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Boat rescue for injured Lakeland dog
A mountain rescue team used their boat to rescue an injured dog. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out yesterday, Friday, to the Wasdale Scre...
Happy New Year to all of you from all of us
We’d like to wish all of our readers and all of our friends and supporters a very Happy New Year. The great outdoors has been full of incident an...
Tributes to mountain rescuer who died after Afghan attack
A member of an RAF mountain rescue team has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence announced that Squadron Leader Anth...
Official New Year go-ahead for walkers' safety beacons
Outdoor enthusiasts will be able to use a radio safety device legally for the first time in the New Year.
Ramblers team up with private healthcare firm
Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity has teamed up with a private healthcare provider in a move that will see it offer discounted membership.
Tim Emmett talk proceeds will help mountain rescuers
Climbers can pick up some tips from one of the UK’s top ice and rock climbers, while helping a mountain rescue team.
Three teams rescue injured Christmas Day caver
Three rescue teams spent much of Christmas Day underground helping a caver who was injured by a falling rock.
Broken legs and stats galore as The Angry Corrie reappears
An irregular and irreverent outdoors magazine has made a reappearance after an absence of more than a year.
World mountaineering president to step down after no-confidence vote
The president of the international body for mountaineers is stepping down after a vote of no confidence by the association’s management committee.
Rescuers use software again to find lost walkers
Mountain rescuers used specialist software and a smartphone to find two walkers lost in a remote part of a national park.
Midnight rescue for walker lost in foul weather
A walker was rescued from a Peak District fell after getting lost in the dark. Three mountain rescue teams were joined by animals and handlers from...
Helpers clock up £1m-worth of work for charity
Volunteers working for the National Trust for Scotland contributed more than a million pounds’ worth of time to the charity this year.
Olympic torch events scupper rescue teams' main fundraiser
The planned arrival of the Olympic torch has scuppered the main fundraising event for two volunteer rescue teams.
Man discovered safe at home after major search
Three mountain rescue teams and an RAF helicopter took part in a major search for a 71-year-old man who was eventually found safe and well at home.
Tweets will keep Snowdonia hill-goers up-to-date with winter conditions
Outdoor enthusiasts in north Wales will be able to get safety updated on mountain conditions via Twitter – in two languages.
Happy Christmas from everyone at grough
We’d like to wish all our readers and friends a happy Christmas. All the team here at grough extend festive greetings to our readers and friends ...
Ailing outdoor retailer Blacks Leisure: our shares are now worthless
High Street outdoors retailer Blacks Leisure’ future looks bleak after it announced today its shares had effectively become worthless.
Phone download helps rescuers find lost walkers
A couple lost on south Wales’s highest mountain were found after rescuers got them to download an application to their smartphone.
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6 Helvellyn walker airlifted to hospital after falling on Striding Edge
7 Police charge two men with criminal damage over felling of Sycamore Gap tree
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2 Explorer Scout Ben Leonard was unlawfully killed in Great Orme fall, jury finds (7)
3 Blencathra walker rescued after falling more than 60ft from Sharp Edge (7)
4 Dartmoor national park bosses will fight bid to overturn camping verdict (4)
5 Campaigning Kate Ashbrook celebrates 40 years as head of Open Spaces Society (3)
6 Llanberis rescue team volunteers 'close to limit' as callouts top 300 in 2023 (3)
7 More than 40 involved in rescue of injured walker who spent 24 hours on Scafell Pike (2)
8 Summer's over; it's getting darker and colder. Time to wise up to winter on the hill (2)
9 Lakes boss Richard Leafe will quit at end of year for new career as Mountain Leader (1)
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