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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.

‘Words cannot describe the pain’ – Tributes as young hikers found dead on Snowdon are pictured for first time

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Two men aged 19 and 20 die after going missing on Yr Wyddfa

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Woman, 60, rescued by mountain rescue team after fall

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Mountain rescuer warns of ‘massive impact’ of social media on number of rescues

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SILVA’s ‘respect’ for mountain rescue after Wasdale incident

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Hiker ‘lucky to be alive’ after 30ft fall at beauty spot where others have died

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Female with knee injury

February 7, 2026 3:45 pm On Saturday 7th February at 15:45hrs Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team following reports of a female who had been walking and had sustained an injury to her knee and was unable to carry on.   The Duty Leader contacted the casualty and her companions and established that they…

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Busy start to year for North Dartmoor Search and Rescue

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Rescue team donations top £38k after unpaid bill

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Keswick MRT assist, Brown Cove Crags

January 30, 2026 5 pm On Friday 30/01/25 at 1700hrs Patterdale MRT assisted Keswick MRT on an incident on the west side of Helvellyn. A walker had slipped and fallen in the snow a 100 meters down a gully on Brown Cove Crags. Five Patterdale Members had just returned to their base from a snowy…

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