Nile trek restarts after shooting

Mr McGrigor says the new attempt will be a tribute to Mr Willis

An expedition to the source of the Nile that was called off after the death of a British man during a rebel attack has got under way again.

The Ascend the Nile team - led by Hampshire man Neil McGrigor - restarted its journey "from sea to source" in small inflatable boats on Friday.

Steve Willis, a former diplomat, died in the attack in Uganda in November.

The team has been unable to restart the trip at the point where it last ended because of continued rebel activity.

Its members have made their way to the Karuma Falls in Uganda to begin the next stage of the expedition.

Sixty-four rapids

The Zap Cat boats will be lifted by helicopter over some of the 64 rapids that face them on the trip.

The team hope to enter Rwanda in mid-March.

Mr McGrigor, from Lymington, Hampshire, has described the new attempt as a tribute to Mr Willis, who ran a backpackers' camp.

Mr Willis had been helping the Ascend the Nile team after they got into trouble rafting.

Mr McGrigor himself suffered burns in the attack, which happened in the Murchison Falls National Park in northern Uganda.