Third British skier dies as father-of-four slips on ice and plunges 100ft down ridge

A British skier has fallen to his death in France - the third to die in the past 11 days.


Paul Benning, who was in his mid-50s, slipped on ice and plunged 100ft down a ridge in the resort of Chamonix.

The married father-of-four was ski touring, a demanding form of cross-country skiing, on the Crochues-Berard traverse when the accident happened on Thursday morning.       Full Read