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A teenager was reported missing after failing to return from a late-night walk near Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders. Following an extensive overnight search involving mountain rescue teams, police, and dog handlers, the young person was located by a police officer on a minor road near the village at 6am after having taken a wrong turning in the forest.
Outcome: found safe by police officer
A sheep stranded on a steep cliff near Bull Ghyll at Honister Pass for three weeks was rescued by Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team volunteers. The team used fixed climbing cables and a metal bridge to reach and safely bring down the animal.
Outcome: sheep successfully rescued
A mountain biker sustained serious injuries after falling during an event in the Mourne Mountains. The incident occurred during an organised event in the area.
A 16-year-old fell fatally while walking on Stac Pollaidh north of Ullapool on 26 August 2018. Emergency services were alerted after he was reported overdue, and his body was recovered by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team with assistance from a coastguard helicopter.
Outcome: fatality
Two 16-year-old girls from an outdoor education centre group were rescued from Cader Idris on 23 August 2018 after one lost consciousness following a fall on loose ground and the other developed hypothermia symptoms. Both were winched to safety by coastguard helicopter and flown to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.
Outcome: both casualties winched to safety by helicopter and flown to hospital
A teenager hiking in the Mourne mountains was struck by a sheep that fell from a crag near Hare's Gap on Slieve Bearnagh. He was evacuated by seventeen Mourne Mountain Rescue Team members and taken to hospital, where he was treated and discharged. The sheep was believed to be uninjured.
Outcome: casualty taken to hospital, treated and discharged
The team was called out to the Ben Lawers area to search for two missing hillwalkers. The individuals were successfully located using SARLOC technology and subsequently walked off the mountain by team members.
Outcome: Found/Safe
A 17-year-old got into difficulties while swimming at the Blue Pool in a disused quarry at Bishops Itchington on 26 July and died. His body was recovered the following day. The pool, located within a former limestone quarry, had warning signs in place but swimming had continued despite efforts by the site operators to prevent it.
Outcome: fatality
A 58-year-old walker died after falling on Carn Mor Dearg in Lochaber on Monday 16 July. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a Coastguard helicopter attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Outcome: casualty pronounced dead at scene
A woman fell approximately 130 feet while climbing on Dinas Mot in Snowdonia and sustained a significant head injury, becoming unconscious and suspended from the crag by her climbing ropes. Fellow climbers on the scene immediately provided assistance, and the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team coordinated with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Rescue 936 helicopter, which winched the casualty to safety and transported her to hospital.
Outcome: airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter; transferred to Ysbyty Gwynedd
A couple poorly equipped with gym shoes, trainers, shorts and no map was airlifted from Moel Siabod in Snowdonia after a woman twisted her knee while descending. Despite being unable to walk initially, she walked unassisted after being winched from the mountain by helicopter, prompting rescuers to criticise the callout as unnecessary and irresponsible.
Outcome: casualty airlifted by coastguard helicopter and walked off uninjured
Mountain rescue teams were called out to assist with the recovery of a body from Horrocks Moor near Smithills. Fifteen team members attended alongside police colleagues and used a stretcher to carry the person approximately 400 metres across the moor to an awaiting ambulance.
Outcome: Recovery completed
A man in his 60s from a training group became unwell at a high-altitude camp in Snowdonia during blizzard conditions. A coastguard rescue helicopter evacuated him in poor weather, and he was assessed at hospital but did not require treatment and was able to rejoin his group.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter, no treatment required
Two ambulances became stranded in heavy snow on Foxcote Lane near Stourbridge on 4 March 2018. Severn Area Rescue Association volunteers assisted in freeing both vehicles, which were blocking access to patients requiring emergency care. All patients were eventually reached and provided medical care.
Outcome: both ambulances recovered and towed to main road; all patients reached and treated
An elderly couple aged 70 and 71 living in a remote home near West Linton became isolated when heavy snowdrifts up to 12 feet high surrounded their property. They were rescued by police officers and Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team after losing heating due to depleted firewood supplies. The couple and their two dogs were safely freed and are now staying with friends.
Outcome: couple freed safely with their two dogs, now staying with friends
A 51-year-old woman from Alloa went missing on 1 March 2018 after becoming lost in the Ochils near Menstrie during blizzard conditions. Despite a major search and rescue operation involving police, coastguard and mountain rescue volunteers, her body was recovered the following afternoon near Dumyat Farm.
Outcome: casualty found deceased
A man died after falling from a Highland mountain, and the body of a missing climber was also discovered during this incident. The circumstances indicate serious mountaineering accidents in the Highland region.
Outcome: fatality
Mountain rescue teams in the Scottish Highlands located the body of Jim Stalker, missing since 11 February near Beinn a Chaorainn, with assistance from Lochaber, Tayside and RAF teams. Two other men remain missing: Marcin Bialas (missing since 21 January after falling through a cornice on Ben Nevis) and Neil Gibson (missing since 8 February in the Achnashellach area), with search efforts hampered by severe winter conditions and high avalanche risk.
Outcome: one body recovered; two still missing
Two brothers and their dog went missing on a hill walk in the Wester Ross area on Thursday morning. Mountain rescue teams found the body of one brother, Alan Gibson, on Saturday, while the search for his brother Neil continued. Weather conditions during the search were described as tricky with frequent snow showers.
Outcome: body recovered
A 56-year-old man from Stalybridge became stuck in a peat bog at Dovestones, submerged to his waist and gradually sinking. Police and Oldham Mountain Rescue worked together to excavate him using straps and heather, freeing him after approximately one hour. He was treated for exposure but sustained no injuries.
Outcome: casualty rescued uninjured, treated for exposure
A 65-year-old hillwalker went missing on Lochnagar on Friday evening after failing to return from a walk. The search was suspended on Saturday due to extreme weather conditions with winds exceeding 100mph, and was to resume on Sunday morning. The walker had not been located as of the publication of this report.
Outcome: search suspended pending resumption
A climber who fell through a snow cornice into Observatory Gully on Ben Nevis in January was found deceased following an extensive search by Lochaber Mountain Rescue. The body was recovered from the gully in June after previous search efforts had been hampered by deep snow conditions.
Outcome: body recovered
Two men in their twenties became trapped at the bottom of a 50-foot sewer shaft in Oldham town centre after abseiling down on makeshift equipment as a prank. Fire crews and Oldham Mountain Rescue Team attended and used ropes and harnesses to rescue both casualties, who suffered only minor cuts and bruises.
Outcome: both casualties rescued uninjured; minor cuts and bruises only
A car lost control on icy Whinlatter Pass and rolled approximately 40 metres down a bank into a beck. The driver escaped serious injury and walked away from the scene. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team attended alongside emergency services and the Great North Air Ambulance Service.
Outcome: driver walked away uninjured