Teenager falls down cliff

A teenage girl is "lucky to be alive" after plunging 20 feet down a cliff in the Black Country, prompting a tricky two-hour rescue operation.

The 16-year-old amazingly escaped with just cuts and bruises when she slipped down the steep slope in Saltwells Nature Reserve, Netherton, with brambles breaking her fall.

Firefighters and paramedics had to cling onto trees to ease the girl into a safety harness before pulling her out.