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Mountain Rescue

Mountain rescue crews in red jackets with the words Mountain Rescue on the back in large white lettering. They have climbing gear and ropes tied round their waists. Ahead of them, into the darkness, more of the team with the person being rescued can just be made out.

Seriously hurt climber saved in 11-hour rescue

Wasdale Mountain Rescue says conditions on the mountain were very cold and windy.

Two volunteers from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team on a small motor boat. They are searching Ullswater for the missing swimmer. They are wearing red protective clothing and helmets.

Man dies while open water swimming in lake

The swimmer's death at Ullswater is not being treated as suspicious, police say.

A Patterdale Mountain Rescue vehicle is parked on a grass verge. It is white with a red and white checked pattern on the lower half and Patterdale Mountain Rescue branding.

MP plea for volunteer rescuers' support

A new Parliamentary group is set up to give a voice to volunteer-run rescue services

An artist's impression of the rescue centre. It is a long, orange two-storey building. A sign on the front reads: "Penrith Mountain Rescue [and] COMRU."

Rescue teams aim to raise £1.8m for new base

Approval is in place for a new permanent base for Penrith's mountain and mine rescue teams.

Katie Wotton smiling into the camera on a beach. She's got long, curly brown hair and is wearing a red cardigan with a black top.

Wearside stories you may have missed this week

This week, the body of a missing woman is found and a sea swimmer inspires an animated film.

A red and white helicopter hovers in the mountains in north Wales, with people dangling on a winch line below it

Mountain rescue teams stretched to breaking point

Social media apps such as Instagram have been blamed for attracting more people to the mountains.

A red and white coastguard helicopter lifting two people in the air on a winch from the mountains in Eryri National Park. The sky is blue with patches of sun hitting the grassy mountain range in the background.

Two women die in separate mountain accidents

The women fell while on Glyder Fach and Tryfan, say Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team.

The front of a vehicle with components missing

Mountain rescue vehicle stripped of its parts

Pick-up was parked at base when it had winch and blue lights removed by thieves.

A black and white sheep dog looking up at a man dressed in red mountain rescue colours. They're standing on moorland and the bottom of a rainbow can be seen in the background.

Thousands donated after search for missing woman

Teesdale Mountain Rescue Team is one of the teams who searched for missing woman Jenny Hall.