Racer on track for charity
DOUBLE amputee racing driver Billy Monger has completed an epic 140mile charity challenge across England.
The 21-year-old said he’d “never been that drained in all my life” after the final
50-mile stretch, walking and cycling laps of Brands
Hatch, Kent, on Friday. He began the five-day trek, in aid of Red Nose Day, at Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
Billy, who lost his legs in a racing accident three years ago, also kayaked six miles across Ullswater in the Lake District.
SAILOR Ben Katzman, 32, swam a record 5.35 miles in almost four hours while handcuffed in a pool in King George, Virginia.
GEMMA Collins told Mel Giedroyc she wears underwear once and then gives it away. Unusual, yes, but it keeps the Lebanese Air Force in parachutes.
YESTERDAY marked 25 years since the very first Pokémon games debuted on Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy.
Leading developer Game Freak has announced two new games to celebrate the occasion.
The first offering, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, is a pair of remakes of the original 2006 title.
They are said to be coming to the Nintendo Switch in “late 2021”.
As you might expect, it’s a colourful reimagining of the original game, “faithfully reproduced”.
In practice, it’s your classic top-down Pokémon game, with up-to-date battle scenes.
In contrast, the company also announced a brand new game called Pokémon
Legends Arceus, coming in 2022. While this also draws inspiration from the same Diamond and Pearl release from 2006, it’s an entirely different beast. This adventure bears the hallmarks of a game set in the past and something entirely fresh compared with the established worlds we have come to know from past Pokémon games. If this is the future of the series, then sign us up for another 25 years to help catch ’em all.