.' 'The accused on summer holiday showed [the complainant's friend] a video on his mobile phone. She told him it was not funny and told him to put his phone away.' Mr Coombes said: 'He was interviewed {by police}, he denied the existence of the video claiming he made up a rumour about it after the complainant spread rumours about him having a small penis and being bad at sex. 'He was trying to cause distress to the complainant with these rumours.' The alleged victim told the court she was very unhappy when she was told about the videos as sex is a 'private thing'. 'I was not happy at all,' she said. 'I have always been in relationships, sex is a very private thing.' She denied spreading any rumours about Gnr Handley's size or performance in bed. Gnr Handley denies three counts of disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind, claiming he did not take a video but merely spread rumours of one to 'cause distress' to the recruit who had supposedly spread rumours about him. The trial continues.
