Kayaker search teams find woman's body

Rescuers searching for a missing paddler have found the body of a woman in Caernarfon Bay. The discovery came on the third day of the search for 53...

Hypothermic paddlers treated after three hours in water

Two paddlers were rescued from a Scottish sea loch today after spending three hours in the water. The women were taken to hospital with mild hypoth...

Award for mountain-rescue helicopter engineers

Royal Navy rescue helicopter engineers have received an award for their achievements by aviation manufacturers Rolls-Royce.

Walker airlifted after Skye fall

A man was airlifted from a Skye mountain after injuring himself. Members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team were alerted about 11.30am after the walk...

Rescue team in search for missing Lake District man

A mountain rescue team joined a major search for a man who is still missing after falling overboard from a pleasure steamer.

Rescue helicopters will still fly despite strike

Rescue helicopters will continue to fly next week despite a strike involving up to 270,000 public-sector workers.

Goodbye to Sea Kings as rescue helicopters go private

The familiar yellow ‘paraffin budgies’ that have plucked thousands of stricken climbers and walkers from Britain’s mountains are set to disappear under a plan to privatise the country’s search and rescue helicopters.

Climber airlifted after fall from sea cliffs

A climber was airlifted to hospital today after suffering suspected back injuries in a fall on a Dorset sea cliff.

Coasteering pair rescued after cliff injuries

Two men were injured yesterday after falling from sea cliffs near Torquay. The two were part of a party of five coasteering instructors recce-ing r...