Children bid to smash bead record

The children now have to wait for the record to be verified

A group of youngsters from Somerset are waiting to hear if they have broken a world record for threading beads on a fishing line.

The teenagers from Porlock were trying to beat the record, which stands at 50 metres (164ft) in 24 hours.

Anne Stoneham, who helped organise the event, said: "We smashed the record. We achieved 108 metres 21 cm and did this in 13 hours and 15 minutes."

The attempt was only halted because the youngsters ran out of beads and thread.

Ms Stoneham added: "One of our helpers estimated it was well over 20,000 beads. We looped the thread up and down the hall - our main worry was it all getting tangled up.

"We now have to submit the evidence to verify the record has been beaten."