Rescue a complete success
The 58-year-old was taken from the property in Balmoral Avenue after the kitchen
caught alight in the early hours of Saturday 30th March.
He was treated at the scene for the effects of smoke inhalation.
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Seal pup 'is doing well' say wildlife experts
Experts at the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA), National Wildlife Rescue Centre say that a seal pup rescued after being washed up near Stranraer is responding well.
SSPCA Wildlife assistant Kaniz Hayat is one of those looking after seven week old Smartie.
She confirmed that the Grey seal pup was infected with worms which might be one reason it ended up being found by workers at the Cairnryan port.
The animal is beginning to regain weight and is likely to reach its release weight of between 30 to 35 kilos in one months time.
– Kaniz Hayat, Wildlife assistant, SSPCA"Smartie is doing very well and we are pleased with her progress.
"It's probably due to her illness that she didn't want to go back into the water and why she appeared to be friendly when approached."
The animal centre also confirmed that Smartie is a female.
She is likely to be put back into the wild at Aberdour in Fife where the SSPCA have made a number of sucessful releases.
However, they have not ruled out putting her back into the sea near where she was found.
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Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team save teenager
An eighteen year old is recovering in Hospital after being found suffering from a head injury on Watch hill near Cockermouth.
– Spokesman, Great North Air AmbulanceHe had been drinking and had sustained a head injury. It was unclear how long he had been there but he was suffering from Hypothermia
Reports of person fallen into river Annan
Dumfries and Galloway Police received a report last night (25th November), of a person seen falling into the river Annan, in the Everholm area, at around 6.30pm.
A search of the river was carried out by HM Coastguard, Nith Inshore Rescue, Moffat Mountain Rescue and the search and rescue helicopter.
Police say the river was very high and fast flowing at the time.
The search is due to resume at 10am today (26th November).
Police are urging anyone who may have been in the area of the River Annan near the Everholm on 25th November to get in touch.
Beach walk couple rescued
Two people have been rescued bylifeboat after they were cut off by the incoming tide at Sandhills in Dumfries and Galloway.
It is the second time in four days that people have had to be rescued at the same place.
This time the couple and their two dogs managed to alert the emergency services by mobile phone after being cut off east of the Sandyhills beach towards Southerness.
Kippford Lifeboat raced to the rescue and the couple and their pets were taken back to the beach suffering only from shock.
Early in the week a couple and their dog managed to clamber up rocks near the same area and were plucked to safety by the safe lifeboatmen.
Dramatic rescue for holiday couple
A couple and their pet dog were plucked to safety after they were cut off by the treacherous Solway tide.
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Mountain biker with serious injuries airlifted from forest
A rescue helicopter collected a seriously injured mountain biker after he fell off his bike on the Dalbeattie Forest Trail yesterday - one of the 7stanes mountain biking centres in the Borders. The man who is in his forties sustained head, back and possible spinal injuries.
Due to the remoteness of the site, the ambulance was unable to reach him. Instead he was airlifted by a Royal Navy Helicopter to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
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A rescue helicopter had to be brought in to pull a badly injured mountain biker to safety.
The 40-year-old man, from Wales, was in a group of three on the Dalbeattie Forest mountain bike trail, one of the 7stanes centres in South Scotland.
He suffered head and back and possible spinal injuries. Two friends alerted the emergency services using their mobile phones.
Because of the remoteness of the accident in the forest, the ambulance was unable to get to the scene.
A Royal Navy Sea King Rescue helicopter was scrambled from HMS Gannet and the man was airlifted to Dumfries and GallowayRoyal Infirmary.
Man rescued after Lake District fall
A man has been rescued after falling while walking in the Lake District. The man, from Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, slipped while descending from Grisedale Tarn towards Patterdale. He was treated for a suspected fractured ankle and rescued by members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team.
The team says the family were well equipped and kept him warm until help arrived. His leg was put in a splint and he was placed on a stretcher and carried down to a Land-rover ambulance in the valley bottom. Fifteen members of the Patterdale team were involved in the incident, which took four hours.
RNLI hero honoured for daring rescue
A lifeboat volunteer from the Scottish Borders has been honoured for bravery at the annual RNLI awards. Darren Crowe dived into a flooding cave at St Abb Head to rescue a fisherman who'd fallen in and was close to drowning.
He received one of the RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry one of the service's top awards.
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