Britons airlifted from quake zone

All 19 British holidaymakers who were on a panda-watching trip when the China earthquake struck have now been airlifted to safety, the Foreign Office said.

The remaining five tourists were flown out of the Wolong nature reserve in Wenchuan county by the Chinese authorities.

They have now arrived in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, where the 14 other members of the group arrived on Thursday and are awaiting their return to the UK.

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