A day after nearly 250 survivors were rescued when a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea, crews searching for more than 110 missing people have found no further survivors.

A lone British sailor has been rescued by the Australian Navy after his yacht ran aground on a remote reef.

A British sailor whose yacht was beached on a reef off a remote South Pacific island was lifted to safety today by an Australian navy helicopter, maritime officials said.

An Australian navy warship is on its way to a lone British sailor whose yacht has run aground on a reef, officials said today.