A Friesian bullock is set to break records as Britain’s tallest cow, his owners claimed today.
The 6ft 6ins cow, named Chilli, towers over other cattle in his herd at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard, Somerset.
Staff at the sanctuary have applied to Guinness World Records to have him named as Britain’s tallest cow.
They claim nine-year-old […]

The Independent
By James Corrigan
Friday, 29 February 2008

Sir Steve Redgrave’s somewhat lofty ambition to prove his theory that “if you’re big enough, you’re good enough” took one almighty step forward yesterday with the announcement that his “Sporting Giants” initiative has added 34 rowers, 11 handball players and seven volleyball players to the national squads.
As […]

A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who’s the tallest man in America will sleep a little more comfortably now.
Guinness Book of World Records named Norfolk’s George Bell the tallest man in the United States in November. He is 7 feet 8 inches tall. Bell has had trouble finding a big enough bed to sleep in, but […]

Matthew Everitt
Saturday December 15, 2007
The Guardian
Most people don’t say anything until after they’ve passed by. Then they’ll turn and gawp. It doesn’t bother me. When you are asked, […]

Stephen Moss
Saturday August 25, 2007
The Guardian
I am 6ft 4in, which yesterday made me one of the shorter men in the Wotton House Hotel, near Dorking, Surrey, […]

A Ukrainian man has been officially recognised as the tallest person in the world, rising above the previous Chinese holder of the title.

Leonid Stadnik lives at home with his mother

Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian, was measured at 8 feet 5 inches (2.57 metres) in 2006, making him more than 8 inches (20 centimetres) taller […]

The world’s tallest man has married a woman who is 25 years younger than he is - and two-thirds of his height. After a global search for a suitable bride, herdsman Bao Xishun ended up marrying a saleswoman from his home city of Chifeng in northern China.
Mr Bao, who stands at 2.36m (7ft 8.95in) […]

Not much Fits says congratulations to Britain’s tallest couple!
Recently reported in The Sun Newspaper:
LOVED-UP Hilary Roberts and Ross Sambridge are high on romance – as Britain’s tallest couple.The lovestruck pair tot up a combined total of 13ft 7ins, with Hilary standing at 6ft 3ins and Ross 7ft 4ins.
Hilary, 27, a scientific researcher from Bristol, met […]

From BBC news
The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards.
Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in Fushun, north-east China.
Attempts to use instruments failed as […]

From the Daily Mail, By ADELE WATERS
Tara Savage has just turned 12, but she already towers over most women she meets — and a fair share of men.
At 6ft, she is growing at a rate of 6in a year and has been told by her doctor that she could top 7ft, putting her on track […]

From the London Metro
He makes Peter Crouch look like a midget and is nicknamed Stretch - but Christopher Lister is still growing.
The towering 18-year-old measures an astonishing 7ft 3in (2.21m) and is thought to be Britain’s tallest teenager.
The beanpole student, from Leeds, cannot even fit through his front door without bending down. His loftiness has […]

Being 7ft 3in gives John Williams a different perspective on day-to-day living

UK tallest twins are 6ft 10ins

However the Guinness Book of records now says the Tallest man - living is Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), measured 7 ft 8.95 in (2 m 36.1 cm)

Karlovic, at 6ft 10ins (2.08m) the tallest player in professional tennis, matched the number of clean service winners served up by Joachim Johansson at the Australian Open earlier this year.