A FLICK through the Guinness Book of Records reveals the oddest acts of endurance. Sitting in a bath of live maggots comes to mind.
Dianne Owen didn't have to do anything quite so disgusting - but she is hoping to get into the record books. Her team of hairdressers shaved the heads of 228 volunteers in four hours.
This razor-sharp encounter beat the old record by 62 close shaves.
So today will be chillier for 228 close-cropped volunteers but at least their hair has gone to a good cause, with all money raised going to two cancer charities.
Updated: 12:06 Monday, January 20, 2003
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