TWO girls were rescued from Roseberry Topping just after midnight after they got lost in the fog. 

The girls had become separated from friends and were unable to find their way in the fog.

North Yorkshire Police, the North East Ambulance Service and Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team were all called to the scene at about midnight, for the rescue which was carried out in the early hours of Thursday. 

Police found the teenagers just to the east of Roseberry Topping and the mountain rescue team was able to find their location by using the "what3words" app and dispatched their two Land Rover ambulances, taking a paramedic with them. 

A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said one female patient received treatment at the scene but was not taken to hospital.

The mountain rescue team, which had been doing "socially distanced" training in pairs on the hills earlier in the day, transported the girls off the hill before police ensured they got home safely. 

A NEAS spokeswoman said: "We were called at 23.58pm on Wednesday, June 17 to reports of a patient injured at Roseberry Topping.

"We despatched five resources, including a clinical care manager, double crewed ambulance and three of our hazardous area response teams.

"We also requested support from the mountain rescue service.

"One female patent was treated and discharged at the scene."

A spokesperosn for the mountain rescue team said the incident took about two and a half hours to deal with and involved 17 volunteers, as well as one person from dealing it with remotely.

The what3words app can be used to pinpoint a specific location.

The developers of the app divided the world into 57 trillion squares, each measuring 3m by 3m (10ft by 10ft) and each having a unique, randomly assigned three-word address.