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Walker airlifted after fell rescue

A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring himself today on a Lakeland fell. The man was descending from the summit of the Old Man of Conist...

11 April 2011

Police name kayaker who died after lake incident

Police have named the paddler who died in Ullswater yesterday. Samuel John Yarwood, of Poole, Dorset, died after the twin kayak he was in with a fr...

07 April 2011

Paddler dies as kayak capsizes on lake

A paddler has died after his kayak capsized on a Cumbrian lake. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was with a friend in a two-man boat on Ullswate...

06 April 2011

Dogs join rescuers in finding lost Dales walkers

Three walkers were rescued after getting lost on one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks. Members of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation were alert...

02 April 2011

New rescue team will serve island walkers and climbers

The first new mountain rescue team to be established in Scotland for 11 years is hoping to get official recognition soon.

28 March 2011

Dales caver rescued after getting stuck underground

A caver was rescued after getting stuck underground in the Yorkshire Dales. Members of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation went to the aid o...

24 March 2011

Mountain teams pull two from crashed plane

Mountain rescuers pulled two men from the wreck of a light aircraft that crashed on a Dales fellside.

22 March 2011

Tributes to mountaineering pioneer who died in Highlands

The climbing community has led tributes to a former president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club who died at the weekend.

21 March 2011

Climbers safe after eight-hour night rescue

Two climbers were rescued in a night-time operation lasting eight hours. The pair, from Peterborough, were reported overdue after setting out for a...

21 March 2011

Award expedition teenager rescued after collapsing

A teenager on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award had to be rescued after collapsing on a fell. The 14-year-old girl was on a footpath near Hoober Edge a...

11 April 2011

Man makes his own way off fells during major search

A major search involving seven mountain rescue teams and handlers from the Search and Rescue Dogs Association ended when a missing man walked off the fell unharmed to greet rescuers at their vehicle.

06 April 2011

Expedition teenagers rescued from tent on Lakeland fell

Two teenagers were rescued from a Lakeland fell during a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition. The 17-year-old boys from a school in Norfolk were...

04 April 2011

Award group rescued after getting lost in forest

A group of youngsters was helped from a Lakeland forest by rescuers after getting lost. The six were taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award g...

01 April 2011

Collapsed Three Peaks challenge walker helped from fell

A walker was rescued after suffering from exhaustion while attempting the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge.

27 March 2011

Ingleborough crash plane pictures show men were lucky to survive

Rescuers have released pictures of the wreckage of a light aircraft that crashed on to one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks on Monday.

23 March 2011

Flash guides rescuers to walkers lost in mist

Two walkers lost in cloud on a Lakeland fell used a camera flash to guide rescuers to them. A major search today involving 30 rescuers from two tea...

21 March 2011

Climber dies after being struck by rock on sea cliffs

A climber has died after being struck by a rock while on sea cliffs. Jonathon Woods was climbing with his girlfriend at Bosherton Head in Pembrokes...

21 March 2011

Walkers caught out as perigee Moon causes high tides

Coastguards have pleaded with walkers to check tide times after a spate of rescues as people were cut off by high spring tides.

20 March 2011

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