A father has scaled the UK's highest peak carrying a 100kg barbell to raise money for research into motor neurone disease.David Dooher set off at 7pm on Wednesday, the day he turned 38, from the Ben Nevis inn and reached the 4,406 ft (1,343 metre) summit of Ben Nevis early on Thursday afternoon.

A father has scaled the UK's highest peak carrying a 100kg barbell to raise money for research into motor neurone disease.David Dooher set off at 7pm on Wednesday, the day he turned 38, from the Ben Nevis inn and reached the 4,406 ft (1,343 metre) summit of Ben Nevis early on Thursday afternoon.