I’ll be coming back. I want 30. I think if you’re a champion, you should come back and defend it. As long as I’m alive and kicking, I’ll come back and support

It was hideous faces galore at the World Gurning Championships at the Egremont Crab Fair. The rules have changed little over the years and are quite simple - to impress the judges, you must distort your face as much as humanly possible.

Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time - and vowed: "I want to win 30."

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The act of pulling silly faces is an art form, perfected over time, with competitors returning year after year to take part.