Evening Standard/London

The families of as many as nine Britons trekking in Nepal have not been able to contact them since horrific blizzards and avalanches hit the Himalayas.
A spokesman for the foreign office confirmed they have been contacted by families who have not heard from their relatives in days.
Authorities in Nepal said at least 29 people are known to have died in the trekking disaster, but it is unknown how many Britons were among them.
Rescuers have pulled out more than 230 trekkers - most of them foreigners - since rescue efforts began on Wednesday, and are still searching for more survivors, who are believed to be stranded in lodges and huts. Hiking remains difficult because of waist-deep snow.
The Nepalese government has announced a high level committee with two senior ministers to monitor and co-ordinate rescue efforts in what is shaping up to be the country’s worst mountaineering tragedy.
According to The Telegraph, those unaccounted for include Jade House, 24, from Hampshire, and her boyfriend, Olivier de Paolis, from London, and engineer Peter Roddis.
De Paolis posted a message on Facebook before his disappearance: “It’s been raining for 24hrs and we’re holed up playing cards with new friends in Marpha, on the Annapurna Circuit‪.
“Life is absolutely amazing here, and were having the time of our lives. Much love to family and friends.”
Lisa Hallet, the girlfriend of Roddis, reportedly from Brighton, said she had last spoken to him on Wednesday.
“He said he was planning to head out that day or on Thursday, but I have not heard from him since,” she told the paper.
Following concerns another trekker, advertising executive Lizi Hamer was missing, a friend posted on Facebook today to say she was safe.
“They’re both safe and sound. Lizi says they missed the storm and are going to be back next week. They’re out of reach due to poor signal,” they wrote.
Yesterday a British survivor described how he escaped the Himalayan mountaineering disaster.
Paul Sheridan said walkers were left stumbling through “an abyss of nothing” as dense snow left them unable to orient themselves on the slopes of the Annapurna range in northern Nepal.
Sheridan said that trekkers should have been prevented from going up the mountain, but were “herded to their deaths” by guides who he alleged were not carrying the correct emergency equipment.