An 11-year-old boy has died after being hit by a bin lorry in Edinburgh. The youngster was riding a bicycle when he was struck on Whitehouse Road, near the junction with Braehead Road, at around 8.20am on Friday, 1 March.
11.02.2024 - 10:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Mountain rescue teams saved two climbers in a dramatic mission after the pair became stuck on a 4,000ft cliff yesterday.
Twenty-two Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team members were called to the West face of Aonach Mòr in the Highlands on Saturday evening after reports of two climbers being trapped and unable to move.
Thankfully a helicopter was on hand to locate the couple from Scotland’s eighth-highest peak.
A spokesperson for the group said: "22 team members were called out this evening for a pair of cragfast climbers on the West face of Aonach Mòr. Thankfully, Coastguard Rescue 151 were on hand to safely locate and extract the climbers to make it a much earlier finish for all!"
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Cragfast means to be stuck on a mountain-side or a rock-face meaning they can't one ascend or descend without danger.
Several years ago mountain rescuer scrambled to the same Munro to rescue a tourist who was wearing flip-flops and Bermuda shorts.
The holidaymaker was with two
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