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Our latest news
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Climbers Avalanched in Seathwaite
As warmer, wetter weather entered Cumbria, Keswick MRT dealt with a callout on 15th January in which three climbers were avalanched in Hind Crag Gully.
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Woodhead Mountain rescue called out ten times in ten days
VOLUNTEERS at Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team have already been called out10 times since the start of 2010.
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'The difficulty in this weather isn't just the access but the time'
Derek Cartwright, director of emergency services at the North West Ambulance Service
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Mountain rescue team come to the aid of stranded Coquetdale family
Seven members of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue team bought provisions and planned the three-hour trek to reach the stranded family.
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Cumbrian mountain rescue teams get more than £20,000 to replace equipment lost during recent flooding.
A benefit concert raises thousands of pounds for victims of recent flooding in Cumbria and rescue organisations.
A climber is killed and another seriously injured in a fall from a fell in Cumbria.
A woman is airlifted to hospital after falling whilst walking near Glencoe in the Highlands.
All the tickets are sold for a concert organised to help the victims of the Cumbria floods and recognise rescue efforts.
A walker dies after falling about 700 ft (213m) from near the summit of a Snowdonia peak.
A "confused" mountain hare spotted hopping down a Borders high street is returned to its natural habitat.
A Derbyshire mountain rescue team says it is facing an slump in income just as demand has surged.
Two men spotted drowning in a Lancashire river are rescued by passing police officers - then arrested on suspicion of assault.
Engineers reconnect gas to about most of the properties in Ambleside which were cut off on Saturday.
A 27-year-old scientist from Edinburgh was killed while climbing on Ben Lui, near Tyndrum, it has emerged.
A stained glass window depicting rescue work is dedicated at a church on an RAF base.
The BBC's Christian Fraser travels from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince in Haiti where people are struggling in the aftermath of a massive earthquake.
The recent spell of snow and ice give a mountain rescue team their busiest start to a new year.
The bodies of a 40-year-old woman and a teenage boy, missing in unrelated incidents, are found by search teams.
Fishing gear is found washed up on a County Durham beach, close to where an angler is believed to have disappeared.
A 36-year-old man who sparked a frantic search when he went missing during the heavy snowfall which hit Lancashire last week is found.
A rescue effort is under way for a man who is thought to have broken his leg on the Mourne Mountains.
Climbers and hill walkers are being urged to take care after an avalanche in Snowdonia.
A search is called off for a 61-year-old man who went missing while fishing off the coast of County Durham.
From BBC News
Welcome to Mountain Rescue England & Wales
No matter how experienced or careful you are, in the blink of an eye you can find yourself in need of rescue – your life in the hands of a rescue team. And, should you be unfortunate enough to need our help, you'll receive a professional, world-class service – from a group of highly trained, highly motivated individuals.
Mountains by their very nature involve some element of risk and there will always be those who are caught unawares. I've climbed the world over and seen rescue services swing into action, in such cases some of those rescuers have been paid professionals, others as is the case with our own mountain rescue service, are unpaid volunteers. They go out in all weathers in the service of all who enjoy the hills and high places. The British teams are without doubt the best in the world and I hope you will do all you can to support them in their work. Chris Bonington CBE
Patron HRH Prince William of Wales
