Richard Branson out of charity swim

Richard Branson has had to pull out of a gruelling charity swim across the Irish Sea after a fire destroyed his luxury Caribbean home.

Ronan Keating, former Atomic Kitten singer Jenny Frost, Strictly star Pamela Stephenson, gadget guru Jason Bradbury and Olympic medal-winning swimmer Steve Parry, will still brave the treacherous currents, ferries and even sharks to complete the relay to raise £1m for Cancer Research UK.