A mountain rescue team has urged walkers to be on their guard against heat exhaustion as Britain goes on to heatwave alert.

The warning came from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team after they dealt with two casualties who suffered medical problems in the weekend heat. Exceptionally high temperatures, up to 17C on the Lakeland summits, are forecast for the coming week, along with high humidity.

A man has died after a fall on the Cuillin on Skye.

Police were alerted to the incident at 2.50pm yesterday, Friday. Skye Mountain Rescue Team went to the man’s aid and the Stornoway Coastguard helicopter joined the rescuers.

The 64-year-old man from the Midlands was with three others on Am Basteir

Cyclists and mountain bikers now have their own dedicated websites to guide them through the Yorkshire Dales.

The national park authority has revamped the two sites with routes, event information and links to shops and accommodation. The area has graded its mountain bike routes in order of difficulty and severity.

Gordon Brown has turned down a plea to help Britain’s mountain rescue teams by exempting them from value added tax.

The Prime Minister says European rules do not allow the change. More than 6,500 people had signed an e-petition demanding the lifting of VAT.

Police have named a woman who died following a fall while walking in Sutherland.

Laura Woodberry Jessiman, 51, of Darien, Connecticut, was airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness after the incident in the hills in the Durness area in the far North of Scotland.

Law Lords have turned down a quarry operator’s bid to appeal against a landmark ruling in the Peak District.

The national park authority expressed its delight at the decision, which it hopes will end what it calls the excessive extraction of limestone at Backdale quarry on Longstone Edge. It says it will now closely monitor the limited quarrying of rare minerals at the site.