Search parties are working into the late hours to locate a team of BBC television cameramen who have gone missing in Peter Mandelson’s new £2.4 million London home. It’s thought that the team strayed deep into the bowels of the house without the proper maps and equipment, and after ignoring the advice of guides. Rescuers say there’s a good chance the team will be found alive but it might take days given the alterations Mr. Mandelson has recently had done to his kitchen. Rescuers will have to work there way through an as yet uncharted dinette.

‘It’s unknown territory,’ admitted Doug McSeal, an ex-SAS sergeant major now working for the rescue services. ‘We’re dealing with lots of nooks and crannies and some of those caverns are the size of concert halls. The last time I had to deal with something as tough as this, I was in Torra Borra surrounded by thousands of Afghan tribesmen.’ Looking towards yet another mountain of suede and fake-fur throw cushions he’d have to negotiate before the night’s done, the old solider turned misty eyed. ‘Believe me, sometimes I wish I were still back there, being shot at by the Afghans,’ he said.

Hat tip: The Devil’s Kitchen

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