Injured walker and mountain biker rescued in separate incidents

A man was airlifted from a hill after injuring his leg in a slip. The 69-year-old was descending Dumgoyne in the Campsie Fells north of Glasgow whe...

More walkers lost in dark as torch message fails to get through

Two parties of walkers got lost in the dark on the very day rescuers were pleading for hillgoers to pack a torch.

Three airlifted after spate of Lakeland rescues

Three Lakeland hillgoers were airlifted in separate incidents after suffering injuries in falls. The first casualty was a man running as a supporte...

Walker carried from Lakleand fell after injury

A walker was stretchered from a Lakeland fell after injuring herself in a fall. Members of the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team were called at abou...

Mountain rescuers welcome hoax call verdict

Mountain rescuers have welcomed a court’s verdict on a journalist who made hoax calls at the height of last year’s Cumbrian floods.

Lawyer withdraws as mountain rescue hoax trial begins

The trial of a journalist charged with making hoax mountain rescue calls during the Cumbrian floods last year began yesterday in Workington.

Lakeland rescuers find man's body

The body of a man has been found by rescuers searching for a missing man on a Lake District fell. The discovery was made at 9.36am by teams involve...

Three strikes for walkers as freak storm hits fells

Four walkers were injured when lightning struck in three separate incidents on neighbouring Lake District fells.

Lakeland death-fall walker named

The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...