A woman was seriously hurt when a yacht was smashed into pieces and sank within seconds of it...

Photos of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which has run aground off Italy's coast, trapping passengers inside.

Some of the debris made land after heavy seas caused the stricken container ship MV Rena to break in two.

Action has been taken to prevent people from taking items which washed ashore this morning from the Rena. Efforts are underway to keep more containers floating away.