19 May 2013 Last updated at 05:03 ET

Grandmother's 99th birthday abseilDoris Long pictured on the roof of Millgate House in Portsmouth in 2012

A great-great-grandmother celebrates her 99th birthday by abseiling from the top of an 11-storey building.

Winning balls in Powerball lottery in Florida on 18 May 2013'Sole winner' nets record US jackpot

A ticket holder in Florida has won the largest Powerball jackpot in US history, more than $590m (£388m), lottery officials say.

Facebook photo of Raha MoharrakSaudi woman reaches Everest summit

A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain.

File photo: A taxi driving through Hong KongHong Kong taxi driver sued for 6 cent overcharge

A Hong Kong taxi driver prosecuted for overcharging a passenger by HK$0.5 (£0.04; $0.06) has the case against him thrown out.

Nigel ClarkeFrustrated man catalogues call centre options

An IT manager who grew frustrated with call centre menus has catalogued shortcuts to thousands of phone services

Sanjay Dutt outside the court on ThursdayBollywood actor Dutt takes mattress and fan to jail

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is allowed to take a mattress, pillow, fan, and toiletries as he goes to jail over firearms offences linked to deadly blasts in Mumbai in 1993.

Bob DylanBob Dylan joins US Arts Academy

US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is made an honorary member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A child thinking about a sum at the blackboardBrain stimulation 'boosts maths link'

Applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can boost maths skills up to six months later, say Oxford University researchers.

Chair shaped like a high-heel is is displayed in the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience near Alexanderplatz square in Berlin, 16 May, 2013. Barbie house opens in Berlin

Images of a life-size Barbie house with interactive exhibits and hundreds of the doll's clothes which has opened in Berlin as feminists demonstrate outside.

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