Eight Britons stranded in a monastery have been rescued a week after a devastating earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 6,600 people.
A team of humanitarian experts chartered a helicopter to get to the group, who were marooned at a remote mountainside religious retreat near Lho, in the northern-central area.
The team of emergency staff from the Department for International Development (Dfid) flew the group to the capital Kathmandu where they boarded planes to start their journey back to the UK.
It came as an RAF C-17 which had brought aid to Nepal also rescued another seven Britons from the country - bringing the number of people from the UK who have been safely evacuated yesterday to 15.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: "The quick thinking and swift action of Dfid's team means eight British nationals are now safe and well and saved from what could have been a life or death situation.
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