'This happened to me ... it can happen to anyone,' says Pop singer Rihanna who is due to speak for the first time about the night she was beaten by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Brown and Rihanna were among the fastest rising RB artists in the United States before the assault which led to Brown losing several commercial sponsorships and triggered a national debate on violent relationships. More

Jamaica, Antigua, Trinidad, Granada, Mustique and Saint Lucia are amongst the famed Caribbean islands where holiday-makers luxuriate on palm-fringed beaches, sipping pina-coladas topped with freshly picked pineapple and hibiscus flowers. Barbados - nestles amongst them - the most visited of the Caribbean islands. Explore Barbados