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Designer's pitch to festival-goers: don't ditch the tent; turn it into a rucksack
A Dundee University graduate is hoping his novel recycling idea will reduce the waste of abandoned tents at music festivals.
Sabrina Verjee completes women's Spine Race double with Fusion win
Sabrina Verjee has won the Montane Spine Fusion endurance race, the first woman outright winner of the event.
Friends of Lake District in solstice fell gathering to mark 85th birthday
A charity that was set up to establish a national park in the Lake District has celebrated its 85th anniversary.
Highland walker dies in fall on An Teallach
A walker has died after falling on a Highland mountain. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team was alerted on Sunday afternoon when the 70-year-old man sl...
Campaigners apply for further enlargement of Lake District national park
A campaigning charity wants to see a further enlargement of the Lake District national park. The Friends of the Lake District has applied to a gove...
Walker suffering seizures airlifted from Cadair Idris in 6½-hour rescue
A walker was rescued from a Snowdonia mountain after falling ill. The 59-year-old was with a group of seven on Cadair Idris when he began having se...
Missing Cairngorms walker Andrew Moorhouse found safe and well
A man who was reported missing in the Cairngorms has been found. Police Scotland said Andrew Moorhouse was traced safe and well. The 46-year-old...
Campaign groups urge MSPs to take action on Scottish hilltracks
A group of conservation charities is urging Scottish politicians to tackle the problem of the growing number of vehicle tracks on the nation’s hillsides.
Aviemore police appeal for sightings of missing walker Andrew Moorhouse
Police have appealed to walkers for sightings of a man who has gone missing in the Cairngorms. Andrew Moorhouse is reported to have gone walking al...
Western Beacons rescuers fly out to Greek isle Zante to search for John Tossell
A group of mountain rescuers from Wales will fly out to a Greek island to help in the search for a Bridgend man who has gone missing.
Cumbria police appeal for information after cyclist dies in Haweswater area
Police in the Lake District are appealing for information after a cyclist died. Cumbria Constabulary said officers were called to the Haweswater ar...
Rescue crew guided to injured Beacons gorge walker by camera flashes
An injured Brecon Beacons gorge walker was winched to safety after members of the public guided a rescue helicopter to the scene by using their mobile phone camera flashes.
Runner Paul Tierney breaks record for summiting all 214 Wainwright fells
Ultrarunner Paul Tierney has broken the record for the fastest time taken to summit all the Lake District’s Wainwright peaks.
Lakeland walkers rescued from Hallin Fell after one has panic attack
Two walkers were brought to safety from a Lake District fell after one of them suffered a panic attack.
Police appeal after break-in at Steall Hut in Glen Nevis
Police in the Highlands are appealing for information after a break-in at a mountaineering hut. A member of the Lochaber Mountaineering Club discov...
National park workers improve boggy Yorkshire Dales Coast to Coast Walk stretch
National park rangers and volunteers are working on improving a section of the Coast to Coast Walk through the Yorkshire Dales.
Cockermouth rescuers mark 50th anniversary of death of members in rockfall
Members of a Lake District rescue team gathered this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of a tragedy in which two of its volunteers died.
Police appeal to public after three red kites killed near Kirkcudbright
Police have launched an investigation after the death of three red kites in Dumfries and Galloway. Tests revealed two of the raptors found near Kir...