READERS have reacted after mountain rescue teams reported a 70 per cent rise in call-outs during December. Recently, Richard Warren, chairman of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, put out a warning after teams throughout the county got 31 callouts this month, as of December 24, compared to 18 for the same period last year. Many of those rescued came from Tier Three covid-19 restricted areas. Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Slattery, from Cumbria Constabulary, said: “Where callouts are avoidable this just puts team members and their loved ones at unnecessary risk. “Please adhere to the guidance on travel from Tier Three, and Four, areas.”
MOUNTAIN rescue teams have seen a 70 per cent increase in call-outs during December. Richard Warren, chairman of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, put out a warning after teams throughout the county got 31 callouts this month, as of December 24, compared to 18 for the same period last year - with many of those rescued coming from Tier Three covid-19 restricted areas. He said: Team members are all unpaid volunteers and we must protect them from asymptomatic covid-19 casualties. If a team is infected on a rescue it can mean they all have to isolate, this has to be avoided at all costs.
Cumbria’s mountain rescue volunteers are urging people to take extra care on the fells after a 70 per cent leap in callouts this month. Richard Warren, chairman of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, said in the first three weeks of this month, members had seen a big.
Police are reminding people travelling on Christmas Day that their annual drink and drug driving campaign continues over the festive period – and any motorists who flout the law put lives and their own licences at risk. Overnight stays are not allowed at other people’s homes – including on December 25 – in the latest Covid-19 rules brought in to stop the spread of the virus. Officers are aware this could mean some people might be tempted to drive after having a drink while visiting within their Christmas bubble on the day. Police will continue to actively police the roads on December 25 and throughout the festive period, monitoring for any drink or drug driving offences.
ACC Andrew Slattery
Police are reminding people travelling on Christmas Day that its drink and drug driving campaign continues over the festive period.
Cumbria Constabulary said any motorists who flouts the law is putting lives and their own licences at risk.
Overnight stays are not allowed at other peopleâs homes – including on December 25 – in the latest COVID-19 rules brought in to stop the spread of the virus.
Cumbria police said said they were aware this could mean some people might be tempted to drive after having a drink while visiting within their Christmas bubble on the day.
They are urging people to think carefully about their arrangements and to make sure there is a designated driver who does not drink while visiting others within their social bubbles.