Escape for Britons in derailment

Five Britons escaped with minor injuries when an express train derailed in Queensland, Australia.

At least 160 people were hurt when the high-speed tilt train from Brisbane to Cairns came off the tracks north of Bundaberg overnight.

Witnesses described a "twisted wreck" after seven of the nine carriages careered off the rails on a stretch of line where trains can reach nearly 100mph.

The British casualties included an elderly couple who were taken to hospital but not detained, a young woman who suffered slight injuries and two people who received first aid at the scene.

Queensland rail authorities said the cause of the accident was unclear, while emergency workers said it was a miracle nobody had been killed.