Peak District climber missing on mountain in Pakistan

A British climber whose mother died on K2 has been reported missing on a mountain in Pakistan.

Tom Ballard, who was born in the Peak District, is attempting to climb Nanga Parbat with Daniele Nardi, from Italy, but the pair have not made contact with their team since Sunday.

A helicopter search and rescue attempt on Wednesday was postponed after Pakistan closed its airspace amid tensions with India, according to a statement from Mr Nardi's team, posted on his Facebook page in Italian.

An earlier update on the page said the pair had previously made contact from around 6,300m (20,669ft) up the mountain on Sunday.

The peak is 8,126 metres (26,660ft) above sea level and it has been nicknamed Killer Mountain because of the notoriously dangerous conditions.

The Foreign Office has confirmed it is in contact with Pakistani authorities.

Mr Ballard's mother Alison Hargreaves died in August 1995, aged 33, on K2, which stands on the border of China and Pakistan.

Earlier that year, she became the first woman to climb Mount Everest unaided.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: Our staff are in contact with the Pakistani authorities regarding a British man who has been reported missing.''

The climbers were reported missing as Pakistan said it had shot down two Indian military jets, escalating tensions between the countries