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Good Samaritan runner injures ankle after stopping to offer help on Lakeland fell

A runner who stopped to help someone who had slipped on a Lake District hillside fell victim to injury himself within yards of leaving the person.

Injured walker's poetry helps keep up rescuers' spirits during stretcher carry

An injured walker kept up rescuers’ spirits by regaling them with poetry and literary recitals as he was stretchered from a Lakeland fell.

Lakeland walker stretchered from fell after injuring ankle above Borrowdale

A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after injuring her ankle. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 1.15pm on Saturday t...

Lakeland walker dies after collapsing on Hindscarth descent

A walker has died after collapsing on a Lake District fell. The man passed away despite the best efforts of his son, air ambulance crew and mountai...

Injured Lake District climber rescued from Borrowdale crag in 5½-hour operation

A climber who fell 100ft on a Lake District crag was rescued in an operation lasting 5½ hours. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 4.30...

Lakeland walker dies after falling into Borrowdale gill

A walker has died after falling into a Lake District gorge. The 72-year-old was walking above Borrowdale on Wednesday with his wife and dog when th...

Missing spaniel Rocky rescued after getting stuck on Lakeland ledge

An adventurous dog was rescued from a precarious position on a Lake District hillside. Rocky, a one-year-old sprocker spaniel, went missing on Frid...

Rescuers called out after Keswick festival trailrunner knocked out in fall

Rescuers were called out for the second day running to aid a competitor in a Keswick Mountain Festival challenge.

Keswick rescuers called out three times in eight hours to aid Lakeland walkers

A Lakeland rescue team was called out three times in one day to help walkers. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was first alerted about 11.10am on Wedne...

Rescuers called to Stybarrow Dodd walkers after 11-year-old caught in bad weather

Rescuers went to the aid of a group of walkers, including an 11-year-old boy, who got into difficulties on the Helvellyn range.

'Tough' 80-year-old able to walk to team vehicle after Borrowdale fall

A ‘tough’ octogenarian was able to walk to a team vehicle supported by rescuers after injuring her head in a fall.

Keswick team in two separate rescues of walkers 200m apart on same path

Rescuers helping an injured walker from a Lakeland fell were alerted to another fallen walker 200m below them on the same path.

Lakeland rescuers find two more lost walkers after locating disoriented pair

Rescuers in the Lake District who were called out to find two lost walkers found two more disoriented hikers after locating the first pair.

New ladder opens for 'gravity-defying' ascent of Borrowdale's Bowder Stone

One of the Lake District’s strangest attractions will be back in action with the official opening of a newly installed ascent route.

Lost Scafell Pike man walks to safety after windswept night on fells

A man made his way off the Lake District fells after spending a night on the mountains when he got lost.

Lakeland walker stretchered from Esk Hause after thigh injury

An injured walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell in a 4½-hour operation. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 8.30pm on Th...

Woman rescued after injuring leg in fall into Lake District beck

A woman who injured her leg when she fell into a Lakeland beck during the night was rescued by volunteers from Keswick Mountain Rescue Team.

Woman rescued from Lakeland fell after breaking ankle in slip

A woman was rescued from a Lakeland fell after breaking her ankle when she slipped. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out shortly after 11pm ...