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Body of missing runner and mountain rescuer Alex Brett found on Liathach

The body of a missing hillrunner has been found on a Highland mountain. Rescuers found the Alex Brett’s body on Liathach on Saturday, almost a we...

27 September 2015

11-year-old boy and dad rescued after getting stuck on Tryfan

A boy had to be rescued after getting stuck on steep ground on a Snowdonia mountain. The 11-year-old and his father, from Cardiff, got into difficu...

26 September 2015

Search underway on Torridon mountains for missing runner Alexander Brett

A search is underway for a hillrunner who has gone missing in Torridon in the Scottish Highlands. Alexander Brett set off for a run across mountain...

25 September 2015

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.

19 September 2015

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...

20 September 2015

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...

19 September 2015

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.

18 September 2015

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.

16 September 2015

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...

13 September 2015

Climber breaks leg in fall at Stanage Edge

A climber was rescued after falling from a popular Peak District crag. The woman fell and suffered a suspected broken leg when she came off the roc...

26 September 2015

Woman with broken ankle rescued from Earl's Crag above Cowling

A woman was rescued from a North Yorkshire crag after suffering a suspected broken ankle. Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team was called out on Th...

25 September 2015

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...

23 September 2015

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.

20 September 2015

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...

20 September 2015

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...

18 September 2015

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.

17 September 2015

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...

15 September 2015

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.

12 September 2015

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