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British teen sets slam dunk record

SHEFFIELD, England, April 20 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old boy in Sheffield, England, set a world record for the longest slam dunk with a nearly 23-foot-long leap to the hoop, his mother says.

Anita Ramos said her son Jordan used a trampoline to jump nearly 23 feet through the air and slam a basketball through a 10-foot-high hoop, to break the previous world record of nearly 21 feet held by an unidentified Japanese athlete, Sky News reported.

"I am so proud of Jordan -- he's a grounded kid and keeps on top of his homework as well as all his training," the new Guinness world record holder's mother said.

Jordan, a tumbling gymnast for Britain, said he learned from experience the trampoline slam could be dangerous.

"I am really glad I did it because during rehearsals I injured myself, it can be quite dangerous," he told Sky News.

Jordan, whose slam was to be televised on Sky 1's "Guinness World Records Smashed," comes from athletic lineage as his mother is an acrobat and his father is a stuntman.

7 cows rescued from muddy English river

BURNHAM-ON-SEA, England, April 20 (UPI) -- Rescuing seven cows from a muddy English estuary turned out to be a complicated operation involving 20 firefighters and two hovercraft, officials said.

By the time the firefighters arrived Friday afternoon, some of the cows were buried up to their necks in mud, the BBC reported. Investigators said they believe the animals stampeded into the River Parrett in Somerset, possibly frightened by gunfire.

More than 20 firefighters were called to the scene. They used ropes and tractors to drag the animals to dry ground.

A Burnham Area Rescue Boat spokesman said the hovercraft -- Spirit of Lelaina and Light of Elizabeth -- provided safety for the firefighters and helped herd the cows out of the river.

"The cattle were returned to their very grateful owner," the spokesman said. "Throughout the rescue the RSPCA were in attendance, and, as far as we know, the cattle were none the worse for their ordeal. We used ropes, mud mats, tractors and other equipment to help free the trapped animals."

Buyer returns memento to Titanic survivor

DEVIZES, England, April 20 (UPI) -- An anonymous British buyer who bought a canvas bag belonging to a 97-year-old Titanic survivor has asked the auctioneer to return the memento to the seller.

The mail-bag was Millvina Dean's only remaining souvenir from the Titanic, The Times of London reported. She was a baby traveling with her parents when the ship struck an iceberg and sank, claiming 1,516 lives, including her father's.

Dean, who lives in a nursing home in Southampton, put the bag up for auction to help pay her medical expenses.

"The bidding went a little over £5,000 ($7,500), which I think the seller would be very happy with," said auctioneer Andrew Aldridge of Devizes, Wiltshire. "However when the buyer came to pay for the bag, he said Ms Dean should have it and then just left. I've never seen him before, all I know is that he is a businessman in London."

The auction Saturday brought in a total of 300,000 pounds ($450,000). The highest-selling item was a rusty key found on the body of Edmund Stone, a steward who used it to open a corridor door, creating a route for third-class passengers to get to the lifeboats.

An Irish collector paid 59,000 pounds (almost $90,000) for the key, which had remained with Stone's family.

Antique putter found in garage

STOCKPORT, England, April 20 (UPI) -- The wooden putter used to make the winning shot in the 1939 British Open was found stored away in a garage in England, sources say.

The club was used by English golfer Dick Burton at the 1939 tournament on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, The Daily Telegraph reported. Burton gave the putter to his aunt Ethel as an apology after he and her husband got drunk at her hotel.

Golfer Garry Bingham, 50, inherited the club 20 years ago when Ethel died and stashed it away, not realizing its value -- which the newspaper said was estimated at more than $22,000.

"I'm not after making money off it, that's not what it's about. I loved the golfing history and it's something I'm proud to have," Burton said. "It's like having a piece of history. It's a real family heirloom."