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Missing Lake District paraglider found injured

BBC Grasmere lake during Autumn. The lake is surrounded by some evergreen trees and orange-coloured bracken on a grey day. BBC
The paraglider said he was going to attempt to fly as far as he could back to Grasmere

A paraglider who went missing in the Lake District has been found with injuries, police have said.

Matthew Thornton, from Oxfordshire, said he was going to attempt to paraglide as far as he could back to Grasmere from the Heron Pike, Great Rigg or Fairfield areas, Cumbria Police said.

Mountain Rescue and the force earlier issued an appeal to find the 34-year-old.

Officers said Mr Thornton had now been found and was taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries.

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