0:00:02 > 0:00:06From the Highlands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09the Great British countryside is spectacular.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14But we work and play in it... at our peril.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17SIREN WAILS
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And when things go wrong, the emergency services
0:00:20 > 0:00:22race to the rescue.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26This chap is having a heart attack, and we need to get him in quickly.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31We've got a cow on the road, countryside policing at its finest!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Going hundreds of miles against the clock.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Battling the elements and braving the waves.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41HE CRIES OUT IN PAIN
0:00:42 > 0:00:47From fields and forests...to cliffs and country roads.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50We'll be right at the heart of the action.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52With police fighting crime...
0:00:52 > 0:00:56I'm not arguing it, I'm reporting you for it.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58..paramedics saving lives....
0:01:00 > 0:01:03..and lifeguards patrolling the seas.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07We're there as the emergency services pull together to
0:01:07 > 0:01:11pick up, patch up and protect the public.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15This is Countryside 999.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Coming up - in Scotland there's double trouble
0:01:36 > 0:01:40for the medics at a mountain bike competition.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Argh!
0:01:44 > 0:01:47In Wales, the police go head-to-head with a heifer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE - All right.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And the Royal Navy race to rescue an injured walker on the top
0:01:52 > 0:01:54of Britain's highest mountain.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Britain's stunning scenery is just part of what attracts
0:02:14 > 0:02:17a fifth of us to live in the countryside.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And lures millions more to head out into the wilds
0:02:24 > 0:02:25to enjoy what it has to offer.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30But when people are in trouble in remote areas,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34our rural emergency services can face an uphill battle.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland boasts a glorious landscape
0:02:42 > 0:02:46of rolling hills, small towns and fertile farmland.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Peaceful, pastoral bliss, you might think.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Well, think again.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02It's got some of the best mountain-biking terrain in Britain.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10This weekend, the Forest of Ae, 12 miles north of Dumfries,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14is hosting a major downhill racing competition.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18RACE ANNOUNCER: This looks like Ben, rider for Perth City Cycles.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's a technically demanding course - steep and fast.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25A thrill-seeker's adrenaline rush.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28CHEERING
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Out here, in the back of beyond, it's vital to have medics on hand.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38In this case, a team of highly-trained specialists,
0:03:38 > 0:03:39headed up by Paul Roe.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48At a downhill mountain bike event we'll treat approximately
0:03:48 > 0:03:5210% of the competitors that are here to compete over the weekend.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57With over 200 riders taking part, that's plenty to keep
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Paul and his colleagues busy.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03ANNOUNCER: So that's Chris, that's a good-looking time as well.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09We employ a wide range of skills - doctors, nurses, paramedics.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11That's our sort of skill base.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15But what they all have in common is
0:04:15 > 0:04:16they enjoy working out here.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Bit of a change from being in a hospital
0:04:20 > 0:04:23or a doctor's surgery during the week.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Whoa!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33This crack medical team can quickly reach anyone who's hurt.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Because even the most experienced rider can come a cropper.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Sometimes it's just a tumble.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Ouch!- Nasty.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47But it can get a lot more serious.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Ohhh!
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Argh!
0:04:55 > 0:04:59A spectator has caught 19-year-old Dougie's high-speed crash
0:04:59 > 0:05:00on his mobile.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It's happened on one of the steepest sections of the course.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13The race is immediately stopped.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19As Dougie lies motionless, Paul and a team of stretcher volunteers
0:05:19 > 0:05:22have a good 150-metre climb up rough ground.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Paul needs to work out quickly just how badly Dougie's hurt.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Dougie's conscious, but in acute pain.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Paul must get him off the hill and into the treatment tent immediately.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But it's tricky.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01The vacuum mattress will mould to the shape of Dougie's body,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03keeping him still and steady while they move him.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Not knowing just how bad Dougie's injuries are,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30the team must tread carefully on the steep path.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But for this tough guy, its about to get a whole lot tougher.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47SIREN WAILS
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Helping the ill and injured
0:06:49 > 0:06:52is a vital part of what the emergency services do.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54But they also try to prevent accidents
0:06:54 > 0:06:56from happening in the first place.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00In the summer months, the usually quiet country roads
0:07:00 > 0:07:02are heaving with holiday traffic.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08So countryside cops do what they can to keep them free from hazards.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Dyfed-Powys Police Force covers
0:07:10 > 0:07:13a huge, wild and beautiful part of Mid Wales.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22In Brecon, PC Geraint Skyrme works in the Roads Policing Unit.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24He's been a bobby for 12 years.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28This is all I ever wanted to do since I was a little lad.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31My uncle was in the police.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36And I can just remember from a young age, really,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39when I went to visit him, and can remember how cool it was
0:07:39 > 0:07:42seeing him, I thought it was the best thing ever.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46And ever since then, that's all I've ever wanted to do, really.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Today, Geraint's on the lookout for seat belt abusers.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56We're in Brecon town at present.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00We're at the start of a national seat belt campaign, ongoing,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03hence the reason we're in this discreet little spot.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05To try and have a look if people are complying
0:08:05 > 0:08:07with the regulation of wearing a seat belt.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11But, within minutes, he receives a message from base.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Yep, received. I'll go and move it on, over.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Like that one, like that link. DISPATCHER:- Thank you...
