Don’t just dream of a white Christmas – guarantee one instead on a ski break
SNOW is falling in the Alps – which is a marked contrast to the previous two winters. So what better time than now to think about skiing? If Mother Nature keeps this up we will be spoiled for...
View ArticleHoliday in style whether you want winter sun or powdery snow
PLANNING a winter break but can’t decide whether to escape the cold and head somewhere sunny or hit the slopes and enjoy crisp mountain air and pristine, powdery snow?Fabulous team members Lynne...
View ArticleAnti-terror gun cops patrolling Alps amid fears jihadis are targeting ski...
COPS have launched a major security operation in the Alps amid fears extremists are planning on targeting ski resorts popular with Brits. Anti-terror police have descended on holiday airports, bars and...
View ArticlePro skydiver shatters back and both legs and suffers horrific internal...
A SKYDIVER miraculously survived after a 75mph smash into a French mountainside – and amazingly is expected to walk again despite shattering his back and both legs and suffering serious internal...
View ArticleNotorious giant bear hunted in the Alps after trying to rip off a hiker’s arm...
A DANGEROUS brown bear is being hunted in the Italian Alps after it tried to tear out a lone hiker’s throat before he was saved by his barking dog.It is the latest on a series of attacks after the...
View ArticleFrench Alps rocked by 140 earthquakes in just 40 days – raising avalanche...
THE French Alps have been rocked by 140 mini-quakes in just 40 days – sparking fears a huge earthquake could strike at any time.There are also fears the tremors could lead to a deadly avalanche hitting...
View Article200 skiers stranded 82 feet in the air as gondolas break down on French Alps...
UP to 200 people were left stranded for hours in ski lifts gondolas in the French Alps resort of Chamrousse.An extensive rescue operation was launched after the skiers became stuck 82ft (25m) above the...
View ArticleOrphaned children of parents murdered in Alps mystery shootings denied...
A COMPENSATION claim by the two young sisters orphaned in the unsolved Alps murders was rejected by French authorities — because the mystery killer has not been found.Zeena al-Hilli, then four, and...
View ArticleBritish man, 44, dies after crashing into the side of a mountain while base...
A BRIT thrillseeker was killed after smashing into the side of a mountain while base jumping in the Swiss Alps.The 44-year-old man, who has not been named, was with pals who watched helplessly as he...
View ArticleBrit falls 32ft to his death from a ski lift after reportedly suffering a...
A BRIT skier died yesterday as he plunged 32ft from an Alps chairlift.The man, 65 — reportedly sitting next to a female friend — is thought to have had a heart attack just before he fell.A Brit has...
View ArticleTeen left in coma after horror ski-jump fall on Swiss Alps cracked his helmet...
A TEENAGER was left in a coma for three days after suffering a brain bleed in a horror ski-jump accident.Schoolboy Nicholas Guest, 17, had to be airlifted to hospital in the Swiss Alps after landing...
View Article‘Five dead and two hurt’ after tourist plane and helicopter collide in...
AT LEAST five people have been reported dead after a helicopter and a tourist plane collided over the Alps today.The two aircrafts crashed at around 9,800ft on the Rutor glacier in northern Italy, near...
View ArticleMap reveals where queasy passengers are most likely to experience turbulence...
TURBULENCE isn’t pleasant – especially if you’re a nervous flyer or get easily travel sick.But if you understand what it is, and where it’s likely to occur, you can at least prepare yourself for a less...
View ArticleFears grow for British doctor, 63, who went missing during hike in French Alps
A SENIOR British doctor is feared dead after going missing during a hike in the French Alps.Dr Robert Bailey, 63, did not return to his hotel in Chamonix last Thursday after setting out for a trek up a...
View ArticleHeartbroken pals’ tributes to second Brit, 18, killed when small plane...
THE teenager killed in a plane crash over the French Alps has been named as Lewis Stubbs, as pals pay tribute to their friend who was “gone too soon”.The 18-year-old, of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, was a...
View ArticleGrisly aftermath pics show TWENTY dead cows on French Alps railway tracks...
TWENTY cows were left lifeless on the railway tracks after they were hit by a high speed train travelling at 150mph with 240 passengers on board.Grisly photos from the scene reveal the aftermath of the...
View ArticleCelebrate 2020 in style with our 10 best New Year’s Eve breaks from around...
FANCY escaping the usual New Year’s Eve antics this time?The biggest party night of the year doesn’t have to be all about Big Ben’s“bongs”.PA:Press Association New Year’s Eve doesn’t need to be all...
View ArticleLuce Douady dead at 16: Olympic hopeful climber killed after falling 150m...
WORLD champion climber Luce Douady has died aged 16 in a fall from a 500ft cliff in the French Alps.The teenage prodigy – a hopeful at next year’s Olympics – reportedly slipped while exploring the...
View ArticleTwo British sisters who survived hit that killed three family members will be...
TWO British sisters who survived a hit that killed three of their family are to be quizzed again.Zainab and Zeena al-Hilli were seven and four when parents Saad, 50, and Iqbal, 47, and gran Suhaila...
View ArticleBrit ski instructors blamed for Alps’ Covid outbreak after ‘non-stop parties’...
A GROUP of Brit trainee ski instructors blamed for an outbreak of Covid 19 in an Austrian village after non stop partying will be quizzed by police today.Officials have stepped in after at least 17 of...
View ArticlePlume of Saharan sand turns French skies orange after being blown thousands...
STUNNING photos show how an African desert dust plume lit up the skies in France with a breathtaking golden glow.Areas basked in an orange atmosphere after the Dune-like haze swept across the continent...
View ArticleAccomplished sailor died after falling from ski lift in French Alps, inquest...
A RENOWNED sailor died after plunging from a ski lift on a family holiday, an inquest heard.Jeffery Martin, 65, suffered a medical episode, slipped under the safety bar and fell 33ft.Stop...
View ArticleWhat happened to climber Tom Ballard?
A NEW BBC documentary follows the sister of Tom Ballard travelling to Nanga Parbat where he tragically died in 2019.But who was Tom Ballard? Here’s all you need to know…Tom Ballard died while...
View ArticleI came face-to-face with the Alps layby killer – I could have been his fifth...
A BRITISH man today tells how he came face to face with the Alps family mass-murder suspect – saying: ”I could have been the fifth victim.”On what he calls his “luckiest unlucky day”, ex-RAF pilot...
View ArticleBrit girl, 5, killed by skier who smashed into her at high speed while on ski...
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has been killed when an adult skier crashed into her at high speed while she was on a ski trip in the Alps.The child was in a lesson on the slopes when a man is said to have...
View ArticleSkier, 40, charged with manslaughter of five-year-old British girl in crash...
A SKIER has been charged with the manslaughter of a five-year-old British girl in a deadly crash on the slopes at a resort in the Alps.The girl, named locally as Ophélie, was in a lesson on the slopes...
View ArticleBrit tourist, 34, dies in base jumping accident in France in front of...
A BRITISH tourist has been killed in a base jumping accident in France.The 34-year-old man, from Newnham, West Northamptonshire, was on holiday with three British friends – one of whom witnessed the...
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