Heavy rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew have drenched Jamaica and Haiti, flooding streets and forcing thousands of residents to emergency shelters as the category four storm approaches the two countries.

More than 2,000 people have been moved to shelters in Jamaica as Hurricane Matthew heads towards the island.

It’s a paradise island where they speak English and offer a variety of vacation ideas like no other. And it doesn’t warrant its reputation as being dangerous, writes Isabel Conway.

Bolt could lose one of his six Olympic gold medals.

Classic vacations

It really is shocking!

Legislation has been drafted to decriminalise cannabis on Jamaica, where the drug has been pervasive, but prohibited for a century.