Army admits: we failed cadets left stranded on mountains

Report says Mourne Mountains expedition in Northern Ireland was a 'near miss' Children as young as 12 were marooned on mountains in treacherous conditions with inadequate supervision and clothing after a series of failures by expedition organisers, documents seen by the Observer reveal. More than 70 children from Cleveland army cadet force, some taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh awards programme, were walking across Northern Ireland's Mourne Mountains last August when the weather turned, leav...