0:08:32 > 0:08:34SIREN WAILS
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Countryside policing at its finest.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42We've got a report of a cow on the road.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45The particular stretch of road isn't a very nice one
0:08:45 > 0:08:46at the best of times.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50It might sound humorous, but half a ton of heifer
0:08:50 > 0:08:55on a country lane is a real danger to road users - and herself.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Ahh, there it is. Having a good old graze.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06RADIO CHATTER
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I'll put a coat on so I don't get knocked down.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16See if we can drive this cow up into the field here.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24QUIETLY: Slow, slow, slow...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Come on. On you go, babe.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Come on, then. HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Go on, you know you want to.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Come on, in we go.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40HE LAUGHS
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Giving us the run. - Whoa, watch that van!
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Given us the run. We'll need another unit up here,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53we will, to drive it in the field.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Slow down, slow down, there's a big, big cow in the road, slow down.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02RADIO CHATTER
0:10:02 > 0:10:03..in the field now.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09The pesky beast has scarpered.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Luckily, Geraint's a dab hand at going backwards.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Hey! The cow's gone in the field itself.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Bingo! The offender's safely behind bars.- There we are.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Go ahead.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28We have one cow now back in the field.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30We'll go and make sure there's not another one,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32but we've put the one that was in the middle of the road
0:10:32 > 0:10:34in the field now, so we'll go and check.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Thank you.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Whilst it is quite comical that there's a cow in the middle
0:10:43 > 0:10:44of the road, it can have
0:10:44 > 0:10:48potentially quite catastrophic effects on someone.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52You imagine that brown cow being on that road at night,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55when it's pitch-black at 11 or 12 o'clock,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59then it's going to end nasty, really.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Later, we join Geraint on another blue light emergency.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08This time, it's an attempted robbery.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10The lady has made off from the site.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13We're looking for a Peugeot estate of some description.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Just pending some more details at the moment.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30In southwest Scotland, riders at a downhill mountain-biking event
0:11:30 > 0:11:33have been enjoying the thrills...
0:11:35 > 0:11:37..and spills of the competition.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Paul Roe heads up the team of specialist medics.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Swing round a bit.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Where we get injuries, they tend to be on
0:11:45 > 0:11:47the technical, downhill sections.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51For obvious reasons, really,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54that's where people are travelling at speed downhill.
