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Last Updated: Monday, 2 June, 2003, 05:52 GMT 06:52 UK
Busy day for mountain rescue
Mountain rescuers were called to three incidents in Cumbria on Sunday.

The Patterdale team were called out when a 75-year-old woman suffered a heart attack while walking between Sticks Path and Greenside.

An RAF helicopter flew the woman to hospital in Carlisle.

The team were also in action when an 80-year-old woman, from Berkshire, was taken to hospital in Penrith after suffering breathing difficulties on the fells.

And the Langdale/Ambleside team were called out when a walker from Chester-le-Street broke his ankle descending a steep path on Low Pike.




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