A father, his son and two daughters all fell to their deaths climbing Mont Blanc as their mother looked on in horror today.

A British snowboarder died today after falling into a crevasse near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, mountain police said.

Two British mountain climbers have died after falling 100ft in the French Alps, rescue services say.

A mummified corpse found in the Italian Alps may be the body of a Japanese tourist who disappeared in 1972.