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Noisy fish looking for sex

The Duke of Edinburgh has been advised to rest so will have no visitors in hospital today, sources have said.

There are any amount of hoary old legends associated with the seven seas and those who sail them and the Volvo Ocean Race is no different.

The promoter of the Isle of Wight Festival has apologised for the chaos caused by heavy rains at the start of the event and promised that lessons would be learned for future years.

Extra police are to be deployed to help revellers leave at the end of the Isle of Wight Festival after heavy rains turned the site into a mudbath causing traffic chaos.

Extra police are to be deployed to help revellers leave at the end of the Isle of Wight Festival after heavy rains turned the site into a mudbath causing traffic chaos.

FASTNET Lighthouse, one of Ireland’s most remarkable structures, is normally left to the birds to wheel past, and for fish to shoal around.

The last and quirkiest event on the summer music festival calendar is kicking off today with headliners Dizzee Rascal, The Flaming Lips and The Prodigy taking to the stage during the Bestival weekend.

THE penultimate day of the Rolex Commodore’s will be staged today with a 50-mile Round the Isle of Wight race, in which Ireland will face a significant challenge to maintain its overall lead of the event that has eluded Irish victors for almost two decades.

THE open waters surrounding Roche’s Point are often cited as one of the draws of Cork Week, with direct comparisons made to the busy shipping channels and leisure waterways that throng the Solent.

THE world’s biggest cruise ship – boasting its own open air park and amphitheatre – was officially unveiled yesterday.

LIONS head coach Ian McGeechan will delay naming replacements for Jerry Flannery and Leigh Halfpenny until today.

British and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan will delay naming replacements for Jerry Flannery and Leigh Halfpenny until tomorrow.

Richard Collins visits a Stockholm museum to see a naval wonder from a bygone era.

WITH a pair of first places from two starts at Skandia Cowes Week, Dublin’s Colm Barrington’s Ker 39 Flying Glove is the best of the Irish entries so far at the massive annual regatta on the Solent.

Arsene Wenger is poised to field his second entirely overseas line-up in the space of a week for Arsenal’s FA Cup fifth round tie against Sheffield United tomorrow.

World cross country champion Benita Johnson narrowly missed breaking the long-standing Australian 10-mile record in Sunday’s BUPA Great South Run.

Southampton 2 Portsmouth 0

Southampton have gone back to basics as they prepare for tonight’s renewal of their bitter rivalry with Portsmouth after an eight-year break.

Laser speed guns and flashing warning signs are set to be introduced at a popular sailing harbour in a bid to improve safety.

Kvaerner says it has reached a deal to save the company from collapse.