The four men, Dean Fitzmaurice and Nick Perks from Teesside, and Richard Hornsey and Matthew Pitchforth from Yorkshire, signed up for the race after "three bottles of red wine" and went on a learn to row course.

A four-man crew has completed the "world's toughest row" across the Atlantic Ocean, from the Canary Islands to Antigua. Jason Howard, from Sheffield, said there were times the group, called Lessons from a Boat, doubted how the 3,000-mile journey would end.

Of the five bodies in the fishing boat seen by oil workers off Trinidad’s east coast on Saturday, one was of a person who appeared to have lived long after

A Spain-based migrant rights group, Walking Borders, said that 50 people had died on their way to the Canary Islands and that 44 of them were Pakistanis. The group said that the migrants began their journey on Jan. 2. Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari ...

The latest deadly wreck in the Atlantic Ocean involved as many as 50 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands. Moroccan authorities rescued some survivors, while others perished in the tragedy.

A dust storm is likely to cause unsettled conditions in two popular holiday destinations in the Canary Islands, the state weather agency has warned. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET for the Canary Islands) issued a weather update forecasting light calima (dust storms) in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

Spain says more than 550 migrants have arrived on its Canary Islands off the north-west coast of Africa in the past two days. At least one body was found in one of the boats, Spain’s maritime rescue service said Thursday. It says it continues to experience the arrival of large numbers of migrants on the archipelago, mostly from West Africa.

Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

Four men who faced huge waves, extreme weather and had their boat skewered by a fish have completed their 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic Ocean ... The men left La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 11 December and crossed the finishing line in Antigua ...

Jet off for some much-needed sun to this small but jam-packed island where temperatures rarely fall below 16C - and return flights are currently less than £30.

Robert Oliver, 52, Matt Humphries, 44, Thomas Hayward, 31, and Kevin Joynes, 54 - collectively known as DeadLegz - will be taking on the World's Toughest Row, formerly know as the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge.

Up to late last night (Saturday night) , members of the T&T Coast Guard and the Police Service were attempting to retrieve a