Cops set kung-fu record
KUNG Fu cops have karate-chopped their way into the record books after completing a 36-hour martial arts training session.
There was no previous record for the longest training session, so the 10 members of the Greater Manchester Police Martial Arts Club could have stopped after 24 hours.
Inspector Melita Wordswick said: "It was quite tempting to call it quits at that point, but we had so many people coming along to support us and we wanted to set a record that would not easily be broken.
"The hardest time for me was training throughout the night, when your body tells you that you should be asleep."
The team began their attempt at Manchester College in Ardwick with non-stop training for two-hour stints broken by just a one-minute break.
They hope to appear in the Guinness Book of Records next year and have also raised funds in aid of CLIC Sargent, a charity that cares for young people and children with cancer.
