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Mountain rescuers use new boat to aid stranded Bassenthwaite pair

A mountain rescue team took to the water in its newly acquired boat to rescue two men stranded on a lake.

13 January 2013

Police name walker killed in Crinkle Crags fall as Stephen Aindow of Southport

Police have named the walker who died after a fall from Crinkle Crags on Saturday. Stephen Kevin Aindow, 47, of Southport, Merseyside, was with fri...

08 January 2013

Lost Pen y Fan walkers rescued after five-hour search

A couple lost in mist on south Wales’s highest mountain were rescued after a five-hour search. The Maltese couple called for help when they could...

07 January 2013

Walker dies in fall from Crinkle Crags in Lake District

A man has died in a fall from a Lake District fell. The walker was with a group making their way down from Crinkle Crags yesterday when the man fel...

06 January 2013

Three callouts in four hours for Ogwen Valley team as mist covers Glyderau

A Snowdonia mountain rescue team was called out three times in less than four hours to help lost and missing people.

05 January 2013

Cave team details nine-hour rescue of man stuck in Ogof Ffynon Ddu

A rescue team has described one of its most difficult rescues of a man trapped for seven hours underground.

03 January 2013

Smartphone software helps find lost Glentress walker after major search

A walker lost in a forest was found by mountain rescuers using specialised smartphone tracking software.

02 January 2013

Helvellyn walker and missing woman provide Lakes rescuers' New Year tasks

A walker was stretchered from a Lakeland fell after suffering a suspected broken ankle. The 25-year-old man from North Shields on Tyneside was with...

01 January 2013

Man who died after Cuillin fall was local Mountain Guide Graham Paterson

Police have named the man who died in the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as Mountain Guide Graham Paterson.

30 December 2012

Edale team's plea to walkers to carry torch after Win Hill rescue

Mountain rescuers have reminded walkers to pack a torch when they head for the hills after a family called for help after getting lost in the dark.

09 January 2013

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...

08 January 2013

Missing High Street walkers found after search by two Lakes rescue teams

Two mountain rescue teams mounted a search for a couple and their dog missing on a Lakeland fell. The Penrith team asked for help from the Patterda...

06 January 2013

Cockermouth rescuers lead lost walker led to safety from Carling Knott

A rescue team went to the aid of a walker lost in low cloud on a Lakeland fell. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3.15pm today aft...

05 January 2013

Injured Ewden Valley walker airlifted in 'exceptionally difficult' rescue

A walker was winched from a ravine in the eastern Peak District in a rescue described as ‘exceptionally difficult’.

03 January 2013

Four-hour Boxing Day search for Longtown rescuers after hoax call

Rescuers spent hours combing a Gwent mountainside for a missing man on Boxing Day only to find the emergency was a hoax.

02 January 2013

Carry torch, say rescuers, after Scandale Pass pair get lost in dark

Rescuers urged walkers to carry a torch when they take to the hills, after a couple called for help when night fell.

02 January 2013

New Year's Eve callout for rescuers after walker taken ill on Mellbreak

Mountain rescuers had a New Year’s Eve callout after a walker was taken ill on a Lakeland fell. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was alerted toda...

31 December 2012

Skye rescuers find body on Cuillin range

Rescuers searching for a missing walker on Skye have found a body. Police said a man’s body was found yesterday on the Cuillin range. Extensiv...

30 December 2012

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