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Night-vision system will be used on new Coastguard rescue helicopters

New search and rescue helicopters in Scotland will have the most up-to-date equipment when they come into service in summer, the company operating them said.

Man survives 230ft Helvellyn fall in second incident in four days on crags

Rescuers described a walker as ‘very lucky’ after he survived a fall down a Lake District mountainside.

Climber dies after fall from Ben Nevis North Face

A climber has died after falling on Britain’s highest mountain. The man fell about 50m (165ft) from Raeburn’s Buttress on the North Face of Ben...

Hypothermic walker airlifted from Scafell after leg injury

A walker was airlifted from England’s second highest mountain after falling on hard snow. The woman was on Green How below Scafell’s summit yes...

Ben Vorlich walker rescued after 'broken leg' phone call

A man was airlifted from a Highland mountain after injuring his leg. Police said today’s initial emergency call from the walker on Ben Vorlich in...

Injured walker airlifted after Ben Lui fall and two lost on Stob Binnein

A walker was airlifted from a Scottish mountain after falling and injuring himself. The 57-year-old called for help from Ben Lui in the southern Hi...

Climber dies after fall from Ben Nevis's Tower Ridge

A climber has died after falling from a route on Ben Nevis’s North Face. Police were alerted at 11.10am today and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team w...

24-year-old woman remains in critical condition after Glencoe avalanche

A woman who was caught in the avalanche on a Glencoe mountain is in a critical condition in hospital.

Injured Ben Nevis walker airlifted to hospital

A walker was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after injuring himself. The 31-year-old man called 999 about 4pm after he slipped and inju...

Glencoe climber airlifted after 300ft fall from Buachaille Etive Mòr

A man was airlifted from a Scottish mountain after falling about 300ft. The climber was on Buachaille Etive Mòr in Glencoe this morning when he fe...

Questions over rescue as Mark Phillips named as Ben Nevis climber who died

Police have named the climber who was killed in a fall from Ben Nevis earlier this week. Mark Phillips, 51, of Spean Bridge in Lochaber, fell about...

Five rescued in final day to remember for Royal Navy pilot Geoff Richardson

A search and rescue helicopter pilot had a day to remember on his final flying stint with the Royal Navy, rescuing five stricken hillgoers in the Lake District in four separate incidents.

Walker with head injury airlifted from Corridor Route on Scafell Pike range

A walker was airlifted from a Lake District mountainside after injuring her head. The woman was on the Corridor Route on the Scafell Pike range tod...

Five children among six injured in chairlift incident at the Lecht ski centre

Five children are among half a dozen people injured in an incident on a Highland ski centre chairlift.

Climber who died after fall from Ben Nevis ridge named as Ben St Joseph

Police have named the man who died after falling more than 300ft from Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis. Ben St Joseph, 22, of Essex, fell into Tower Gully ...