A squelchy August day didn’t put off the crowds for the Cracken Edge Fell Race, with an impressive 167 runners gathering for the event in Hayfield on the evening of Wednesday 2 August. The forecast storms weren’t brave enough to venture further north than Birmingham, so participants were safe to take to the hills at...

We were contacted by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a patient at the side of the river in Bramhall Park. As the team were deploying the crew managed to get their patient to their ambulance and we were stood down. Neil Woodhead, Team Leader

We were contacted by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the urgent location of a high risk missing person. As the team were deploying Greater Manchester Police located her and we were stood down. Neil Woodhead, Team Leader

We were asked to assist a gentleman with a possible cardiac problem at Crowden Tower on Kinder Plateau. We dispatched a fast response party with drugs, a defribillator, oxygen and first aid equipment. Other parties followed with the stretcher and extra equipment. We requested the assistance of an air ambulance and a Coastguard helicopter in...

A man and his family were walking their dog along the river at Mousley Bottom in New Mills.  Whist attempting to get down a steep bank to get down to the river he slipped and injured his leg.  He was unable to walk and stuck below a short steep river bank.  As his family were...