British couple becomes the oldest to marry

George Kirby (103) and Doreen Luckie (91) have become the oldest couple to get married. The British couple had been together for 27 years and finally made their vows in southern England with family and friends on George's 103rd birthday. George and Doreen have a combined age of 194 years, beating the previous record set by a French couple with a combined age of 191 years. George and Doreen have seven children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Fourth set of twins for NZ family

An Auckland family has welcomed their fourth set of twins! Emma and Loma Uhila have beaten the odds with their unique family. Scientists estimate there is a one in 24 million chance of having four sets of fraternal twins.

The couple's first child, Micah, is the only non-twin child in the family. Making it even more surprising is that there are no twins in either Emma or Loma's families. Loma and Emma are now the parents of nine children - Micah (6), Ava and Lily (4), Isla and Eden (3), Indi and Emme (18 months) and their latest arrivals, Levi and Mia.

Carrington Wins Gold

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington won the K1,500 metre world title at the canoe racing world championships in Milan. Carrington also qualified as the fastest for the K1 200 final.

The 26-year-old Kiwi stepped up the pace in the last 100 metres to win in 1:49.398, which was 1.727 seconds clear of Hungarian Anna Kárász.

Yu Zhou of China came third.The national women's K4 500 crew qualified for next year's Olympics by reaching the final.