5 h. ago What is wingsuit flying as Scot tragically dies in Swiss Alps base jump

Liam Byrne, 24, suffered fatal injuries when on the Gitschen mountain on Saturday after taking off from 7,784ft (2,400m).

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9 h. ago Tributes to wingsuit flyer, 24, who died in crash in Swiss Alps

Liam Byrne was killed on the Gitschen mountain in Switzerland on Saturday, the BBC reported.

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11 h. ago Liam Byrne: Scottish man who starred in BBC documentary The Boy Who Can Fly dies during jump in Swiss Alps

A Scottish wingsuit flyer has died during a jump in Switzerland

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11 h. ago British wingsuit champion featured in BBC documentary is killed during a jump in the Swiss Alps

Liam Byrne, 24, was critically injured on the Gitschen mountain in Switzerland on Saturday.

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11 h. ago Scottish wingsuit flyer Liam Byrne dies during base jump in Swiss Alps

The 24-year-old suffered fatal injuries when on the Gitschen mountain.

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12 h. ago British daredevil dies in wingsuit accident after crashing into Swiss mountain

"One of the jumpers, a 24-year-old man from the United Kingdom, deviated from the planned course shortly after take-off for reasons that are still unclear."

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13 h. ago Mystery as Brit, 24, killed in wingsuit flight by crashing into Swiss mountain

Police have launched an investigation after the tragic death of 24-year-old British man who was involved in a wingsuit flight accident in Switzerland

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3 d. ago BBC scraps plans to show documentary about medics in Gaza after new bias concerns

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack was commissioned by the BBC more than a year ago from an independent production but it has now been scrapped due to 'partiality' reasons.

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3 d. ago BBC will not broadcast Gaza documentary over ‘perception of partiality’ risk

The corporation has confirmed that Gaza: Doctors Under Attack will not air on the BBC.

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4 d. ago Heston Blumenthal’s BBC documentary My Life with Bipolar ought to be a wake

Celebrity chef opens up about being sectioned in this one-off programme that is most arresting when looking at the bigger picture

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4 d. ago The most 'evil' new BBC documentary is leaving viewers disturbed : 'Is this really happening?'

Social media left stunned by the shocking show now streaming on the broadcaster

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4 d. ago Heston Blumenthal breaks down as son shares emotional toll of his bipolar diagnosis on family

His new BBC documentary Heston: My Life With Bipolar explores how the condition affected both his personal life and mental health

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5 d. ago Peter Tobin documentary on how cops caught evil Scots serial killer soars up BBC download charts

The Hunt For Peter Tobin examines how three missing persons cases led to the capture of one of Scotland’s most evil murderers.

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5 d. ago BBC fans in shock over 'cruel' reality TV show where contestant starved and told to strip

The BBC has created a documentary about the experiences of a Japanese man who entered a contest that landed him on a reality TV show with 'inhumane' stipulations

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5 d. ago BBC ALBA follows the Gaelic trail to ‘the end of the world’ in stunning new Patagonia series

BBC ALBA’s breathtaking new two-part documentary, Patagonia – Cuàirt gu Crìoch na Cruinne (A Journey to the End of the World), invites viewers on an extraordinary expedition across South America, retracing the footsteps of Scots who ventured to the remote region of Patagonia more than a century ago.

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1 week ago Syrians describe 'execution parties' and brutal 'Ghost Method' used by torturers in shocking new documentary exposing horrors of Assad's notorious 'slaughterhouse' prisons

A tortured Syrian has revealed how he was tortured using the brutal 'Ghost Method' in a shocking new BBC documentary that exposes the horrors of dictator Bashar al-Assad's prison. 

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2 w. ago BBC documentary to tell story of Kim Kardashian robbery in Paris

With interviews from family, friends, police officers and journalists who followed the case, the 45-minute show will air on BBC Three and BBC One.

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2 w. ago Kim Kardashian to feature in new BBC documentary about Paris robbery

With interviews from family, friends, police officers and journalists who followed the case, the 45-minute show will air on BBC Three and BBC One.

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2 w. ago Turkey earthquake kills teen girl as 69 people forced to jump from buildings

The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring regions popular with holidaymakers.

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2 w. ago ‘The walk is shot through with melancholy and romance’: a new trail to the north face of the Eiger

The hike offers dramatic views of the Swiss Alps’ ‘murder wall’ – and poignant insights into the climbers who first braved it. For the son of one of those pioneers, it had a special resonanceA few years ago, my dad told me of a mountain where I could easily sense another world. “There is a special air and light,” he had said, vaguely. “You just have to walk close to it to feel and see it. Stand in one place and just look up.”The mountain on my dad’s mind that day was the Eiger, Switzerland’s 3,970-metre ogre of limestone and ice. Like few others, the peak exerts a gravitational pull on climbers and it remains the chief symbol of the Bernese Oberland; its most notable feature, the 1,800-metre north face, is the largest in the Alps. This gigantic slab looms over the village of Grindelwald, to the south-east of the town of Interlaken, appearing at sunrise as an immense black spectre in a valley of green. Continue reading...

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