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 DRIVER who was inside her car as it plunged over a cliff was rescued after she spent a night perched on the face of the 300ft precipice.

Hostage takers ordered a woman to clear cash from a shop today while her husband and daughter were held captive.

Hundreds of people were today gathering on a beach to commemorate the life of Bali terrorist bomb victim Marc Gajardo.