British MPs accepted tickets to events including Wimbledon, Chelsea Flower Show and a Paul McCartney show, all paid for by the powerful tobacco industry, an investigation has revealed.

Four British rowers dramatically plucked from heavy seas after their boat split in two said today they would do it all again as they arrived back on dry land.

Four British rowers whose boat was split in two by a rogue wave which ended their hopes of a transatlantic record have arrived back in safe dock today.

A British oarsman has spoken of the moment a rogue wave split his team’s boat - and delivered a “killer blow” to hopes of breaking the transatlantic rowing record.