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Search dog handler finds body in hunt for missing mountaineer

Rescuers searching for a missing man in Snowdonia have found a body. The man was found by a member of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation...

29 June 2012

Police appeal for sightings of missing Snowdonia walker

Police are appealing for help to find a hillwalker who has been missing for four days. Christopher Whitfield set off on Sunday to go walking in Sno...

28 June 2012

Walker airlifted after injuring leg in gill descent

A walker was airlifted from a fell after injuring his leg. The 68-year-old was walking yesterday, Sunday, when he slipped on the path while coming ...

18 June 2012

Man rescued after getting stuck on Lakeland fell

A man stuck on England’s second-highest mountain was rescued after his calls for help were heard. The walker became cragfast in the Broad Stand a...

15 June 2012

Hillwalker airlifted after island fall

A walker was airlifted from a Hebridean isle after suffering ankle and back injuries in a fall. The French woman fell 30m (98ft) while hillwalking ...

08 June 2012

Night-time rescue for injured Scafell Pike walker

A walker was rescued from England’s highest mountain in a night-time operation after injuring his leg.

05 June 2012

Walker airlifted after ankle injury on Coast to Coast route

A walker was airlifted from a fell after suffering a suspected broken ankle in a slip. The 49-year-old woman fell while coming down Dent, the 352m ...

03 June 2012

Walker with broken wrist airlifted from fell

A woman was airlifted from a fell after suffering a suspected broken wrist. Two mountain rescue teams went to the woman’s aid shortly after 1pm o...

29 May 2012

Collapsed walker rescued from Lakeland fell

A walker was rescued after collapsing on a Lakeland fell. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 12.50pm today when the 67-year-old w...

27 May 2012

Teen rescued after foot injury on Lakeland fell

A teenager was rescued from a Lakeland fell after injuring himself. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called after the 16-year-old student trapped h...

29 June 2012

Woman airlifted after suffering head injuries on Dales hill

A walker was airlifted from Yorkshire’s second-highest peak after injuring herself. The 48-year-old woman fell near Nick Pot on Ingleborough, suf...

23 June 2012

Walker stretchered from fell after breaking leg in beck leap

A walker was stretchered from a fell after breaking her leg. The 31-year-old woman was walking the Coledale Horseshoe in the Lake District today wh...

17 June 2012

Walker stretchered from Dales fell after leg injury

A walker was stretchered from a fell after suffering a suspected broken leg. The 57-year-old walker was crossing a beck near the Blea Moor Aqueduct...

14 June 2012

Injured walker airlifted from hillside after gully fall

A walker was airlifted to hospital after breaking his hip in a fall. Two mountain rescue teams went to the aid of the 74-year-old man yesterday, Th...

08 June 2012

Walker's knee injury provides 3,000th rescue for Lakeland team

A mountain rescue team clocked up its 3,000th rescue – and then went on to carry out two further callouts to walkers the same day.

04 June 2012

Second rescue in eight days for walker on Snowdonia mountain

A walker was airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain for the second time in eight days. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation was called out on Thu...

02 June 2012

Seriously injured climber among callouts in busy weekend for rescue team

A climber suffered serious head injuries in a fall from a crag. Edale Mountain Rescue Team was called to treat the man – the last of four callout...

28 May 2012

Walkers, a biker and animal keep rescue team busy with four callouts

A mountain biker, two walkers and a lamb kept a rescue team busy today as they responded to four separate incidents.

26 May 2012

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