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Police reward 'Unsung heroes' for rescue work

Police have honoured mountain rescue volunteers for their unstinting work in North Yorkshire. Members of mountain and search and rescue organisatio...

19 October 2009

Walkers rescued after torch signals spotted

Two women were rescued last night after flashing a distress signal with a torch. The walkers became benighted in the Steall area of Glen Nevis. The...

16 October 2009

Two rescued as gales pound Lakeland fells

Two Lake District walkers have been rescued as gales and winds lashed much of northern Britain. Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were cal...

03 October 2009

RAF crew finds missing Monadhliath walker

A walker who was reported missing in the Highlands has been safe and well. The woman, from the Edinburgh area, camped out on the hillside overnight...

27 September 2009

Train crew brings child from windswept Snowdon summit

A two-year-old child was brought down from the summit of Wales’s highest mountain by train, after his father carried him to the peak in appalling weather.

01 September 2009

Boy serious after Cuillin fall

A 12-year-old boy is seriously ill in hospital after a fall on a Scottish mountain. The boy, from Sussex, fell between 15 and 30m (50 to 100ft) whi...

24 August 2009

Second walker drops in on rescuers at Lakes blackspot

A walker who fell at a Lake District accident blackspot found himself dropping in on rescuers who were already tending to a man who had fallen at the same place minutes earlier.

08 August 2009

Woman injured after Lakeland scramble

A woman was taken to hospital earlier today after a fall on a Lakeland peak. Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to help the 31-...

25 July 2009

Runner dies following airlift from Snowdon race

A runner died while racing to the mountain’s summit in the annual International Snowdon Race yesterday.

19 July 2009

Black-belts abandon wheelchair man on Snowdon

A man in a wheelchair was left half way up Snowdon by colleagues on a charity walk. The disabled man was abandoned yesterday, Saturday, at the bott...

18 October 2009

Walkers help hypothermic Nevis man

A walker was rescued from Britain’s highest mountain yesterday as strong winds buffeted Scotland and northern England.

04 October 2009

Praise for motorist who spotted mountain walker's distress

Police have praised a motorist whose prompt actions led to a hillwalker being rescued. The walker was airlifted from a Highland mountainside after ...

28 September 2009

Rescue teams search for missing Highlands walker

An RAF helicopter has joined the search for a missing walker in the Highlands. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and RAF Kinloss MRT are currently sea...

27 September 2009

Rescuers search wrong fell after walkers change plans

Rescuers spent the morning searching the wrong Lakeland fell today for a missing couple who had changed their planned route.

28 August 2009

Walker found safe after major search

A walker has been found safe and well after a major search in north-west Scotland. The 50-year-old Dutch man became separated from his walking comp...

22 August 2009

Climber stable after being crushed by falling boulders

A climber is stable in hospital after a five-hour operation to free him from boulders that fell and crushed him yesterday.

26 July 2009

Three airlifted from Snowdon in separate incidents

Aircrews and rescuers were kept busy yesterday in thee separate incidents on Wales’s highest mountain.

23 July 2009

Woman stretchered from Lakeland fell

A woman was stretchered from a Lake District fell today after slipping and breaking her ankle. Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were ...

11 July 2009