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Four friends rescued from a ski lift in France
Four friends from the Forest of Dean have been speaking about their dramatic rescue after being stuck on a ski lift for 6 hours.
Read the full storyFriends' ski lift ordeal
One of the group of friends, Gareth Milford, spoke to us via Skype about their ordeal...
French Alps ski lift rescue
Four friends from the Forest of Dean have been speaking about their dramatic rescue after being stuck on a ski lift for six hours.
They were on holiday in La Plagne in the French Alps when their gondola stopped 200 feet in the air.
They braved temperatures of minus 15 and had to be lowered to safety in the dark.
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Egyptian pharaohs head to Bristol
by Richard PayneThe biggest exhibition of Egyptian artefacts to be taken around this country, will be displayed in Bristol.
It opens to the public this weekend at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery and is being described as the most significant collection of its kind ever to tour the UK. So what will you be able to see? Our reporter Richard Payne has been finding out.
Fiennes will fundraise instead
The Exmoor-based explorer has been speaking of his disappointment at having to pull out of an expedition to cross the Antarctic in winter. He has been planning it for the last five years.
The 68-year-old is now receiving treatment for frostbite to one of his hands.
Sir Ranulph press conference
At a press conference this morning, the West-based explorer brought journalists up to date...
– SIR RANULPH FIENNES"The vascular surgeon said that, in his opinion - he wasn't sure - two of the fingers definitely would not require surgery and two of the fingers might require surgery."
His team-mates will continue with the 2,000 mile trek, which they are expected to start later this month.
Hailed as the last great polar challenge, the journey to cross the continent has never been attempted during winter. Sir Ranulph would have been the oldest explorer to try.
– SIR RANULPH FIENNESYou could not put a better team together. I'm very pleased with, and proud of, the team in charge of the crossing. Everything is going totally on schedule as of today."
Sir Ranulph's frustration
Sir Ranulph Fiennes said today (Mon) that he was "frustrated" at being forced to pull out of an expedition across Antarctica due to injury.
The 68-year-old, who lives on Exmoor, was speaking at a press conference after flying into Heathrow. He was injured in a fall while training at a base camp.
He developed frostbite after taking off his outer gloves to fix a ski binding in temperatures of around minus 33C (minus 27.4F).
It has forced Sir Ranulph to quit the Coldest Journey expedition, which has been five years in the planning. He will continue to support the project through fundraising.
