A TEAM of volunteers helped rescue 12 walkers during their Duke of Edinburgh expedition. 

North East Wales Search and Rescue (NEWSAR) released details of the incident that occurred on Monday night.

The team was called to assist North Wales Police in locating the missing walkers who were lost on Moel Famau. 

A spokesperson said: "On Monday evening, the team received a call from North Wales Police requesting our assistance with 12 Duke of Edinburgh award walkers that were lost on Moel Famau.

"We had no location for them, all their phones were going to voicemail and we had no luck with phonefind.

"Whilst getting the wheels in motion to deploy the team, we got a phone call from a lovely farmer who had come across the group. She was able to give us a location near Ffrith Mountain and had done a great job in calming them all down.

"Once the location was confirmed, we got three fully crewed vehicles deployed from base to meet up with them.

"We confirmed we had all 12, checked them over, and were then able to leave them with their teachers who arrived on the scene shortly after us."

NEWSAR is a non-profit organisation that relies solely on donations made by members of the public. 

Its team of volunteers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year responding to those in need throughout Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham and parts of Conwy and Powys.