A British man has lost one leg and part of another and is fighting for his life after he was attacked by a shark while swimming in South Africa.

Rescuers have recovered eight bodies after a plane carrying nine people crashed in a nature reserve in South Africa.

Dozens of pilot whales beached today near the storm-lashed tip of South Africa, prompting a massive rescue operation.

A great white shark attack circled an elderly woman swimmer near Cape Town today before tearing into her, a witness said.