Ryanair announced today that passengers who book a ski flight before midnight Thursday (1 October) can bring their skis for free.

Ryanair’s Winter Ski Programme 2009/10 offers 50 weekly flights from 7 UK airports to ski destinations in Cuneo, Grenoble, Lourdes, Salzburg and Turin at the lowest ski fares in Europe this year!

Ski routes from Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Prestwick), Liverpool and London Stansted are available now from just £19.99 one way (incl taxes and charges) on Ryanair.com.

South Korea have formally submitted their bid for Pyeongchang to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Pyeongchang narrowly failed in bids to host the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games but the South Korean Olympic Commitee is hoping for third time lucky.

“It is an honour to submit the application to the International Olympic Committee in support of the South Korean government and the KOC,” the bidding committee said.

It rarely sees a flake of snow and is better known as the backdrop for TV sitcom The Good Life than Ski Sunday.

But next month, Surbiton will bid to become Greater London’s first ski resort with the launch of ”suburban skiing”.

A band of street skiers plans to travel through the streets of the suburb near Kingston on skis made from ice. Linoleum will be laid over the tarmac.

Winter fun in the capital arrives on September 30th and October 1st with a special Swiss-themed pre-Christmas event, taking place at Broadgate Circle. A little bit of Switzerland will be transported to the heart of the City, with the creation of a 5m x 20m long ski slope adjacent to Liverpool Street station.

A range of adrenalin fuelled winter sporting activities will be showcased on the ski slope, including professional ski and snowboard stunts. There are opportunities for the public to enjoy free and unlimited snow tubing (sledging on giant inflatable rubber rings.