The World's Biggest Bouncy Castle

Now THIS will put a spring in your step: The world's biggest bouncy castle is an incredible 893ft long (no wonder it's called The Beast)

• The Beast, currently in a park in Belgium, has been created to give adults the chance to be 'a kid again' 
• The mammoth structure is made up of 32 inflatables across the length of more than two football pitches
• Those brave enough to boing along it face a tiring race to the end with walls and rings to tackle

• By Ted Thornhill For Mailonline,www.dailymail.co.ukSeptember 20th, 2016

This is the world's biggest bouncy castle - a mammoth 893ft-long inflatable known as The Beast.

It's been created to give adults the chance to be 'a kid again', and is made up of 32 inflatables across the length of more than two football pitches.

Anyone brave enough to boing along it faces a tiring race to the finish as they take on a challenging course of inflatable walls, rings and enormous bouncy balls.

This is the world's biggest bouncy castle - a mammoth 893ft-long inflatable known as The Beast

The beast has been created to give adults the chance to be 'a kid again', and is made up of 32 inflatables across the length of more than two football pitches

Anyone brave enough to boing along The Beast faces a tiring race to the finish as they take on a challenging course of inflatable walls, rings and enormous bouncy balls

Benedikt De Vreese, owner of V-Formation, the company that custom-made The Beast, said: 'People are dead tired when they slide the last piece of the track but after that they can't stop talking about how cool it was'

De Vreese said: 'It's about starting with 100 per cent energy and making sure you finish with zero per cent without reaching that point in the middle of The Beast'

The course, which is currently in a nature park in Belgium, has already seen people competing for a record time while dressed as Spider-Man or carrying giant inflatable ducks

Benedikt De Vreese, owner of V-Formation, the company that custom-made The Beast, said: 'People are dead tired when they slide the last piece of the track but after that they can't stop talking about how cool it was.

'That's why we built this, to create something special for adults but where they can be a kid again.'

'It's not always about power or speed, it's about endurance and knowing yourself.

'It's about starting with 100 per cent energy and making sure you finish with zero per cent without reaching that point in the middle of The Beast.'

The huge bouncy castle will be heading to Hyde Park in London in 2017, where contestants will be challenged to become the fastest person to complete the course

The creators of The Beast have plans to add another 196ft to help them reach their ultimate target of having an entire kilometre of inflatable track

Two men celebrate reaching one of The Beast's bouncy peaks, as others take a rest below

The course, which is currently in a nature park in Belgium, has already seen people competing for a record time while dressed as Spider-Man or carrying giant inflatable ducks.

It will be heading to Hyde Park in London in 2017, where contestants will be challenged to become the fastest person to complete the course.

But they already have plans to add another 196ft to help them reach their ultimate target of having an entire kilometre of inflatable track.

Benedikt added: 'Are the people of the UK ready for this one?'

Some people who tackle the beast throw themselves into the endeavour, as this image shows

The Beast has a colourful variety of obstacles, with some parts of the course tackled with an inflatable dolphin

This athletic participant somersaults his way over one part of the bouncy course

Up, up and away: Bouncy X-s mark the spot on this part of the gruelling course

The owner of the course said that getting around isn't always about power or speed

The course is an endurance test for anyone who tries it - but these images show how it's undoubtedly fun, too

It's all smiles for these participants as they slide down to the chequered flag at the end of the course

The Bizarre History of Angelina Jolie's Love Life

Vials of blood, knife play, kissing her brother, lesbian flings and 'sexual kindergarten': The bizarre history of Angelina Jolie's love life

• By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com,www.dailymail.co.uk
• September 20th, 201
  
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She once claimed to have slept with only four men - three of whom were her husbands.

But Angelina Jolie has experienced a more bizarre sexual history than anything Hollywood could dream up.

The 41-year-old shocked the world on Tuesday when she filed for divorce from her husband of two years Brad Pitt, citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

Racy past: Angelina Jolie had a romance with Jenny Shimizu and the pair starred together in 1996's Foxfire. 'I probably would have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband,' Jolie revealed in an interview years later. 'I fell in love with her the first second I saw her'

But it was only the latest chapter in a very colourful tome, which appears to have started as far back as preschool.

'I was a member of a group called the Kissy Girls. I was very sexual in kindergarten,' she told OK! Magazine in 2007.

'I created a game where I would kiss the boys and give them cooties. Then we would make out and we would take our clothes off. I got in a lot of trouble!' 

The end: Angelina Jolie's shock split from Brad Pitt on Tuesday was just the latest chapter in a very colourful love life story

Jolie lost her virginity at 14 — with her mother's blessing. 

