A MOUNTAIN rescue team helped to locate a family after they became lost,

Coniston Mountain Rescue were called to help a family of three who had become lost due to poor weather conditions on Thursday at 2.31pm .

A spokesman from CMRT said: “Not a nice day on the fells – strong winds, rain, low cloud and colder than average for August.

“We used SARLOC to find them, which sends a text from us to unlock their phone’s GPS position, and one of our team members already on the hill found them quickly.”