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The Team Leaders of the twelve Lake District Mountain Rescue teams are deeply concerned about the increased volume of people who are continuing to travel to our area and put local people, team members and other emergency services workers at increased risk of COVID- 19. We therefore echo the comments of the Assistant Chief Constable…

BMC and mountain rescue teams advise all climbers and hill walkers to stay in their home area and put all climbing and hill walking on hold.  Last week, the government advice was ambiguous, and over the weekend thousands of people headed to the hills, mountains and coasts of the UK.  Today, the message from the…

A group of 35 leading national outdoor activity, tourism, nature, health and rescue organisations, has come together to back the Prime Minister’s call for the public to behave responsibly while exercising outside. In a joint statement, the group offers support to the Government and advises the nation on how to stay active safely during the…

Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) is following the national health protection advice and applying it to its situation – just like everyone else should be doing at this critical time. A lot of MR volunteers have day jobs that will be important in the coming weeks and months – paramedics, NHS staff etc –…

Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) is following the national health protection advice and applying it to its situation – just like everyone else. MREW’s priority is resilience, making sure that as many of its trained volunteers are as available as possible for call outs. This means reducing face-to-face meetings (and using online equivalents) and postponing…

Friday 20/03/2020 14:36 A twenty year old female from the Worcestershire area fell whilst descending from Grisedale Tarn and sustained an injury to her knee. The young lady, who had been walking with her partner, slipped and twisting her leg, managing to dislocate her knee. Initial reports received by Cumbria Police indicated that the injury…