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The Italian captain who allegedly crashed his ferry into rocks off the island of Giglio has been accused of skippering the 1,000ft long vessel "like a Ferrari". "If I had to make a comparison, we got the impression that he would drive a bus like a Ferrari," Martino Pellegrino, one of the officers on board the Costa Concordia, told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. Salvage work was expected to begin on the ship later on Wednesday, as hopes faded that any more survivors would be rescued. The search was suspended early on Wednesday morning after the ship shifted on the rock. 24 people remain missing, while 11 people have so far been found dead. For Nick Squires's Telegraph full article, click here.

Telegraph correspondent Nick Squires is available in Giglio.