Sign up for text 999 scheme, says mountain expert

A mountaineering expert is urging walkers and climbers to sign up to a new service that allows 999 calls to be made by text.

Five lucky readers win copy of Call Out Mountain Rescue?

Five lucky grough readers have each won a copy of an invaluable mountain safety book. The five winners were chosen at random from all the correct e...

Fence to tackle mass trespass, of sheep, on Kinder

To the rambler with a sense of history, it is as important as Bannockburn to a Scots nationalist, or Orgreave to a redundant miner.

Mountain rescue patron William joins Helmand troops for Remembrance Day

Mountain rescue patron Prince William today joined British troops in Afghanistan for their Remembrance Sunday service.

Walker dies and woman critical after attack by bull on footpath

A walker has died and a woman is critically ill after they were attacked by a bull. The pair, who police believe were a husband and wife, were gore...

Upturned kayaks lead to Lake District search

Mountain rescuers launched a search for missing paddlers in the Lake District after two upturned kayaks were found.

Work starts on last section of Ben Nevis path

Work on the final phase of an improvement to the path leading to Ben Nevis’s north face has begun. The final 750m section of the Allt a’Mhuilin...

Drunk man's punishment: climb a mountain

As you top another false summit on that seemingly endless slog up your next mountain and ask yourself why you subject your body to such punishment, spare a thought for the man for whom a mountain walk was literally punishment.

Gold mine firm's cash injection will fund further Highland exploration

The Australian mining company that was refused permission to reopen the Cononish gold mine near Ben Lui has raised £641,000 in a rights issue.