A group of fishermen lost at sea for nearly three days managed to survive by keeping themselves in high spirits aboard their life-raft, before they used a flare gun to attract rescuers.

A Derby couple were left drifting on a raft at sea, after their boat was sunk by a whale. It's a story so far-fetched, you'd think it wasn't true. BBC Radio Derby's Pamela Gupta with the report.

Libyan naval forces on Thursday announced the rescue of 121 undocumented migrants who were found aboard a life raft off the coast ... were discovered at sea on Wednesday roughly 25 kilometers ...