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Cash boost for flood rescue teams

Cumbrian mountain rescue teams get more than £20,000 to replace equipment lost during recent flooding.

Flood relief concert nets £12,000

A benefit concert raises thousands of pounds for victims of recent flooding in Cumbria and rescue organisations.

Climber killed in fall from crag

A climber is killed and another seriously injured in a fall from a fell in Cumbria.

Woman rescued after mountain fall

A woman is airlifted to hospital after falling whilst walking near Glencoe in the Highlands.

Flood concert 'sell-out success'

All the tickets are sold for a concert organised to help the victims of the Cumbria floods and recognise rescue efforts.

Walker killed in Snowdonia fall

A walker dies after falling about 700 ft (213m) from near the summit of a Snowdonia peak.

High street hare returns to wild

A "confused" mountain hare spotted hopping down a Borders high street is returned to its natural habitat.

Cash alert for mountain rescuers

A Derbyshire mountain rescue team says it is facing an slump in income just as demand has surged.

Pair rescued from river arrested

Two men spotted drowning in a Lancashire river are rescued by passing police officers - then arrested on suspicion of assault.

Gas supplies restored after flood

Engineers reconnect gas to about most of the properties in Ambleside which were cut off on Saturday.

Climber dies after mountain fall

A 27-year-old scientist from Edinburgh was killed while climbing on Ben Lui, near Tyndrum, it has emerged.

Window depicts life-saving work

A stained glass window depicting rescue work is dedicated at a church on an RAF base.

The road to Port-au-Prince

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.

Rescue team's 'busiest' new year

The recent spell of snow and ice give a mountain rescue team their busiest start to a new year.

Bodies found in separate searches

The bodies of a 40-year-old woman and a teenage boy, missing in unrelated incidents, are found by search teams.

Fishing equipment found on beach

Fishing gear is found washed up on a County Durham beach, close to where an angler is believed to have disappeared.

Man missing during snow is found

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.

Mountain rescue for injured man

A rescue effort is under way for a man who is thought to have broken his leg on the Mourne Mountains.

Warning after Snowdonia avalanche

Climbers and hill walkers are being urged to take care after an avalanche in Snowdonia.

Missing angler search called off

A search is called off for a 61-year-old man who went missing while fishing off the coast of County Durham.

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