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Runners urged to help rescuers in quest for funds

A Peak District mountain rescue team is appealing to fit runners to help it buy new Land Rovers. The Hayfield-based Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is ...

08 June 2011

Mixed views on Government's grand view for the outdoors

The coalition Government’s plans for the outdoors provoked a mixed response when they were published today.

07 June 2011

Rescuers help injured walkers on Cumbrian fells

Mountain rescuers were airlifted on to a Lakeland fell to help a walker who had fallen and injured herself.

05 June 2011

Police appeal for information on 'disgraceful' shooting of falcon

Police are appealing for help to find the person who shot a protected bird of prey in the Highlands. The peregrine falcon had to be put down by a v...

03 June 2011

Police name French walker who died on Nevis

Police have named the walker who died after being airlifted from Ben Nevis on Sunday. Arnaud Alexandre Romain Albagnac, 22, from Aveyron in souther...

03 June 2011

Walker's phone picture helps rescuers find injured man

Mountain rescuers used technology to put them in the picture during a search for an injured walker on the Lake District fells.

03 June 2011

Walkers tackling Lakeland fells 'without skills to get back down'

Mountain rescuers say walkers are taking to the Lakeland hills without the skills to find their way safely off the fells.

02 June 2011

Louise steps down as outdoors trade body chief

The chief executive of an outdoors trade group has stepped down from her post to take on a communication role with the body.

02 June 2011

Walker treated after Lakeland slip

A walker was rescued after suffering a suspected broken leg on a Lakeland path today. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team went to the man’s aid afte...

01 June 2011

Dales 'great wall' will aid Coast to Coast walkers

Walkers on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route will benefit from work carried out by volunteers on a footpath through the Yorkshire Dales.

07 June 2011

Night rescue for Peak District mountain biker

A mountain biker was rescued after getting lost on one of the Peak District’s highest fells. Three mountain rescue teams were involved in the sea...

06 June 2011

Rescued mountain pair in trainers were 'totally ill prepared'

Two students who were rescued after getting stuck on a Snowdonia mountain were totally ill prepared, rescuers said.

03 June 2011

Motor ban on eroded national park route is 'last resort'

National park bosses have agreed to ban off-roaders from a centuries-old public highway as a ‘last resort’ to stop further damage.

03 June 2011

Cave wedding for Jude follows underground hen party

Two outdoor enthusiasts will tie the knot deep below the Yorkshire Dales, and the bride will wear special ‘weddington boots’.

03 June 2011

Lake District pass closed to motors as 300-year dispute ends

Motor traffic will be banned from a Lake District route after a Government inspector settled an argument going back almost 300 years.

02 June 2011

Skye climber killed in accident was 'fearless explorer'

The climber who died in an accident on Skye on Tuesday was a fearless explorer who lived life to the full, her family said.

02 June 2011

Rivers, coasts and wetlands worth £1.3bn, scientists say

Scientists have put a price on Britain’s nature following groundbreaking research. Living with a view of green space is worth up to £300 a year,...

02 June 2011

Police name woman killed in Skye climbing accident

Police have named the woman who died yesterday after she was hit by falling boulders while climbing on the Cuillin on Skye.

01 June 2011

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