'When I was 14, I was either going to be reckless on the streets with my boyfriend or he was going to be with me in my bedroom with my mom in the next roo m because I was going to have a boyfriend, ' she revealed to Cosmopolitan in 2003.  

Things then took a darker turn for the teen, who had a history of self harm and an adolescent fascination with knives. 

Number one: She met first husband-to-be Jonny Lee Miller on the set of 1995's Hackers

'I had started having sex with my boyfriend and the sex and the emotions didn't feel enough. I was no longer a little girl,' she told OK.

'In a moment of wanting to feel closer to my boyfriend I grabbed a knife and cut him. He cut me back.

'We had an exchange of something and we were covered in blood, my heart was racing. Then whenever I felt trapped, I'd cut myself. I have a lot of scars. It was an age when I felt adventurous and after a few beers things happened.' 

Switching sides: She split from the Brit when the film wrapped, which led her to her first same-sex relationship with model-actress Jenny Shimizu (bottom right), whom she met on the set of 1996's Foxfire
The by age 20, the actress had done 'just about every drug possible', including cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and 'my favourite, heroin'.

She credited her first husband Jonny Lee Miller with steering her away from her 'dark days'.

The two met and began dating on the set of their 1995 film Hackers; she later claimed this was her first sexual relationship since her first boyfriend.

Back on: It was while filming Foxfire Jolie reconnected with Miller, eventually marrying in March 1996

He would also be the first of many of her co-stars with who she would have both rumoured and real-life relationships. 

She split from the Brit when the film wrapped, which led her to her first same-sex relationship with model-actress Jenny Shimizu, whom she met on the set of 1996's Foxfire.

'I probably would have married Jenny Shimizu if I hadn't married my husband,' Jolie revealed in an interview years later. 'I fell in love with her the first second I saw her.'

It was while filming Foxfire Jolie reconnected with Miller, eventually marrying in March 1996.

Gross: She caused a stir when she was pictured kissing her brother Haven full on the lips backstage at the 2000 Golden Globes, doing the same three months later on the Academy Awards red carpet

She attended her wedding in black rubber pants and a white T-shirt, upon which she had written the groom's name in her blood.

However Shimizu later claimed that she and Jolie continued to hook up for years afterward.

'Angelina and I had a really wonderful relationship that lasted many years,' she said. 'I was dating her while she was seeing other people - she was that type of person; wonderful and open.'

Jolie filed for divorce from Miller in February 1999. 

Close family: After picking up her first Oscar - Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted - she opened her acceptance speech by telling the crowd 'I'm so in love with my brother right now'

The following year she caused a stir when she was pictured kissing her brother Haven full on the lips backstage at the 2000 Golden Globes, doing the same three months later on the Academy Awards red carpet.

After picking up her first Oscar - Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted - she opened her acceptance speech by telling the crowd 'I'm so in love with my brother right now'.

That month she began dating Billy Bob Thornton, and two months later they married in Las Vegas.

The pair had met the previous year on their film Pushing Tin, in which she plays his young wife who cheats on him with rival John Cusack.

Number two: That month she began dating Billy Bob Thornton, and two months later they married in Las Vegas

Angelina and Billy Bob reportedly did not pursue a relationship during filming, as he was engaged to actress Laura Dern at the time, while she was rumoured to be dating yet another co-star: Timothy Hutton, with whom she appeared in 1997's Playing God.

Jolie and Thornton - who is 20 years her senior - frequently made headlines with their frequent and outlandish declarations of love, including her massive 'Billy Bob' tattoo on her shoulder.

The couple also famously wore vials of each other's blood around their necks. 

In 2002 they announced they were adopting a child from Cambodia, but split suddenly three months later.

Love is: Jolie and Thornton - who is 20 years her senior - frequently made headlines with their frequent and outlandish declarations of love, famously wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks

On set again: The pair had met the previous year on their film Pushing Tin, in which she plays his young wife who cheats on him with rival John Cusack

'It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed,' she said at the time. 'I think one day we had just nothing in common.'

She also said in the same interview that she wouldn't 'even consider a relationship for another seven, eight years' - but that did not prove to be the case.

In 2005 she was accused of being the reason behind Brad Pitt's split from wife Jennifer Aniston, when the two reportedly hooked up while filming Mr And Mrs Smith. 

Jolie denied it at the time, but did admit she 'fell in love' with him while filming.

Taken: Angelina and Billy Bob reportedly did not pursue a relationship during filming, as he was engaged to actress Laura Dern at the time

And another! Meanwhile she was rumoured to be dating yet another co-star: Timothy Hutton, with whom she appeared in 1997's Playing God

'To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive,' she said in an interview with Today that year. 

'I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.'

However their relationship status was confirmed in 2006 when she announced she was pregnant with his child. 

