Rescue helicopters grounded by safety scare

Rescue helicopters in the North of England have been grounded following safety concerns.Both of the Yorkshire Air Ambulances and one of the Great North Air Ambulances are out of action after a potential fault was found in the McDonnell Douglas 902 series, which are also used by five police forces and helicopter ambulance services in London, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.Last week, the Great North Ambulance twice airlifted members of Patterdale Moutain Rescue teams to incidents in the Lake District, and took casualties to hospital.It is thought an internal fan system in the tail of the aircraft belonging to the London Air Ambulance developed a fault.

Mountain rescuer goes to partner's aid after fall

A mountain rescuer had to put his skills to work when his partner fell while bouldering on a sea stack.Bob Kerr, a member of Assynt Mountain Rescue Team, was first on the scene when Anna Luzinska, 25, was injured in a 3m (10ft) fall on to rocks at Strathy Beach, Sutherland.

Crib Goch fall man named

The walker who fell to his death from Crib Goch last Friday has been named.David Stafford, of Barrowby, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, was pronounced dead at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor after being airlifted from the mountainside.