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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Life-saving fund gets £1million boost
Rescue charities have been given a £1million lifeline after a fund to provide life-saving equipment was extended today (Thursday, May 16). Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has secured additional funding to extend the Rescue Boat Grant Fund into its sixth year Ð with investment now totalling £6 million. So far, the fund has paid for 82…
15 year old walker airlifted from Cader Idris
At around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday 14th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & rescue Team were made aware of an injured teenager on Cader Idris. The 15 year-old male walker was part of a local outdoor education group hiking on the mountain. Having reached the summit, the party were starting their descent from Mynydd Moel when…
Dartmoor rescuer dies after collapsing at Ten Tors
A Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team member has died after collapsing suddenly while on duty at Ten Tors. Pauline Richard was one of the team’s longest-serving members, working for them for the best part of three decades. She was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Sunday after collapsing while at the event. Her colleagues…