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Hill walkers search is under way | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Rescuers have started to search for two hill walkers who went missing overnight in the Highlands. | |
When the pair failed to return from the trek on the Cairngorm Plateau on Wednesday evening they were reported missing at about 2000 GMT. | When the pair failed to return from the trek on the Cairngorm Plateau on Wednesday evening they were reported missing at about 2000 GMT. |
Weather conditions, including freezing temperatures and heavy snow, are said to be bad in the area. | Weather conditions, including freezing temperatures and heavy snow, are said to be bad in the area. |
An RAF helicopter, police and Cairngorms mountain rescue joined the search at first light on Thursday. |