Briton aims to be first woman to solo both poles
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Laid neatly on a deserted London office floor in parallel lines designed to meet at the North Pole, 60 days' worth of energy-charged packages wait for Rosie Stancer.
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Topless snap ends high altitude protest A German man who'd spent 10 days atop a 72-foot pole in protest at a conviction for fraud finally descended from his temporary eyrie after his missus sent up a topless snap of herself, Reuters reports.â¦
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A Sherpa guide who sprinted up Mount Everest in eight hours and 10 minutes will keep the record for the fastest climb up the world's highest peak, Nepalese mountaineering officials said Thursday.
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Britain's gold medal hope in the women's marathon Paula Radcliffe insists she is focused ahead of the race.
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Double gold medallist Kelly Holmes is chosen to carry the Great Britain flag at the Olympics closing ceremony.
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In May, they hope to be the first Muslim women to reach the summit.
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ATHENS, Greece Britain&#39;s Kelly Holmes has a rare middle-distance double at the Olympics. She came from behind to win the women&#39;s 15-hundred today in Athens.
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For most of the Olympic women&#39;s triathlon yesterday morning on a winding, hot and hilly seaside course beside the Aegean Sea, it was Harrop who was out front on her own, pushing the pace and going for the gold.
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A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest.
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The first female Beefeater at the Tower of London will overturn more than 500 years of tradition when she takes up the post on Monday.
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British adventurer and swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh on Sunday became the first person to swim in the icy waters of the North Pole, to raise awareness of how global warming is effecting the polar ice cap.
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ATHENS - An Olympic medal finally dangling from her neck, New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer was today crowned track cycling&#39;s peerless female endurance rider after obliterating her own world record en route to completing a golden individual pursuit treble.
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A 42-year-old Scottish woman became the  first female &quot;Beefeater&quot; on Monday, taking up her post as a  guardian of Britain&#39;s Tower of London.
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'Atlantis' was cleared yesterday to return to Earth on Thursday, with the shuttle's heat shield judged capable of surviving re- entry. This will be the longest single spaceflight by a woman - Sunita WIlliams has already broken the record for the longest space walk by a woman.
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A rescuer who braved gales and rough seas to rescue fishermen is the first woman to win a bravery medal.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Newly-crowned Olympic 800m champion Kelly Holmes sets her sights on a historic Olympic double.