The self-styled "Linford Christie of window cleaning'' has shattered his own world record - by cleaning three panes of glass in under 10 seconds.

Terry "Turbo'' Burrows shaved 1.43 seconds off his previous best of 11.34 seconds, leaving the three 45-inch square windows spotless in 9.91 seconds during the challenge at The Cleaning Show at the NEC in Birmingham.

But the 45-year-old father-of-two, of South Ockendon, could have gone even faster had judges not docked him two half-second penalties for excess water marks.

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