After seven years and six children together they announced their engagement in April 2012, and married on August 23, 2014.

Drama: In 2005 she was accused of being the reason behind Brad Pitt's split from wife Jennifer Aniston

Despite rumours she had linked up with other co-stars throughout the years - including both Colin Farrell and Jared Leto during the filming of Alexander - Jolie has claimed she only slept with four men in her life; three of whom she married. 

However, she appeared to contradict this in a New York Post interview in 2004, in which she confessed having numerous 'friends with benefits'.

'I went for about two years with absolutely no man around me and then decided to get closer to men who were already very close friends of mine,' she said at the time. 'It's kind of an adult way of having adult relationships.

Pattern: The two reportedly hooked up while filming Mr And Mrs Smith

'As crazy as that sounds, meeting a man in a hotel room for a few hours and then going back and putting my son to bed and not seeing that man again for a few months is about what I can handle now.' 

'I can feel like a woman and get close to a man, but it's not a relationship that interferes with my family,' she added.

'I've never had a one night stand in my life - these are people that I know very well.' 

Small number: Despite rumours she had linked up with other co-stars throughout the years - including both Colin Farrell and Jared Leto during the filming of Alexander - Jolie has claimed she only slept with four men in her life; three of whom she married

The Daily Crush in China

From VERY packed public swimming pools to queues that stretch for miles: Astonishing photos reveal the daily crush in China

• China covers 3.7 million square miles and is home to a vast 1.3 billion people, the world's largest population
• Between the late 1970s and January of this year, it controlled its fast rising numbers with a one-child policy
• A two-child policy has since replaced old laws, so its massive population is set to rise steeply once again

• By Annabel Fenwick Elliott For Mailonline,www.dailymail.co.uk
• View Original
• September 18th, 2016

Incredible images of China show how the people endure queues, traffic and other problems on a level unique to the most populous country in the world.

With 1.3billion people, many of the cities are overrun during busy periods, with images revealing the true extent of the growing population, including gridlocked roads packed with static cars queued for miles on end.

The images - taken over the last 16 years - also show a beach with people packed so closely that not a grain of sand is visible as far as they eye can see as citizens dash to the water with rubber rings around them.

Thousands of children, who sit the same exams all over the country at the same time, are seen densely packed together on uniform desks in a vast hall.

This is despite the one-child policy China adopted in the 1970s that it claims has prevented 400million births, but demographers have called the claim into question.

Other images show how homes are tightly packed into what look like small uniform cells in sprawling tower blocks, essential to house the vast population.

As a residential compound opens for sale in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, swarms of keen people line up for the big reveal

Swimmers wrestle with colourful rubber rings at a pool in Daying county, Sichuan Province, this past August, in a situation that looks anything but relaxing

Students at a university in Wuhan, Hubei province, hang their laundry on lines and railings outside their housing complex

More than 1,700 secondary school students in Yichuan, Shaanxi province, sat this exam in 2015, which had to take place in its open-air playground due to lack of space inside

Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, which sees an enormous number of travellers and commuters pass through its halls

Scores of people bustle for space af the annual lantern festival in Yuyuan garden, located in China's capital city of Shanghai

Outside Beijing's International Airport, taxi drivers - one shirtless - line up to await passengers in the sweltering summer heat

Amid a sea of wheels and handlebars in Beijing, a woman who has somehow located her own bike prepares to cycle away 

At a university is Wuhan, Hubei province, students sleep on mats laid out on an air-conditioned gym floor to escape the heat

Thousands upon thousands of job-seekers collect eagerly around booths at a job fair in Chongqing, southwestern China

This summer in Dalian, Liaoning Province, countless beaches were packed full of sunbathers and crowded with parasols 

In a rather beautiful image, scores of people wander under lantern-dressed trees to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing

The roomy Hong Qiao Train station, lined with brightly lit adverts, which gets particularly busy around national holidays

College students queue up for a job fair in 2014, which roughly 50,000 people attended in Zhengzhou, Henan province

Visitors congregate under umbrellas at Shanghai's China Pavilion - the most expensive in the world - on a rainy day in 2010 

Visitors participate in the annual water-splashing festival to mark the New Year of the Dai minority in Xishuang Banna, Yunnan province in 2013

People queue up before viewing the soaring tide near the bank of Qiantang River in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province in 2010

Vehicles are seen on a snaking avenue during the evening rush hour at sunset in Beijing in 2014, surrounded by skyscrapers

Heaving crowds line the Bund waterfront area in central Shanghai, always busy both during the day (top) and at night (Bottom)

Countless shoppers gather under kaleidascopic neon lights along Shanghai's bustling Nanjing Road in 2001, 15 years ago