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Royal Signals captain Rob Carnegie dies on Corn Du in Brecon Beacons
A soldier has died on south Wales’s second highest mountain. Captain Rob Carnegie’s death on Corn Du was being investigated, the Ministry of De...
Body found after mountain rescuers' search for missing student Sanjay Dhital
Specialist rescuers helping police in the search for a missing student have found a body. Members of the Borders Search and Rescue Unit and Tweed V...
Night rescue for walkers stuck on crag on Raven Tor, Coniston
Two walkers were rescued from a Lake District fell after getting stuck on steep ground. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 3.15pm yest...
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 ...
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...
Climber injures head and back in fall from Creag Dhubh
A climber was injured she fell more than 150ft from a Highland crag. The woman was on Creag Dhubh near Newtonmore today when the accident happened....
Emergency refuges were 'lifesavers' for The Spine racers caught in blizzard
National park bosses have revealed how emergency shelters built by rangers proved to be lifesavers during a recent extreme ultramarathon.
Borrowdale walker rescued after injuring ankle in snow slip
A walker was rescued after injuring her ankle in a slip on snow covered grass on a Lakeland fell. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out to th...
Christopher Bell, Tom Chesters and Una Finnegan named as Glencoe fatalities
Police have named three of the four young mountaineers who died yesterday in the avalanche in Glencoe.
Police name canoeist who died in Reeth incident as Matthew Baird-Parker
Police have named the man who died in a canoeing incident in the Yorkshire Dales on Sunday. Matthew Baird-Parker, of Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, ...
Yorkshire Dales canoeist dies after incident on Arkle Beck, Reeth
A paddler has died after getting into difficulties on a Yorkshire Dales river. Police said mountain rescuers and fire and rescue service members we...
Rescuers use smartphone to aid blizzard walkers lost on Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin
Two walkers lost in a blizzard on a Highland mountain were guided to safety by rescuers using smartphone technology.
Winter climbers and walkers keep Ogwen Valley rescuers busy
A Snowdonia mountain rescue team was kept busy through the week as climbers and walkers struggled in winter conditions.
Rescue underway for climber after fall on Ben Nevis Tower Ridge
Mountain rescuers have been called out to Britain’s highest mountain after a report that a climber had fallen.
Patterdale rescuers launch boat to reach collapsed Ullswater walker
A mountain rescue team used its boat to reach a walker who had collapsed on a Lake District path. The 23-year-old woman from Lancashire was with an...
Edale team called to two sledging incidents during busy weekend
Injured sledgers have provided more work for mountain rescue teams as wintry weather continues to affect parts of Britain.
Sledging accidents keep Cleveland mountain rescuers busy
A mountain rescue team was called out three times in one day – all to people injured while sledging in the snow.
Stay off mountain tops if you don't have ice-axe and crampons, rescuers say
A mountain rescue team says anyone without crampons and ice-axe should stay off the high mountains of south Wales in current conditions.