A man who has died after falling on the UK's highest mountain has been named by police.
Ben St Joseph, 22, from Essex, sustained fatal injuries after a fall from Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis in the Highlands.
Officers received a report at around 11am yesterday that a climber had fallen and Lochaber Mountain Rescue responded to the call, with a helicopter from Prestwick also dispatched.
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