A 93-year-old Gloucestershire man has dropped into the record books as Britain's oldest - and best-dressed - abseiler.

In a natty tweed jacket, shirt and tie, dapper daredevil Les Pugh, 93, descended 160ft from an office block roof to raise £15,000 for two charities.

He was cheered by hundreds of well-wishers as he came down the side of the Eagle Tower in Cheltenham, reports the Daily Mirror.

Mr Pugh, of nearby Stonehouse, said: "It was lovely - just as wonderful as I thought it was going to be.

"I didn't feel any nerves while I was up there - I'm completely impervious to heights. I really enjoyed it."

He was one of two people over the age of 70 to descend the Eagle Tower in Cheltenham. The youngest participants were two nine-year-old girls.

Money raised from event is to be donated to the Cotswold Riding for the Disabled and the Gloucestershire MS Therapy Centre.