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A group of women wearing fluorescent green tops look exhausted as they pull a one-tonne car up Kirkstone Pass.

Women break record for pulling car up high pass

The women smash a previous Kirkstone Pass car pull record, raising money for an Ulverston hospice.

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

A look towards Helvellyn mountain in The Lake District. A narrow path leads towards the summit, which is surrounded by a large green field.

Man dies in 590ft Lake District fell fall

A mountain rescue team says the man's black labrador was found safe just before his body was found.

Nine of the rescuers stand in front of a land rover. Another team member is on top of the car. They all wear red jackets and black trousers. There are some backpacks in front of them on the left. It is dark. There are nine men and one woman in the team.

Busy year for rescuers after 100th call out

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team says 2024 has been busier than usual.

Dave Freeborn, Syd Burns, Simon Ellis and John Williams

Avalanche teen reunited with rescuers 40 years on

A former Teesside scout visits rescuers who saved him from a Cumbrian mountain four decades ago.

Photomontage of proposed tower

Plans for 'intrusive' telecoms mast refused

Planners said the benefits would not outweigh the landscape, visual and historical impact.

Chris Lewis

Inquest opens into lockdown-breakers' rescuer death

Chris Lewis fell 500ft (150m) while trying to reach two campers who had broken lockdown rules.

Chris Lewis

Mountain rescuer hurt helping lockdown-breakers dies

Chris Lewis fell 500ft (150m) while trying to reach two campers who broke lockdown rules.

View from Sheffield Pike over Ullswater, a large lake surrounded by hills

Walker suffers 'nasty' head injury in 100ft fall

He was winched aboard a helicopter and flown to hospital after falling near Ullswater.