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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.

Thieves steal equipment from Holme Valley Mountain Rescue HQ – but defiant volunteers say ‘it won’t stop us’

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Mountain rescue and underwater search teams still searching for missing mum

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Man unwell after swimming in Ullswater

Sunday 25/08/2019 13:39  At 13:30 on Sunday the North West Ambulance service called Patterdale MRT to help them treat and evacuate a gentleman who was feeling unwell at Geordies Crag near Howtown. The gentleman, who had gone for a swim to cool down, had started to feel unwell and collapsed on the walk back to…

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Mountain Rescue work can be as much a strain on families as volunteers, co-ordinator says

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Fire-hit rescue team appeals for cash for security work at its temporary base

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Lost walkers rescued from Hamsterley Forest using What3words app

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Man feared drowned ‘would have zero per cent chance of survival’

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Mountain Rescue team help rescue injured woman from waterfall near Whitby

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Injured Teenager on Cader Idris

At around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday 13th August, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of an injured teenager on Cader Idris. The girl, aged 13, was part of a family group of 6 from Wiltshire who were enjoying the mountain. She went over on her ankle and could no longer support…

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Extreme training for rescue teams

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