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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.
Life-saving fund gets £1million boost
Rescue charities have been given a £1million lifeline after a fund to provide life-saving equipment was extended today (Thursday, May 16). Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has secured additional funding to extend the Rescue Boat Grant Fund into its sixth year Ð with investment now totalling £6 million. So far, the fund has paid for 82…
15 year old walker airlifted from Cader Idris
At around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday 14th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & rescue Team were made aware of an injured teenager on Cader Idris. The 15 year-old male walker was part of a local outdoor education group hiking on the mountain. Having reached the summit, the party were starting their descent from Mynydd Moel when…
Search Teams work together to find lost Walkers
At around 7:30 p.m. call handlers from South Snowdonia Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a group of three walkers lost in poor weather in the Team’s area. The description the lost walkers provided was sufficiently vague as to not identify which hill they were actually on, and the team spent considerable effort…