Tomasz Marczynski took the honours on stage six of La Vuelta as overall leader Chris Froome saw nearest challenger Tejay van Garderen slip down the standings.

A British woman and her daughter were killed after being swept away by floods near Valencia in Spain, police said today.

EARTHRACE, a trimaran that runs on biodiesel and looks more like a Batmobile, has smashed the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by speedboat.