Glencoe kayak search teams find woman's body

Police and rescuers searching for a missing kayaker in the Highlands have found a body. Northern Constabulary confirmed that, following a search wh...

Highland rescuers in search after kayaker capsizes

Police and mountain rescue teams are searching for a paddler who is missing in Glencoe. Members of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team have joined Coastgu...

Second Glencoe rescue after woman falls from mountain

A woman was airlifted to hospital this afternoon after falling on a Highlands mountain. Police were alerted at 4.15pm today after the climber injur...

Goodbye to Sea Kings as rescue helicopters go private

The familiar yellow ‘paraffin budgies’ that have plucked thousands of stricken climbers and walkers from Britain’s mountains are set to disappear under a plan to privatise the country’s search and rescue helicopters.

Missing Skye walker's body found

Police said today that a body of a man found last week on Skye is that of a man who went missing last October.

Climber airlifted after fall from sea cliffs

A climber was airlifted to hospital today after suffering suspected back injuries in a fall on a Dorset sea cliff.

Mountain rescuers and Coastguard aid ambulance staff in freeze

Two rescue teams in the North-East have been helping ambulance staff hit by the arctic weather. Members of the Northumberland National Park Mountai...

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

Climber injured as avalanches hit Highlands

A climber has been injured after being caught in an avalanche on a Highland mountain. The man, who has not been named, was with another climber on ...