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Brecon Beacons: Some missing schoolchildren confirmed found as search continues in Welsh national park Brecon Beacons: All missing schoolchildren confirmed found following search in Welsh national park
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Rescuers have found some of the 24 English schoolchildren lost in the Brecon Beacons. Rescuers have found all of the English schoolchildren lost in the Brecon Beacons.
A Coastguard rescue helicopter has landed on the hillside near some of the children from St Albans, Hertfordshire, and the crew are reportedly with them.A Coastguard rescue helicopter has landed on the hillside near some of the children from St Albans, Hertfordshire, and the crew are reportedly with them.
Their condition is currently unknown. Three mountain rescue teams, police and ambulance crews were sent to the area in south Wales at around 1pm.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed Powys Police said: "We have been informed that a group has been located and the helicopter has landed with them.  The children, believed to be in their mid-teens, got lost around Llyn y Fan Fach, near Abercraf.
"But at this stage, they have not been removed from the mountain, and we cannot confirm that all in the group are accounted for." The headteacher of St Albans School, Jonathan Gillespie, told the BBC six or seven of their pupils were among the lost. 
He said one group got into difficulty and contacted the police before being helped by members of staff. 
Police told The Independent they received several 999 calls to report that the group was in difficulties as south west Wales was hit by heavy rainfall on Wednesday afternoon.Police told The Independent they received several 999 calls to report that the group was in difficulties as south west Wales was hit by heavy rainfall on Wednesday afternoon.
Three mountain rescue teams began searching the area near Tafarn Y Garreg, north of Abercraf in Powys, after the alarm was raised around 1pm.Three mountain rescue teams began searching the area near Tafarn Y Garreg, north of Abercraf in Powys, after the alarm was raised around 1pm.
It was initially reported that the children were lost in caves, but a spokesman for the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team told the BBC the children were lost in low clouds.It was initially reported that the children were lost in caves, but a spokesman for the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team told the BBC the children were lost in low clouds.
Mark Moran said the rescue team had been in intermittent with four groups of six children, who are in their mid-teens and without an adult. Mark Moran said the rescue team had been in intermittent contact with four groups of six children, who are in their mid-teens and without an adult.
Three of the four groups have been found, and Western Mountain Rescue Team told the BBC they think they know the location of the fourth group, but cannot be sure.
They were in the beacons as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award.They were in the beacons as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Fourteen of the schoolchildren were reportedly being taken to the Tafarn-y-Garreg pub to recover.Fourteen of the schoolchildren were reportedly being taken to the Tafarn-y-Garreg pub to recover.
"We are just waiting for them to come down, they are up on a trail," pub owner Andy Maglaras told the Press Association. "We are getting some hot juice ready for them. Pub owner Andy Maglaras said. "We are just waiting for them to come down, they are up on a trail. We are getting some hot juice ready for them.
"The rescue mission is based in our car park. There are 10 or 15 vehicles in the search and the helicopter."The rescue mission is based in our car park. There are 10 or 15 vehicles in the search and the helicopter.
"They have told us they will be bringing the children here and to get them something hot to drink and keep them by the fire."They have told us they will be bringing the children here and to get them something hot to drink and keep them by the fire.
"14 [children] are meant to be coming here now. I think they were on a school trip, we get quite a few around here.""14 [children] are meant to be coming here now. I think they were on a school trip, we get quite a few around here."
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