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Football and freebies - seven days in pics
Football, free-food and a rescued cave explorer all feature in The Local's pictorial review of the last seven days.
Rescued cave explorer moved to clinic
UPDATE: Injured cave explorer Johann Westhauser has been moved to a clinic in Murnau in Upper Bavaria following his dramatic rescue that ended his 11-day ordeal in caverns deep in the Bavarian Alps.
Injured cave explorer 400 metres from daylight
After ten days of lying injured in a cave, an explorer is slowly approaching daylight and is now around 400 metres from the surface.
Injured cave explorer could be out by Friday
A team rescuing injured researcher Johann Westhauser from Germany's deepest cave are moving faster than expected and could be out by the end of the week.
Rescuers move injured cave explorer
UPDATE: Rescuers transporting an injured explorer in Germany’s deepest cave have made better than expected progress and completed the first two stages of the operation. The first photos of Westhauser in the cave have also been released.
Doctors reach injured explorer in Alps cave
An explorer who has lain injured one kilometer underground in Germany’s deepest cave since Sunday is able to be moved, according to doctors who reached the researcher for the first time on Wednesday evening.
Doctors head to man in Germany's deepest cave
Two doctors attempted to descend 1,000 metres underground into Germany’s deepest cave on Wednesday to rescue severely-injured explorer Johann Westerhaus.
Hope for man trapped in Germany's deepest cave
UPDATE: An injured explorer trapped one kilometre underground in Germany’s deepest cave is in a better condition than initially thought, mountain rescuers said on Tuesday morning. He could be out by the end of the week.
Explorer trapped in Germany's deepest cave
Rescuers are racing against time in the Bavarian Alps after after a man was seriously injured around 1,000 metres below ground by a rock fall in Germany's deepest cave on Sunday.