The Falcons went up a gear and Tom May popped a pass to Russell Winter and the big number eight surged away before slipping the ball to Parling to score in the corner, Wilkinson thumping over the conversion for a 10-7 lead.

BBC: Newcastle 13-20 Gloucester

During the winter months, the Albula mountain pass closes to car traffic and the road gets taken over by schussing wooden toboggans.

BBC: Europe��s best sled runs

He also argues that pensioners' top-up benefits - the free bus pass, TV licence and winter fuel allowance - should be means-tested for the richest.

BBC: Nick Clegg: It's sausage time

Now Mr Hazare has announced that he will resume his hunger strike if parliament fails to pass the anti-corruption law during the upcoming winter session.

BBC: Will India's anti-corruption campaign implode?

The BBC understands discussions are continuing in Whitehall about whether it is possible to limit pensioner benefits - such as the winter fuel allowance, bus pass and free TV licence - without breaking Prime Minister David Cameron's election promise that he would preserve them.

BBC: Welfare spending to be cut by ?4bn, says George Osborne

Treacherous winter weather is not unusual on the pass, which is about 60 miles west of Denver.

NPR: 5 Snowboarders Killed In Colorado Avalanche

The moveable dams are raised in the fall to allow ice and debris to pass during winter and early spring.

WSJ: Homeowners sue NY over $4.6M in flood damage

Despite austerity, the state pension has been bolstered, winter fuel payments are outside the reach of means testing, and free bus pass and TV licence retained for the elderly.

BBC: Have young people never had it so bad?