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By Ben Hooper
Aug. 26 (UPI) -
- A stunt driver at the British Motor Show broke two Guinness World Records -- one for parallel park- ing, and another for doing donuts around a motor- cycle.
Paul Swift took on the Guinness World Record for the tightest paral- lel park in an electric car twice during the British Motor Show in Farnborough,
England.
Swift's first attempt, on the first day of the show, successful- ly set the record with 13.8 inches to spare. He broke his own record on the fourth day of the show, parking with 11.8 inches to spare.
"I'm shaking like a leaf," Swift said after breaking the record for a sec- ond time.
Swift also took on the record for
most donuts (spins) around a motorcycle per- forming a wheelie in one minute. Swift drove a Ford Mustang in tight circles around motorcy- cle stuntman JD Stunts. He suc- cessfully broke the record on his first attempt by driving in 8 tight circles around the motorcycle, and bettered his total with 10 donuts on his second attempt.
Ditch The Necktie
By Raquel Redondo
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked govern- ment officials and people working in the private sector to save energy by giving up wearing neckties at work.
Appearing at a news conference in an open- necked white shirt and blue jacket, Sánchez explained he had dressed less for- mally not as a nod to the casual Friday custom but to curb utility use — presumably air-conditioning, but he did not spell that out.
“I´d like you to note that I am not
wearing a tie. That means that we can all make savings from an energy point of view,” the prime minister said at the news confer- ence called to summarize his government’s annual perform- ance.
He said he encouraged his ministers and public officials, “that if not neces- sary, don’t use a tie.”
Spain has swel- tered for more than a month, with temperatures in parts of the country often sur- passing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The government has urged people to reduce electricity costs by not over- using air condi- tioning.
Rising energy costs for house-
holds and busi- nesses in Spain has been a major issue in recent months, especial- ly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. Sánchez said the government would present a new energy-saving plan next week, but he gave no details.
He said the plan was designed to cut utility bills and to reduce energy dependency on “the aggressor, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.”
In June, Spain approved eco- nomic relief measures worth more than 9 bil- lion euros ($9,2 billion), including reductions in elec- tricity taxes and a one-time payment of 200 euros ($200) for people with low-incomes.
British Stunt Driver Breaks Parallel Parking World Record