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Mountain rescuers use boat to reach injured Ullswater walker
Mountain rescuers used their specialist boat to reach an injured walker in the Lake District. The 67-year-old from Rugby in Warwickshire was walkin...
Three callouts in one day for Patterdale rescuers as two women suffer strokes
A Lake District rescue team was called out three times in one day to help members of the public in difficulties.
Body of missing paraglider found by rescuers on Fleetwith Pike
The body of a missing paraglider has been found on a Lake District fell. Mountain rescue teams found the man on Fleetwith Pike, overlooking Butterm...
Kinder Scout walker airlifted to hospital after falling ill
A walker was airlifted from the slopes of the Peak District’s highest hill after he became ill. The elderly man was walking with Marple ramblersâ...
Pack a torch, say rescuers, after Cross Fell walker gets lost in dark
Rescuers have reminded outdoor enthusiasts they need to remember daylight hours are shortening, after a walker had to be helped from the highest hill in the Pennines.
Walker airlifted to hospital after collapsing on Old Man of Coniston
A walker was airlifted to hospital after collapsing on a Lake District mountain. The 66-year-old woman from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex was near the su...
RAF Sea King nears end of service as three rescue teams aid injured biker
Three mountain rescue teams worked with an RAF Sea King helicopter for perhaps the last time when a motorcyclist was injured at a remote site near the Scottish border.
Two walkers rescued from Scafell Pike range after spending night on fell
Two walkers were rescued from the Lakeland fells after getting caught out in the dark. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team members were joined by colleagu...
Tryfan walker Stephen Longfellow 'fell some distance' to his death
Rescuers have revealed how they found the body of an experienced walker who had fallen on a Snowdonia mountain.
Edale rescuers clock up 100th callout of year as Stanage climber breaks leg
A Peak District mountain rescue team clocked up its 100th callout of the year today when a climber fell from Stanage Edge, breaking his leg.
Walker airlifted to hospital after falling 100ft on Snowdon
A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling 100ft on Wales’s highest mountain. The man, who was walking alone on Snowdon, fell on to the Min...
Ingleborough walker rescued after slipping and breaking ankle
A walker was rescued after breaking his ankle on one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks. The 52-year-old man slipped on mud near the derelict shooting hu...
Rescuers use blue lights to guide lost Northumberland mountain bikers
Rescuers used their blue flashing lights to guide two lost mountain bikers to safety when they got lost in woodland.
Rescuers' warning to woodland walkers after pair get lost in Brechfa Forest
Rescuers have urged walkers to take care when going for trips in dense woodland after a couple got lost in a south Wales forest.
Three teams in six-hour rescue of Snowdon walker with broken ankle
Three rescue teams went to the aid of a walker who broke his ankle on Wales’s highest mountain. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team was alerted late o...
Brecon mountain rescuers call in boat to reach stranded off-roaders
Quick thinking by mountain rescue controllers helped get a group of stranded bikers out of trouble. The motorcyclists got lost in the area of Claer...
Mountain biker airlifted to hospital after crashing near Cockermouth
A mountain biker was rescued after injuring herself when she fell from her machine in Lake District woodland.
Body of missing walker Stephen Longfellow found on Tryfan
Rescuers searching for a missing walker in Snowdonia have found his body. North Wales Police said teams looking for Stephen Longfellow of Leeds mad...