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High winds stop helicopter airlift of injured Ullswater hillwalker

High winds prevented a helicopter landing to airlift an injured walker from a Lake District fell. Mountain rescuers requested the help of the Great...

17 August 2014

Teen rescued after injury on Coast to Coast Walk

A teenager was rescued after injuring herself while walking the Coast to Coast route with her family.

16 August 2014

Walkers' asthma attack and wasp sting prompt mountain rescue callouts

A Lake District mountain rescue team was called out twice in two hours, to a girl having an asthma attack and to a man who had been stung by a wasp.

14 August 2014

Blake Rigg walker finds body of Chay Lancaster, missing for four years

Police have confirmed that the body of a man found at the foot of a Lakeland fell last month was that of missing Blackpool man Chay Lancaster.

13 August 2014

Lost Yorkshire Three Peaks walkers rescued after midnight call for help

Two walkers tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge had to be rescued after getting lost in the dark.

10 August 2014

Walker texts thanks to team after 2am rescue from Waun Fach

A grateful walker sent a text thanking rescuers who led him to safety after he got lost on a Brecon Beacons mountain.

09 August 2014

Couple winched to safety after getting stuck in Bristly Ridge gully

A couple tackling an ascent in Snowdonia had to be winched from the mountain after getting stuck on difficult ground.

07 August 2014

Giant balloon sparks major Ullswater search after fears of paraglider crash

A major search was sparked in the Lake District after reports a paraglider had crashed into Ullswater.

06 August 2014

Rescuers searching for missing Dartmoor walker find man's body

Rescuers searching for a missing Dartmoor walker have found a man’s body. The discovery was made in the early hours of this morning near Okehampt...

06 August 2014

Night rescue for two lost Yorkshire Three Peaks walkers

Two walkers had to be rescued after they got lost while attempting the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The women, aged 47 and 54, called for help after losi...

16 August 2014

Three children among group airlifted from Torridon bothy after river floods

A group of walkers and their dog had to be rescued after getting cut off by a fast-flowing river at a remote Torridon bothy.

14 August 2014

Missing swimmer and three walkers in difficulty keep Keswick rescuers busy

A walker was rescued after being taken ill while walking on the slopes of Blencathra. The 18-year-old student was with a youth group yesterday in R...

13 August 2014

Climber who died in Tremadog crag fall named as Keith Waddell of Leeds

The climber who died in a fall at Tremadog in Snowdonia has been named as Keith Waddell. Mr Waddell, 50, of Leeds, fell while on the Valerie’s Ri...

10 August 2014

Pavey Ark scramblers rescued after getting stuck on Jack's Rake

A group tackling a Lakeland route had to be rescued after getting stuck on a scramble that has been the scene of two deaths and a serious injury in recent years.

10 August 2014

Mountain rescuers reach injured Ullswater walker by boat

A walker was rescued after breaking her ankle on a Lake District path. The woman was walking alongside Ullswater on Thursday when she slipped and i...

07 August 2014

Climber dies in fall from Tremadog crags

A climber has died after falling at a popular Snowdonia crag. The man fell while climbing on Valerie's Rib on Craig Bwlch-y-Moch on Tuesday evening...

06 August 2014

Martin Livingstone named as walker whose body was found on Ben Starav

Police have named the walker whose body was found on a mountainside in Glen Etive at the weekend. Martin Livingstone, 55, of Coatbridge, North Lana...

06 August 2014

Four rescued from Tryfan after straying on to steep crags

A mountain rescuer warned that increasing numbers of walkers are going astray on a Snowdonia mountain after four people were led to safety from a rescue blackspot after getting stuck on steep ground.

06 August 2014

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