Selly Oak's action man MP Al Carns has successfully completed his record breaking mission to get up and down Everest inside a week - and proudly waved a Birmingham flag on the summit.

The British military veterans, climbing Everest to raise funds for vets, kept going despite an avalanche, high winds and a teammate’s illness.

The itinerary is simple. Four British men will hop on a plane Friday in London, fly roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal and then board a helicopter to Mount Everest’s base camp. From there ...

He's arguably the toughest MP in Parliament - now Birmingham Selly Oak former commando Al Carns is seeking to scale Mount Everest in just seven days to put his name into the record books and raise ...