Certain characteristics distinguish the small island of La Gomera which I recently visited from the larger resort islands of the Canaries.

Godolphin may have endured a pretty miserable start to the season but as Burnett provided them with yet another winner at Newcastle they will not want it to end.

MASSIVE waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast yesterday, killing more than 4,500 people and displacing a million others, the prime minister's office said.