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Rescued surfer: 'I was convinced I would die'

A rescued surfer told his family he had "made himself at peace" with not surviving after 32 hours stranded at sea.
Matthew Bryce, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, was found 13 miles off the Argyll coast on Monday night after going surfing on Sunday morning.
From his hospital bed in Belfast, he said he watched the sun set, believing he would not survive another night.
His parents John and Isabella described their anguish as they waited for news.
The 23-year-old told 大象传媒 Scotland's Jackie Bird how it had started as "just a normal day".

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