Fire razes Hemingway island haunt

A hotel known as a haunt of US novelist Ernest Hemingway has been destroyed in a fire in the Bahamas. The blaze broke out on Friday morning at the Compleat Angler on the island of Bimini, 50 miles (80km) off Florida.

Hemingway is said to have drunk at The Compleat Angler between fishing trips around Bimini.

The site was a key tourist attraction.

"It's a tremendous pain to bear," Bimini Chief Councillor Natasha Bullard-Rolle said.