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Mountain Rescue Teams responded to an emergency incident at Dovestones during winter weather conditions around Christmas time. The post does not provide specific details about the nature of the incident or outcome.
Two walkers became lost and stuck in darkness above steep ground on Tryfan in Eryri on 23 December. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation deployed five team members who lowered them to safe ground and walked them down to the roadside. The rescue team subsequently addressed public commentary calling for rescued people to be charged, emphasising that assistance is sometimes needed regardless of experience level.
Outcome: both walkers lowered to safe ground and walked down to roadside
Mountain rescue teams were called out on 22 December 2025 to assist in a search for an individual reported missing after swimming in the River Ribble at Marles Wood. The search concluded later that day when police discovered and recovered a body from the water.
Outcome: Deceased
Two walkers at Dovestones near Saddleworth Moor required rescue on the evening of 21 December after one sustained a knee injury and became unable to continue. Both were found in cold, wet conditions near Birchen Clough and were rescued using ropes and a stretcher in a four-hour operation. The injured walker was transported by ambulance for further assessment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and ambulance, uninjured walker led to safety
Two walkers were rescued from Ben Hope in Sutherland after losing the path during their descent in darkness. The couple, who were well-equipped and less than 1 km from the car park, called for help and remained in place until Assynt Mountain Rescue Team located them and returned them safely to their vehicle.
Outcome: walkers returned safely to car park uninjured
Outcome: The casualty was airlifted to hospital with a suspected significant ankle break.
Mountain Rescue volunteers attended an incident on the banks of the River Lune in Halton following a call from the North West Ambulance Service. An 89-year-old male was found unable to move after falling into mud and brambles. He was safely stretchered out by the team and handed over to paramedics.
Outcome: Safe recovery
A person entered the River Avon near Mythe Road in Tewkesbury on Friday evening 19 December. Multiple emergency services including police, fire and rescue, and the National Police Air Service conducted searches of the fast-flowing river, which was at heightened levels due to heavy rain. The person had not been located as of the search continuation on 21 December.
Outcome: ongoing search, person not located as of 21 December
Search and Rescue teams were deployed to search a river in Tewkesbury, supporting local constabulary. After several days of searching, teams successfully located and recovered the body of a young man who had entered the River Avon on Friday, 19 December.
Outcome: Body recovered
A multi-agency search operation took place in the Appley Bridge area for a missing young male over several days. The search concluded with the discovery of the individual deceased on Christmas Day.
Outcome: Deceased
A team was called out to Cow and Calf, Ilkley, following reports of an individual who had fallen and sustained a lower leg injury. Initial assessment found the person also suffering from stage 1 hypothermia, and after medical care arrived, the team assisted with a stretcher carry for safe transfer.
Outcome: Transported for further medical care
A couple became lost and cold whilst walking in the Rhondda Valley on 7 December. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, assisted by a search dog, located and checked them over before walking them back to their vehicle.
Outcome: located uninjured, rewarmed and returned to vehicle
The search and rescue team assisted police in searching for a high-risk missing person near Looe on Sunday, December 7th. The search was conducted despite heavy rainfall across the Morval area until the individual was found to have returned home safely.
Outcome: Person located and safe
A casualty fell approximately 40 metres down scree while descending from Dove Crag in the Hartsop Valley. The rescue operation lasted four and a half hours and involved multiple teams and a Coastguard helicopter for extraction to hospital.
Outcome: Transported by air to hospital
A large-scale search involving police, air support, and mountain rescue was launched after a man was reported missing in the Blorenge area on Wednesday evening. The individual was located near Keeper's Pond in Blaenavon and subsequently taken to hospital for treatment.
Outcome: Person found and hospitalized
A woman collapsed while walking on Neuadd Ridge in the Brecon Beacons on 29 November 2025. The walking group provided excellent assistance by maintaining communication with the rescue team and helping the casualty walk down the mountain. She was assessed by rescue team doctors at the roadside and had fully recovered.
Outcome: casualty fully recovered and escorted safely to vehicles
Mountain Rescue volunteers attended to a 77-year-old female who was experiencing chest pain while walking on Nicky Nook. The team worked alongside paramedics to provide treatment and safely escort the individual back to the ambulance.
Outcome: Patient treated and transported by ambulance
A mountain rescue team was called out after a family of eight became stranded on an unstable path near Dovestones reservoir in Saddleworth. The rescuers assisted the group down the path and helped them safely cross a river by forming a human chain.
Outcome: All members of the family were safely rescued.
A hillwalker fell while descending Ben Lomond and sustained a suspected broken shoulder. Lomond Mountain Rescue Team attended and the casualty was able to walk to waiting vehicles with assistance.
Outcome: casualty walked to waiting vehicles with assistance
A man entered the River Severn near Gloucester Docks on 20 November and did not resurface. Rescue teams including SARA Sharpness crew, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, and police conducted a search, and a body was recovered from the river near Hempsted. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: body recovered
Outcome: Patient attended to by ambulance crew and medical professionals.
A mountain biker sustained an injury and required rescue assistance. The rescue team responded to aid the casualty.
Outcome: casualty assisted by rescue team
A mountain biker sustained multiple injuries after falling on a steep section of trail on Alphin Pike near Dovestones on Sunday afternoon. Oldham Mountain Rescue, an air ambulance and paramedics attended the scene, providing medical care and evacuating the casualty to hospital by air ambulance in a three-hour operation.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by air ambulance to hospital