0:11:58 > 0:12:0019-year-old Dougie came off at high speed
0:12:00 > 0:12:02on one of the steepest slopes of the course.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07This incredible footage of the crash was captured by a spectator.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Argh!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Paul and a team of volunteers made him safe
0:12:28 > 0:12:30and stretchered him off the hill.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33At the treatment tent, Paul's colleagues
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Pip Squires and Tony Cardwell now take over.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Dougie's in agony, and the medics need to find out why.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03He's complaining of a lot of discomfort in his abdomen.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06We're monitoring his vital signs at the moment,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and we're doing various tests.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Whatever it is, it's clear Dougie needs treatment - fast.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17DOUGIE GROANS
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Ahhhh.- OK, same again.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Later - while Dougie gets emergency treatment,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43there's another casualty for Paul.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49In Brecon, PC Geraint Skyrme is on the trail
0:13:49 > 0:13:51of a distinctive-looking thief.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- Big round-looped earrings, gold, like that.- Right.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59But first, the Navy Search and Rescue Team
0:13:59 > 0:14:02speed to rescue an injured walker on the top of Ben Nevis.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Carrying out rescues from Britain's most remote regions
0:14:19 > 0:14:20can be difficult and dangerous.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28HMS Gannet's Royal Navy Search and Rescue Team
0:14:28 > 0:14:31is based in Ayrshire, on Scotland's southwest coast.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37They work around the clock, covering an area of 98,000 square miles
0:14:37 > 0:14:41across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47These guys have seen everything,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50from wounded walkers to people in trouble at sea.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58It's a tough job
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and the crew of a Royal Navy Sea King rescue helicopter
0:15:01 > 0:15:03are trained to handle anything.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Today, off the coast of Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre,
0:15:12 > 0:15:17the crew are taking part in a joint exercise with an RNLI lifeboat.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Angela Lewis is the observer on the Sea King helicopter.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27CREWMAN GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
0:15:28 > 0:15:31But today she's practising her winching skills,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35which means being lowered onto the moving boat 50 feet below.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36CREWMAN: To the right.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39CREWMEN GIVE INSTRUCTIONS OVER RADIO
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Touching now.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43As an observer,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47it's important that I can interchange with the air crewmen,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49between winchman and winch operator.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51We have to achieve the same skills
0:15:51 > 0:15:54and our medical skills also have to be able to be swapped
0:15:54 > 0:15:56on the hillside because sometimes you need
0:15:56 > 0:16:00the higher proficiency medical person in the aircraft.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Halfway through the exercise, they get an emergency call.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16A walker is badly injured 135 miles away on Ben Nevis,
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Britain's highest peak.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Angela is immediately winched on board.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Over 100,000 people every year tackle the Ben,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30all hoping to get to the top.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33But over 4,000 feet of rough, mountainous terrain
0:16:33 > 0:16:36inevitably means that some of them get into trouble.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45The volunteer mountain rescue teams could be called out
0:16:45 > 0:16:48hundreds of times a year to help injured or lost climbers.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Kinloss Rescue One Seven Seven, go ahead.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58The local Lochaber mountain rescue team, or MRT, radio in an update.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03RADIO: This is Belfast Coastguard Control.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Kinloss Rescue One Seven Seven, that's all copied.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Do you have any details on the casualty themselves?
0:17:19 > 0:17:23One Seven Seven, that's all copied. We'll be on scene in 25 minutes.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25CREWMAN: What is it?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I don't know if it's a male or a female.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Don't know anything beyond it's an ankle injury in that position.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Information on the casualty is sketchy,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42so the helicopter crew will rely on news from the MRT on the ground.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Joining forces on such a remote rescue is crucial.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50The MRT are on stand by.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55The Sea King takes less than half an hour to travel
0:17:55 > 0:18:00the 135 miles between Campbeltown and the peak of Ben Nevis.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Just as they approach the mountain, a vital update comes in.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08The MRT have managed to speak to the casualty on his mobile.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11'A rescue update.'
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Kinloss Rescue 177. That's very helpful, many thanks.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41It's the height of the tourist season
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and there are scores of people on the Ben who all like waving at
0:18:44 > 0:18:48choppers. So the MRT have asked the casualty to do something different.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Forming a "Y" shape is a deliberate statement that you require
0:18:54 > 0:18:58assistance - it's an internationally recognised symbol. So that
0:18:58 > 0:19:01should bring our eyes straight in to our casualty.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Angela gets ready to put her winching skills into practice.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14But, as the helicopter fast approaches Ben Nevis,
0:19:14 > 0:19:15there's a problem.
0:19:15 > 0:19:21Despite the sunshine elsewhere, the mountain top is shrouded in clouds.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Bit cloudy, isn't it?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26If there's cloud there, we'll struggle to get there.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30We might have to go and get the MRT to head up and stabilise them.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31I might do it myself.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35We are very limited with our options...
