As plans are being finalised to commemorate the 40th anniversary Fastnet Race disaster, one of the competitors in the race has spoken about how he thought he was going to die in the storm, which claimed the life of 19 yachtsmen.

A CORNISH fisherman who suffered a heart attack 400km off the Irish coast and outside the range of any rescue helicopter, has thanked the Irish Coast Guard and the crew of a Spanish hospital ship for saving his life.

PARENTS were yesterday warned against letting their children dig large holes on beaches after a three-year-old girl was suffocated when a sandpit collapsed on her.

THE names of three Royal Navy officers who died when two British helicopters collided in the Gulf at the weekend were released yesterday.