TEESSIDE branches of Jobcentreplus are advertising for patrolling nightwatchmen and porters based at Chamonix, a ski haven in the heart of the French Alps.

One of the duties is making sure all areas around the hotel are kept clear of snow.

There will be few takers,especially as similar snow shovelling jobs were advertised right here in the UK only last year and were turned down by job-seekers arguing that as staff did not offer them the snow shovelling posts in the summer,they'd be right mugs to take it in the winter.

Stephen Dixon, Redcar.