MOUNTAIN rescue volunteers have taken part in a special training session to hone their helicopter evacuation skills. Key personnel from a number of Lake District rescue teams took part in the session, held at a playing field in Endmoor on Sunday. Using an RAF Sea King helicopter, they were taken through rescue scenarios by Wing [...]

A LOVE CUP with with a difference is helping to raise funds for Kendal Mountain Rescue Team. Following a brainstorming session with her staff on how to promote the ‘love local’ message, Jacqueline Ward, proprietor of Armstrong Ward ‘lifestore’, decided to contact Emma Bridgewater pottery in Stoke-on-Trent to see if it would produce a limited [...]