'GR8 news: I broke txt msg record!'

A BRITISH woman was feeling "GR8" yesterday after smashing the world record for fast text messaging.

Melissa Thompson, 27, from Salford, wrote the official phrase "the razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human", in 25.94 seconds.