The latest fashion trend among primary school children worldwide is wristbands made of brightly coloured elastic bands. Loom bands gained popularity after the Duchess of Cambridge wore one during the ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --A Northern Ireland 10-year-old achieved a Guinness World Record by weaving a loom band bracelet measuring nearly 6,292 feet long. Mark Millar, 10, of Broughshane, County Antrim, said ...

A proud younger brother has broken a world record dreamt up by his cancer-suffering sibling by creating a loom band that can reach the moon. Three-year-old Jesse Hall, from Oxford, was awarded the ...

NOT many people have managed to build something that can reach the moon. But one family's campaign to build the world's longest Loom Band in memory of their five-year-old son has broken the world ...

The family of a boy whose "dream" was to "loom to the moon" have set a world record in his memory. Five-year-old Skye Hall, from Oxfordshire, died last September just a year after he was diagnosed ...

The end of a kids’ craze for bracelets made from plastic Loom Bands is blamed for slowing sales at Poundland. Now retailers are on the lookout for the next lucrative fad to cash in on. For a while ...

An Old Swan schoolgirl has created a giant loom band to raise money for the hospice that cared for her granddad. Rebekah Handley’s creation measures a whopping 170 metres and is long enough to go ...

Health experts have warned of the dangers of loom bands, which are popular amongst children. AFP / Getty Images The dangers of loom bands have been highlighted after several children were treated in ...

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Doctors are warning parents of the need to be vigilant after a spate of children with loom bands stuck up their noses. Although medics can usually get them out, there is a real risk children could ...