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Dan Carter

Bristol City pays tribute to teacher Mark Bessell after he was killed in Ben Nevis avalanche

Bristol City have paid tribute to teacher Mark Bessell at half-time of their FA Cup Third Round clash with Swansea City after the 48-year-old was killed by an avalanche while climbing Ben Nevis.

Bessell a teacher at Ashton Park School died while climbing the north face of the highest mountain in Scotland on 30 December with a party of four, with one climbing partner suffering serious injuries.

He and his climbing partner, a 40-year-old male yet to be named inadvertently triggered an avalanche which took them more than 2,000ft down the north face of the mountain.

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