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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.

How young people are risking their lives to find TikTok’s ‘secret’ beauty spots

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Mountain rescue team called after cyclist breaks ankle in picturesque area

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Lake District: Rescue team called to ‘vomiting’ man near Raven Crag

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Children threw ‘head-sized rocks’ from beauty spot

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Mountain rescuers halt training to clear up litter

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Sunken Boat on Ullswater

July 23, 2025 22:00 hrs On Wednesday 23rd July, just before 22:00hrs, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of a boat that had been witnessed sinking near to St Patricks Boat hire at Glenridding. A multi agency response was initiated between Cumbria Police, Coastguard Helicopter, their land teams as…

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Demand on mountain rescue teams ‘unsustainable’ ahead of busy summer season

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Grisedale – Walker with injured ankle

July 20, 2025 13:22 On Sunday 20/07/25 at 1322hrs, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. The walker had been walking with her partner and their baby in the Grisedale Valley when the incident happened. The team responded and located the casualty quickly. The injury…

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Teens stranded in cave after canoe capsizes rescued as mum raises alarm

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Climber suffers head injury in fall at quarry

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