To live until 94yo, you’d think you have to make healthy living a virtue. Not Iranian man Amou Haji, who reached that ripe old age despite living in a hole, smoking up to 5 cigarettes at once, and refusing to wash for decades. Iran’s state media yesterday confirmed he died on Sunday.

A 10yo girl has become the youngest person to conquer all 282 Munros in Scotland (aka Scottish peaks of more than 3,000ft). Quinn Young says she’s proud of herself but “also a little upset because the adventure with my dad’s kind of finished.” Give her another 3 years and she won’t want to be seen dead with him…

And All Blacks legend Sam Whitelock has to miss playing for his country in Japan on the weekend because of an inner ear issue sustained while on the trampoline with his kids. “I was the monster, as they keep telling me. I was doing a few loops and stuff and got off the tramp and felt a bit giddy,” he said. Kids activities – more dangerous than international rugby…