0:19:35 > 0:19:41If they can't see, they can't land. It could get tricky.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44What Angela and the crew need is a gap in the clouds.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58While thousands of summer hikers are drawn to Scotland's
0:19:58 > 0:20:00mountains for recreation,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03in the Brecon Beacons, the countryside proves attractive
0:20:03 > 0:20:06to incomers for quite a different reason.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Dyfed Powys Police
0:20:10 > 0:20:14face a constant battle as criminals travel into the countryside
0:20:14 > 0:20:17to deliberately target remote buildings and isolated communities.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25There's been an attempted robbery in a remote part of the county.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29PC Geraint Skyrme is responding to the 999 call.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56We've got a job, quite a rural job, actually, now,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01an allegation of an attempted theft from a very remote outdoor activity centre
0:21:01 > 0:21:03that basically links
0:21:03 > 0:21:06our force border area
0:21:06 > 0:21:09to South Wales Force border area.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11It's a very rural location
0:21:11 > 0:21:13and a route that is well-known to be used
0:21:13 > 0:21:17by travelling criminals form South Wales and from Gwent.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Last year in England and Wales, over
0:21:20 > 0:21:23200,000 businesses were burgled.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Commercial premises in remote areas are an easy target for thieves.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32The lady has made off from the site.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34We're looking for a Peugeot
0:21:34 > 0:21:38estate of some description, hopefully pending some more details.
0:21:38 > 0:21:4015 miles of winding country roads later,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and not a sniff of the suspects,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Geraint arrives at the isolated
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Dolygaer Outdoor Centre.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51He could do with a bit more to go on.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Centre manager Andrew made the 999 call.- Morning, how are we?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Peugeot Estate. - Do we know what sort of model?
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- 306.- Have you got CCTV here? - Unfortunately we haven't.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07No problem. Has anything gone?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- No, but they prepared - the bags are full of equipment.- Such as...?
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Such as caving equipment, rock climbing equipment, you know,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19stuff you can easy sell, really.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20- And where was that?- Up in the store.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Have they come past in the car?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24They slept in the top, up there.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25They spent all night up there?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28When I came in this morning,
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I saw the girl walking down here.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Can you describe her to me?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32- Tall.- How tall?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Five-eleven. At least as tall as me.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Colour of hair?- Black, curly.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Probably just below the shoulder, so quite long-ish.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Sort of age?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Age is difficult.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Mid-20s?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Big, round, looped earrings, gold like that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I think she had a couple of studs above them like that.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58She had a grey hoodie?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01A grey Gap...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04She had jeans on, didn't she?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Dark trousers, like.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08What I'd like to do now is get out, I've got
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- a description of the vehicle. - Did you get the reg I said? Unusual reg.- No, we haven't.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17OK. It had three letters in the front, definitely, and two of them
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- were- BLEEP.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24An unusual number plate. That's cos I said to her, "Is your car legal?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26"Cos I'm going to phone the police."
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- She was like this, "Don't do that." - That's grand, that's great.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Oh, they had a chisel.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33You've got that? OK.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Have you touched that?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Unfortunately. You didn't, did you?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I covered my...
0:23:39 > 0:23:42You picked it with a cloth or something, have you?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44With my jacket.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47If you could leave that sterile and make sure no-one touches it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I'll leave you in peace. A colleague is on his way.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51We'll get out and see if we can find this car.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Cheers, then. We'll get someone up soon.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56The description is good
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and Geraint also has some detail from the Peugeot's registration.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02There's no time to check the damage.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The race is on to find the suspects while the trail is fresh.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11There's a car here now which is an estate.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Let's go and have a look.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It's not a Peugeot but you never know.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25300 miles north of Brecon are the farms, forests
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and bike tracks of Dumfries and Galloway.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30And a rural emergency of another kind.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Mountain-biker Dougie lost control
0:24:33 > 0:24:37and crashed at high speed during a race.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Medical team leader Paul Roe thinks Dougie's in a bad way.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43DOUGIE GROANS
0:24:45 > 0:24:49He's complaining of a lot of discomfort in his abdomen.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57The medics suspect internal injuries.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59OK, same again.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06They've called an ambulance to take Dougie the 12 miles
0:25:06 > 0:25:09to emergency care at Dumfries A&E.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Before any decisions are made about moving him,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15the ambulance paramedic must check him out.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22This is Douglas, 19. High-speed crash.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Pip saw the photographs.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He came over, he went over the handlebars
0:25:28 > 0:25:33and rolled - his head went under. It did just look like a normal twist.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37He complained of neck pain but I'm not sure.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42He is complaining of back pain but it can't be ascertained,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46really, where it is because he's got extreme pain down the mid-line.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48His sats have been pretty good.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Dougie is clearly in agony.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Then shouts come in from the race track.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18SHOUTING
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Another rider has crashed right by the finishing line.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Medic...medic! Need a medic!
