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Walker injured in slip from stile

A walker was rescued after injuring herself in a fall from a stile. The 73-year-old woman slipped while crossing the stile in a drystone wall on No...

25 August 2011

Walker rescued after beauty spot slip

A walker was rescued after injuring herself in a slip at a Pennine beauty spot. The Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team was alerted about 3.15pm y...

22 August 2011

Bob Graham challenge woman rescued after night stuck on crag

A Lakeland challenge turned into an overnight ordeal for a woman on England’s second-highest mountain.

19 August 2011

Thirty rescuers in operation to save girls stuck on hillside

Thirty rescuers from four separate teams were involved in the rescue of two girls trapped on a south Wales hillside.

12 August 2011

Rescuers recover man's body from scramble route

The body of a man has been recovered by rescuers from a Lakeland scrambling route. Police requested the help of the Langdale and Ambleside Mounta...

12 August 2011

Missing walker was on the bus home

Members of a Lakeland mountain rescue team spent two hours searching for a missing walker who was found safe and well – on a bus.

05 August 2011

Walker dies after gill fall

A walker has died after falling into a gill in Cumbria. The 61-year-old man was with his wife and a friend when he slipped from a narrow path above...

02 August 2011

Nevis climber airlifted after rockfall injury

A climber was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after suffering serious injuries in a fall.

31 July 2011

Injured walker airlifted after fellside slip

A walker was airlifted from one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks after slipping and breaking her wrist. The 65-year-old fell off the path at Force Gill...

27 July 2011

Rescuers treat trials biker after tree collision

Members of a mountain rescue team went to the aid of a trials biker who fell from his machine after hitting a tree.

23 August 2011

Rescue team quick to help injured moorland mountain biker

A mountain biker was rescued from a remote Pennine trail after injuring himself. The 38-year-old was on the Cut Gate bridleway east of Bleaklow tod...

21 August 2011

Rescuers praise walkers' 'excellent' care of injured friend

Rescuers praised the actions of a group of walkers who took ‘excellent’ care of their injured friend after she slipped on a Lakeland fell.

16 August 2011

BlackBerry helps rescuers find lost walker

Mountain rescuers used a BlackBerry smartphone to help them find a walker who was lost on a Lakeland fell.

12 August 2011

Police probe as Eton schoolboy killed by polar bear

The young explorer who died after being attacked by a polar bear on an Arctic island has been named as Horatio Chapple.

05 August 2011

One dead and four badly hurt in schools expedition polar bear attack

One Briton has been killed and another four seriously injured by a polar bear while on a schools expedition.

05 August 2011

Injured climber airlifted after crag fall

An injured climber was airlifted to hospital after falling from a crag. Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team went to the man’s aid after being al...

01 August 2011

Rescuers carry overheated dog from Highland peak

Mountain rescuers went to the aid of an elderly dog that was suffering in the heat while descending a Highland Peak.

30 July 2011

Rescuers help three climbers after separate Stanage falls

Three rock-climbers were rescued in four days after suffering injuries on one of the Peak District’s most popular crags.

25 July 2011

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