DESPITE a traumatic accident on the Thames last year, which literally left them swimming for their lives, a 12-man team, including six men from Farnham, are back on the river training for a 480-mile rowing challenge - all in the name of charity.

The team, know as The Reivers 12, will row from London to Paris in aid of two children's charities in May.

For full story, see this week's Farnham Herald.