About this site

mrt.news gathers the call-outs that UK mountain rescue teams publish, turns them into short, neutral summaries, and links each one straight back to the team that responded.

Why it exists

The UK's mountain rescue teams are entirely volunteer-run and charity-funded. Their work is reported in dozens of places — team websites, social media, and the local press — but never in one place. This site brings it together so you can see, at a glance, what's been happening on the hills nationwide, and so every team's work gets a little more visibility.

Our non-profit pledge

This is a non-profit project. The site carries advertising to cover its running costs (hosting, domains, and the compute that generates the summaries). Any income beyond those costs is donated to UK mountain rescue charities. We intend to publish a simple running tally of costs and donations here once the site is established.

If you'd like to support mountain rescue directly — which is always more valuable than anything we can pass on — please give to your local team or to Mountain Rescue England & Wales or Scottish Mountain Rescue.

Transparency

The running total since June 2026 (updated June 2026):

No income yet — the site has only just launched. The first real figures will appear here once it starts earning, and every donation will be logged below.

How the summaries are made

We collect new posts from team websites (and, for teams that only post to Facebook, from local and national news coverage), then use a language model to write a short, factual summary and pull out the location, type, and outcome. Reports of the same incident from different teams or outlets are merged.

Summaries are generated automatically and may contain errors. They are not a substitute for the original report — always follow the links on each incident back to the team or news source. Where an incident involved a death or serious injury, we aim to write with care and without sensationalism, and we never include casualty names.

Not an emergency service

If you or someone else is in danger in the hills, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue. This site is informational only and is not monitored.

Independence

mrt.news is an independent project and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Mountain Rescue England & Wales, Scottish Mountain Rescue, or any individual team. Team names and links are used to credit and direct traffic to the teams themselves. If you represent a team and would like your posts included differently, removed, or linked to a different page, please get in touch.

Questions? hello@mrt.news