24 h. ago Ben Nevis mountain climber, 22, plunges to his death while hiking up UK's tallest peak

Police Scotland sought the assistance of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (LMRT) to assist after a 22-year-old man - who was climbing Ben Nevis with a colleague - fell to his death in the Moonlight Gully area of the mountain

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4 d. ago Hillwalker suffers stroke in mysterious Scots bone caves sparking major rescue

Mountain Rescuers were called to the Bone Caves in the Highlands.

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5 d. ago Mystery deepens over four missing US soldiers in Lithuania after abandoned tank found

Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė says there are ‘positive signs’ following an overnight search and rescue operation in Pabradė

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6 d. ago Man and two daughters survive 12 hours on aircraft wing in Alaska lake before rescue

Search plane spotted family sheltering overnight on wing of small aircraft that crashed and partly sunk into frigid lakeA pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partly submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.Terry Godes said he saw a Facebook post on Sunday night calling for people to help search for the missing plane, which did not have a locator beacon. On Monday morning about a dozen pilots including Godes headed out to scour the rugged terrain. Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and spotted what he thought was wreckage. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Scottish mountain rescue legend 'in every sense of the word' dies aged 72

The Moray man was one of the first on site of the Lockerbie disaster almost 40 years ago

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8 d. ago Mountain rescue teams and helicopters search overnight for missing walker, 80, from Bury

Brian Fletcher, 80, left his home in Bury and travelled to the Tockholes area, where his car was found in a layby

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8 d. ago Fresh appeal launched to find missing walker, 80, whose car was found in layby

Mountain rescuers are among those searching for Brian Fletcher

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9 d. ago Mountain rescue teams out in search for missing Bury man after 'car found parked in layby'

Keen walker Brian Fletcher has been missing since Saturday (March 22)

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1 week ago Huge fire seen from miles around as it rages above Mountain Ash

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service responded to the incident, near Llanwonno Road in Mountain Ash, on Wednesday, March 19, after calls from concerned locals

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1 week ago Abandoned clothes and sleeping bag on Skye mountain sparks fears for hillwalker

The Skye Mountain Rescue Team, made up of 35 volunteers, uncovered the concerning discovery on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Person in difficulty in water at Ayrshire beach sparks emergency response

Police, paramedics, coastguard rescue teams, the RNLI and a coastguard helicopter were called to Barassie Bay on Sunday evening.

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2 w. ago Mountain biker suffers back injury in Stirling woodland sparking rescue mission

A mountain biker sustained a back injury in Hermitage Wood, near Stirling, at the weekend.

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2 w. ago Mountain rescue teams rush to save dog after horror fall at Scots beauty spot

Images from the late-night rescue operation show teams working tirelessly into the evening to save the pup.

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2 w. ago Boy, nine, rescued after falling down river bank at beauty spot

Firefighters and mountain rescuers stretchered the boy to safety

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2 w. ago Kobe Bryant's former players remember his words during their first year of college basketball

Five years after the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, six members of his Mamba Basketball Academy team are finishing up their first season of college basketball

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3 w. ago Experts warn of North Sea collision’s ‘devastating’ impact on marine life

Highly toxic jet fuel leaking from oil tanker threatens local ecosystems as investigations begin into collision’s causeLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, experts have said, as investigations began into the cause of the incident.Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker and cargo ship Solong collided off the coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. A search for a missing crew member was called off overnight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago North Sea collision may have ‘devastating’ impact on marine life, says expert

Fears grow over leaking fuel as investigations begin into cause of crash involving cargo ship and tanker off Yorkshire coastLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, an expert has warned, as investigations began into the cause of the crash.Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker was struck off the coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. A search for a missing crew member was called off overnight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago North Sea crash may have ‘devastating’ impact on marine life, says expert

Fears grow over fuel leak as investigations begin into cause of cargo ship’s collision with tanker off Yorkshire coastLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, an expert has warned, as investigations began into the cause of the crash.Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker was struck off the coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. A search for a missing crew member was called off overnight. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Moment British woman is rescued by helicopter from 6,000ft snow

This is the moment a British woman is rescued by helicopter after getting stranded without phone signal on top of a 6,000ft snow-covered ridge in Italy while hiking. 

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