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Man rescued from 50ft cliff fall

A walker is airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after falling 50ft down a cliff in the Peak District.

Body of missing pensioner found

A pensioner who went missing from sheltered accommodation in Caithness is found dead on a beach.

Mine shaft rescue was 'success'

A fire officer tells an inquiry into the death of a woman who fell down a mine shaft in Ayrshire that the rescue was a "success".

Nuclear police in search for man

Police officers based at a nuclear site are among 60 people looking for a missing 65-year-old man.

Rules call after mine shaft death

An MSP says rules which may have stopped rescue workers pulling a women from a mine shaft must be reviewed.

Sea and land search for pensioner

Police are co-ordinating what they have described as one of their biggest search operations for a missing person.

Climber survives Lakes avalanche

Renewed warnings are issued after a climber survives an avalanche in the Lake District.

Probe told of mine shaft collapse

An inquiry into the death of an Ayrshire woman who fell down a mine shaft is told it collapsed just hours before the tragedy.

Inquiry told of mine rescue delay

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of an Ayrshire lawyer who fell down a mine shaft hears of delays during the rescue effort.

Two men killed in avalanche named

The names of two climbers who were swept away by an avalanche in the Highlands are released by police.

Woman named in river flood death

Police identify a woman who died after her 4x4 was swept down a swollen river on the North York Moors as she tried to negotiate a ford.

Skiers swept 2,000ft by avalanche

Two skiers are airlifted to safety after being caught in an avalanche in the Cam Ghleann area of Glencoe.

Body found after flood on moors

Police divers find a woman's body near a car which was swept away in flood waters on the North York Moors.

River search over missing woman

An underwater police team conducts a search of the River Wear after a 30-year-old woman goes missing.

Two men die in Glencoe avalanche

Two climbers swept away by an avalanche in the Glencoe area of the Highlands have died, police confirm.

Families thank avalanche rescuers

The families of two Teesside men injured in an avalanche on a Lake District fell have thanked their rescuers.

Walker badly injured on Ben Nevis

A walker is being treated in hospital after he was seriously injured in a fall while on the north face of Ben Nevis.

Avalanche men 'lucky' to survive

Rescuers say two men were "very lucky" to survive after an avalanche swept them 750ft (228m) down a fell in the Lake District.

Two fall 750ft in Lakes avalanche

Two climbers are swept 750ft (228m) down a fell after triggering an avalanche in the Lake District.

American, 21, rescued on Snowdon

A walker who became lost on Snowdon is airlifted to safety in poor weather conditions.

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