Chuckle sisters Nicolle and Kelly Hughes shared a giggle with TV's Jenny Powell during a world-record busting jokeathon.

The youngsters, from Darryl Way, Billericay, joined 65 others aged between three and 13 at Chessington World of Adventures for the fun event, organised by sweets manufacturer Chewits.

Together with Chewits' friendly dinosaur the Chewitsaurus, they helped set a new world record for the largest group of children telling jokes.

Kelly, eight, and Nicolle, seven, are both pupils of Sunnymede County Junior School, Meadow Way, Billericay.

A Chewits spokeswoman said: "The only other similar record was set by an adult for telling 345 jokes in one hour - the children told their individual jokes at an average of one joke every 9.7 seconds."

Gag time - Kelly and Nicolle Hughes become a right pair of jokers when they sneaked up on TV's Jenny Powell to tell her another of their jokes after setting the new record

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