AN elderly couple had to be rescued by firefighters from their home after thunderstorms and torrential downpours left them cut off by flood waters.

A man has succeeded in crossing the Atlantic in a kayak for the first time in history.

An ex-soldier trying to become the first man to paddle across the Atlantic in a kayak has been spotted just off the west coast of Ireland.

A 44-year-old lecturer is due back on dry land today after an epic journey paddling across the Atlantic in a kayak.