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Paul makes his way to the scene but the next competitor
0:26:30 > 0:26:35is hurtling down the hill, unaware of the injured rider below.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Very close!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The red flag stops the race.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51but 19-year-old Ruaridh is in agony on the ground.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It looks like he's broken his leg.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Paul's now split across two serious cases.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04He's keen to know what's happened to the first casualty, Dougie.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14While Dougie's on his way to hospital,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Paul's second casualty, Ruaridh, is still lying where he fell.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Even so, Ruaridh refuses pain relief.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43OK, well, we'll just keep it here in case you change your mind.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Paul prepares Ruaridh for what might be a very uncomfortable
0:27:47 > 0:27:49lift into the stretcher.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52'Ready to go in a second.'
0:27:52 > 0:27:54That's grand, Carol.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58One, two, three, lift.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00And then he's off to the hospital as well.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Ruaridh may have broken bones in his leg.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15But Dougie is in a much more serious position.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18An analogy you can think of is dropping
0:28:18 > 0:28:22a watermelon on the pavement.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24A watermelon will split and tear
0:28:24 > 0:28:28and that's essentially what's happened here.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42There are 282 mountains in Scotland.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Rescuing a casualty from any one of them is a tough challenge.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49And this is one of the toughest.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Winching up the wounded from Britain's highest peak.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56In the Scottish Highlands, the Royal Navy Search
0:28:56 > 0:29:00and Rescue Team from HMS Gannet are responding to an emergency
0:29:00 > 0:29:03call from the top of Ben Nevis.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06But clouds around the summit are threatening to prevent
0:29:06 > 0:29:09the helicopter from landing.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Bit cloudy, isn't it?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Suddenly, experienced pilot Croc Paulet
0:29:16 > 0:29:19spots a break in the weather.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41The summit is chock-a-block with climbers.
0:29:41 > 0:29:48But then they spot the casualty. Now the eight-tonne Sea King helicopter must land on the rocky
0:29:48 > 0:29:50peak of the towering Ben.
0:29:54 > 0:30:00Right, full right, half-past one, five yards.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Four, three,
0:30:03 > 0:30:05two, one, easy.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Five feet to the tail wheel.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Four feet to the tail. Three feet to the tail.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Two to the left.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Two...
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Tail's on.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22This ominous peak has claimed many lives.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26And the boulder field here on the plateau is treacherous underfoot.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Angela signals the helicopter to take off so she can deal with Ashley's ankle
0:30:46 > 0:30:48without the noise and downdraft,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51And with so many people milling about its safer all round
0:30:51 > 0:30:53if the chopper leaves.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Ashley may well have broken his ankle.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03He tried to go down the mountain with the help of his friend
0:31:03 > 0:31:05but just couldn't make it.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11So what I'm going to do is I'm going to put a splint
0:31:11 > 0:31:15around it to immobilise it just so you and I don't faff about with it.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18So we'll bring the aircraft back, they'll land back onto there.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21I'll walk you into the aircraft and you and I will get winched up
0:31:21 > 0:31:25because that's going to be the least painful way for you to do it.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29I can walk if you want me to. I've got these.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32Do you see how rocky it is?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Ashley's eager to make his own way.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38But the best option by far is to winch him up.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42We got to the top five hours ago.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45He's been trying to get down without any fuss since then.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46I got this far!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48We're going down to Torlundy.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50That's our refuel spot.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52And an ambulance will meet you there.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54And they will...
0:31:54 > 0:31:56have you in hospital in jig time.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00However, I like the fact you're slightly embarrassed about this.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02A bit embarrassed.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06I would have preferred to get down on my own. Bit less hassle, but...
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Angela puts on a vacuum splint to protect Ashley's leg.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15This is just precautionary, really.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18She's in no doubt that Ashley made the right call in phoning for help.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23If he was to push it and to walk down, he could...
