
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. |