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Watch brand Elliot Brown raises £14,000 for mountain rescue with sales of special model
An upmarket watch brand has raised thousands of pounds for mountain rescuers through sales of its products.
Lakeland walker airlifted after suffering injury on Grisedale Pike
A walker was airlifted from a Lake District fell after injuring an ankle. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was joined by colleagues from the Cockermout...
Frances Kerner appointed to hunt down lost common land as deadlines loom
The Open Spaces society has appointed a new member of staff to hunt down lost common land, ahead of a looming deadline for re-registration.
Cragfast Ben Nevis climbers brought to safety in 'epic' 18-hour rescue
Rescuers brought two climbers to safety from Ben Nevis’s North Face after they got stuck. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team described the 18-hour ope...
Two walkers die in fall on Scotland's most northerly munro Ben Hope
Two walkers have died in a fall on Scotland’s most northerly munro. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team was called out to Ben Hope in Sutherland on Tuesd...
Wintry Ribblehead shot wins Wainwright Society photo competition
A photograph of a wintry Ribblehead station in the Yorkshire Dales has won an annual competition run by aficionados of the late Alfred Wainwright.
Walker rescued from snowy Arthur's Seat after breaking leg
Mountain rescuers were called out to help a walker who broke his leg while walking on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.
Rescue crew uses full winch length to pluck injured climber from Cairn Gorm
A rescue helicopter had to use the full length of its winch to rescue an injured climber after a fall in the Cairngorms.
Injured climber airlifted from Snowdon after falling 75ft in avalanche
A climber was airlifted to hospital after breaking an ankle when he was caught in an avalanche on Wales’s highest mountain.
Dales planners order removal of 'alien features' pods at campsite near Hawes
Planners in the Yorkshire Dales have agreed to take enforcement action against the operators of a camping and caravanning site.
'Quiet and unassuming' author Noel Williams wins Scottish mountain culture award
A ‘quiet and unassuming’ former teacher and mountain rescuer has been named as the recipient of this year’s Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture.
Lakes planners asked to approve two Wasdale toilet blocks at foot of Scafell Pike
Planners will hear an application by the National Trust to build two new toilet blocks at the foot of England’s highest mountain.
Mountaineering mourns Andy Nisbet and Steve Perry who died in Ben Hope fall
The mountaineering community is mourning the loss of two of its accomplished members who died in a fall on Ben Hope.
Bowland Pennine rescuers' four callouts include search for lost fellwalkers
Two lost walkers were rescued from a fell in the Forest of Bowland. The operation to find the pair was one of four callouts in five days for the Bo...
Ingleborough pair rescued after getting lost in dark on first hillwalking trip
A couple had to be rescued after getting lost on their first hillwalking expedition. The man and woman were caught out by the dark on Souther Scale...
BMC and rescuers criticise 'unprecedented' Snowdonia 'closed mountains' message
The British Mountaineering Council has criticised a national park authority which urged hillgoers to stay away from its peaks.
Stay off Snowdonia's mountains during severe weather say national park bosses
National park bosses in Snowdonia are urging mountaineers to stay off the area’s peaks. The authority said Snowdon has been under a cover of snow...
Whernside walkers await rescue in group shelter after slip leads to ankle injury
A walker was rescued from the flanks of Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales after suffering a suspected broken ankle in a slip.