0:32:23 > 0:32:26he could fall further, he could erm,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28he could be in a really slow transit down.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Hypothermia's not a real problem on a day like today
0:32:30 > 0:32:35but it's a sensible move to call us, as opposed to struggle with it.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39177 from mobile, that's us ready for land on, out.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48At over 4,000 feet above sea level air pressure is low,
0:32:48 > 0:32:53which means it's harder to winch the weight of two people off the ground.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56So they're ferrying Ashley's friend off the mountain first.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Angela now gets the chance to use her recently practised
0:33:09 > 0:33:10winching skills.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15The winch was very straightforward.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18The aircraft came into the position that we were...
0:33:18 > 0:33:23that we were waiting, I secured the casualty into two strops,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26into a double lift strop and I was in a harness myself
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and I was able to come up with the casualty.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Once on board, it takes just five minutes to airlift Ashley across
0:33:38 > 0:33:42the peaks to a waiting ambulance at Torlundy, near Fort William.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47It's another successful rescue from the Ben.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Rural Britain doesn't just attract people in search of adventure.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Here in the Brecon Beacons, the police are dealing with
0:34:02 > 0:34:06increasing levels of criminal activity on their pastoral patch.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15PC Geraint Skyrme has been called to an isolated outdoor activity centre.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18There's been an attempted robbery
0:34:18 > 0:34:23and Geraint's hoping to catch the criminals.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Mid to late, twenties. Something like that maybe.- OK.
0:34:25 > 0:34:2921, 23, 24. Something like around that.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- Not 30 or something. - Anything...?- Yeah, big, long...
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- big, round, looped earrings, gold like that.- Right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Armed with a full description of a woman, her boyfriend and the car
0:34:40 > 0:34:44they're driving, Geraint and his colleagues are hot on their trail.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- RADIO BEEPS - Yeah, looks like we're looking for a Peugeot 306.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58The lady in question is white...
0:34:59 > 0:35:01..in her mid 20s.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Are you heading to the centre, are you?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15No, I've erm...
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I drew a blank as well on that.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22The would-be thieves fled empty-handed but they almost got
0:35:22 > 0:35:26away with possibly thousands of pounds worth of expensive kit.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32The information that we obtained from the IP -
0:35:32 > 0:35:36the injured party - was basically that it...
0:35:36 > 0:35:38everything was in a preparatory state.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40It didn't appear that anything had gone
0:35:40 > 0:35:44but it was certainly in the process of going when they got disturbed.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46So, as we knew nothing had gone,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49it was just a case of then, let's get the descriptions as quick as we can
0:35:49 > 0:35:52and let's get out there and find these individuals who have fled from the scene.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Geraint's colleagues in the Roads Police Unit have
0:35:56 > 0:35:59passed on some new information.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03They've done a... They've done sort of a few checks,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06utilising our different intelligence systems
0:36:06 > 0:36:10and they've managed to trace the Peugeot
0:36:10 > 0:36:12down to a local village
0:36:12 > 0:36:18about 18 to 20 miles away from where this incident occurred this morning.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22So my colleague's obviously going down there now to see if he can find anything...
0:36:22 > 0:36:23off that person.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27The search has widened and is likely to take them
0:36:27 > 0:36:29off their regular patch.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34Our force border, obviously taps onto another force border,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37so what we tend to do is, quite often patrol between the borders
0:36:37 > 0:36:42and we do actually run special roads policing operations to target
0:36:42 > 0:36:45travelling criminals that utilise the borders.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Cos, believe it or not, a lot of people actually think that...
0:36:48 > 0:36:50it's much like the States.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53We come to a force border and that we've got to stop.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56There's a car just in by here now which is an estate.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Let's just go and have a look.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00It's not a Peugeot but you never know.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19It's a newish car. He'd be able to identify that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21But there we are, you never know, do you?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Yeah, that is a classic. You wouldn't want to hit that, would you?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Basically, obviously we've bottomed out coming into South Wales' patch
0:37:32 > 0:37:35now and there's been no signs in the lay-bys or anything of that vehicle.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40After another hour-and-a-half of fruitless searching,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Geraint gets disappointing news.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45The earlier lead they had on a Peugeot
0:37:45 > 0:37:48registered to a woman in a village just 20 miles away
0:37:48 > 0:37:49has been ruled out.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56I've just been in touch with a colleague, the vehicle is actually in Abergavenny with the lady's
0:37:56 > 0:37:59husband and he's at their daughter's premises.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03And been fitting a kitchen there all day and hasn't been anywhere near...
