58 h. ago Mountain rescue come to aid of stranded sheep stuck on cliffside for days

The ewe had been stuck for two days, with concerns growing for her welfare.

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58 h. ago Mountain rescue come to aid of sheep stuck on cliffside for days

The ewe had been stuck for two days, with concerns growing for her welfare.

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7 d. ago Mountain rescue experts join search for escaped wallaby in Dumfries and Galloway

Little Wallace has been missing since he got out of his enclosure from Crazy Critters Experience at Johnstonebridge on Friday night.

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1 week ago We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so oftenIt does not involve protest or violence, but it might be the quintessential human image of our times: a small group of people in the midst of spectacular natural scenery, drawn there in the certainty that the apps on their phones could somehow get them from A to B to C – but utterly, hopelessly lost.Two weeks ago, Mountain Rescue England and Wales published figures showing a record number of annual callouts. For the first time, in fact, teams – of overworked volunteers, mostly – had been called out on every day of the year. Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. Similar trends were evident in data from Scotland: across Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, ...

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2 w. ago Walker injured in Lake District fall tells mountain rescuers 'My dog pushed me'

The man suffered a gash to the head after slipping down a steep fell

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2 w. ago Hiker suffers suspected broken leg during Good Friday walk up Yr Wyddfa

Mountain rescue volunteers 'carefully' stretchered the stricken casualty off the mountain

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2 w. ago Computer that ‘thinks’ like a missing person could help save lives

A new method of predicting where lost people may be found could help mountain rescue teams save lives

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2 w. ago At least four dead after tourist cable car crashes at Italian mountain: Rescue teams scouring steep hillside

Three people have died, one is seriously injured and another is missing after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples.

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4 w. ago Tents 'remarkably' untouched despite being surrounded by Galloway wildfire

Members of Galloway Mountain Rescue team discovered tents left by campers who had been moved from the area were 'untouched' despite being surrounded by flames.

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4 w. ago Air ambulance lands at popular beauty spot after woman suffers serious injury

Mountain rescue teams were called out to the scene

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4 w. ago My insurer left me with a £10,000 bill for air ambulance mountain rescue I didn't even need: SALLY SORTS IT

Last July, I had a medical incident while on holiday in Austria. I forked out £10,000 of my own funds to settle the bills, but had little meaningful contact with the insurer. Please help.

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4 w. ago Scots mountain rescue volunteers called out to three emergencies in less than 72 hours

Volunteers from Killin Mountain Rescue Team assisted three separate rescue efforts over the weekend - including two on Scotland's hillsides.

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last month Rescuers battled round the clock to help campers at risk from Galloway Forest Park wildfire

Galloway Mountain Rescue Team members spent more than 24 hours removing campers and local residents from parts of the forest, including the Little Spear, Bruce’s Stone, Loch Doon and Clatteringshaws areas.

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last month Hillwalker airlifted to hospital after horror leg injury on Arran

Arran Mountain Rescue Service scrambled to the scene at the weekend.

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