A housing association chief has described the death of one of the group's directors as an "enormous tragedy".
John Taylor, a director of resources at the Vela Group, was one of three Britons killed yesterday by an avalanche in the French Alps. They were climbing to raise money for St Leonard's Hospice.
In total, nine people were killed in the tragedy on Mont Maudit, near Chamonix.
North East housing group Vela was formed in 2010 as a result of a partnering between Tristar Homes and Housing Hartl...