0:38:04 > 0:38:07..the site of the attempt theft so erm,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10it's back to the drawing board now, unfortunately.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15As far as Geraint's concerned, they can run but they can't hide.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18We've got descriptions of these people, we've got
0:38:18 > 0:38:21partial index of the vehicle from the scene.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23They won't have got away with what's happened up there.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26We are aware of the description now of the female
0:38:26 > 0:38:28and we have a description of the car.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Clearly, if this vehicle is seen in the vicinity or
0:38:31 > 0:38:34anywhere near that vicinity again, it will be subject of a search.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Back in Dumfries and Galloway, one of the summer season's mountain
0:38:43 > 0:38:47biking fixtures has produced some nasty tumbles.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53But the afternoon has also seen two more serious accidents.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Medical team leader
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Paul Roe found himself dealing with both casualties at the same time.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08We will treat approximately 10% of the competitors that are here
0:39:08 > 0:39:10to compete over the weekend.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1519-year-old Dougie somersaulted off his bike at high speed
0:39:15 > 0:39:18on a particularly steep section of the course.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26While rider Ruaridh came off his bike at the finishing line.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- RADIO:- 'That's grand, Carol.'
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Both were taken by ambulance
0:39:30 > 0:39:34to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36X-rays showed Ruaridh had no broken bones.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42But for Dougie, it was much more serious.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44It's a very significant injury.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Tests showed the impact of the fall had ruptured his liver.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52A&E doctor Rory Hodge explains.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55This is Douglas's CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00You can see his kidneys here, left and right kidney. This is his spine.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03And this structure here is his liver.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Erm...
0:40:05 > 0:40:07And what we can see is a laceration,
0:40:07 > 0:40:10or basically a tear in his liver here
0:40:10 > 0:40:14and that would fit with having blunt trauma to his abdomen.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18The analogy you could think of is...
0:40:18 > 0:40:21dropping a watermelon on the pavement.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24The watermelon will split and tear, erm...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29And that's essentially what's happened here.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33After a night in hospital, Dougie was transferred to a specialist
0:40:33 > 0:40:35unit in Edinburgh, where he spent the next week.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40He almost died.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Oooh!
0:40:44 > 0:40:47All I can remember is, I kind of went to the right and the bar spun -
0:40:47 > 0:40:49well, went round, sorry.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51And I can't really remember much after that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55I can remember tumbling and the next thing was lying face down.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Oooh!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I remember being on my knees and basically, my shoulders and
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I put my hands in the ground to try and shove myself up.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10And it was just the pain that went through my stomach
0:41:10 > 0:41:12and my upper body was just... I couldn't take it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I just hit the ground.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17It seemed like I was lying there for ages on my own.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I can remember just lying, I was really uncomfortable
0:41:20 > 0:41:22but every time I moved it was sore.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Erm, it was actually one of my friend's voices that I heard first
0:41:26 > 0:41:30and it was him that got there first and then the paramedics and that arrived.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38I can remember getting carried down a few bits, then...
0:41:39 > 0:41:41..getting in the tent.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45And they were basically just...
0:41:45 > 0:41:48trying to find out what was actually wrong with me,
0:41:48 > 0:41:49where the pain was coming from.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Basically, I was millimetres from not being sitting here now.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I must have caught the bars on the way over on my stomach
0:42:05 > 0:42:08and it was millimetres from going through the main...
0:42:08 > 0:42:10main blood vessel in your liver.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And I if I had caught that,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I probably wouldn't have made it to the bottom of the hill.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I think that'll be my last race.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22I've put my parents and my girlfriend and my friends and that
0:42:22 > 0:42:26through a lot in the past week, as well as myself, so...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28I think we'll calm it down for a while.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38It's been a busy time for the emergency services
0:42:38 > 0:42:40in Britain's rural areas.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Mountain biker Dougie is a man of his word.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49He's planning to sell his wheels and stop riding in races
0:42:49 > 0:42:51but martial them instead.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57X-rays revealed plucky walker Ashley HAD broken his heel.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02He's recovering well and hopes to be back walking and rock climbing soon.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06And in Wales, the police are still on the lookout for their suspects
0:43:06 > 0:43:09but a certain brown cow remains firmly behind bars.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14And you thought it was quiet in the countryside.