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Brecon Beacons: All missing schoolchildren confirmed found following search in Welsh national park | |
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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. |
Three mountain rescue teams, police and ambulance crews were sent to the area in south Wales at around 1pm. | |
The children, believed to be in their mid-teens, got lost around Llyn y Fan Fach, near Abercraf. | |
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 contact with four groups of six children, who are in their mid-teens and without an adult. | |
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. |
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." |
Additional reporting by PA |