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Ramblers Scotland videos on respecting outdoors viewed more than ½m times

A series of light-hearted short videos aimed at responsible use of the outdoors has seen more than half a million views in its first month.

Outdoor firms Terra Nova and Lyon Equipment hand ownership to workers

Two major outdoors companies have transferred their ownership to their workers. Terra Nova Equipment and Lyon Equipment have both formed employee o...

England needs a Scotland access model, Caroline Lucas tells Kinder 90 gathering

England should adopt a Scottish model of access to the countryside, the UK’s only Green MP said. Caroline Lucas addressed a gathering at the week...

Outdoor stars will gather this month to mark Kinder Scout Trespass 90th anniversary

Outdoors luminaries will gather at a Peak District village this month to mark the 90th anniversary of the Kinder Trespass.

Ordnance Survey team begins painting real-life contours on Britain's hills

Britain’s national mapping agency is taking to the hills in some of the country’s top walking destinations to create a new aid to help outdoor enthusiasts find their location.

Ross Maloney joins the Ramblers as new chief executive

Campaigning charity the Ramblers has appointed Ross Maloney as its new chief executive. Mr Maloney joins the walkers’ organisation from the Scout...

Police plead with hill-goers to take extra care, after six fatalities on Scottish mountains

Police are appealing to anyone heading for the Scottish mountains to take extra care, after a recent spate of fatal incidents.

Tyneside school fined £30,000 after ill planned Helvellyn ascent leads to rescue

An independent Tyneside school has been fined £30,000 after its ill prepared students had to be rescued from England’s third-highest mountain.

Ramblers welcome decision to scrap cut-off date for recording 'lost' paths

Campaigning charity the Ramblers has welcomed news the government has scrapped plans for a cut-off date for recording ‘lost’ historic paths in England.

Police ask Cape Wrath Ultra runners to be alert for missing walker Glyn Smith

Police are appealing to participants and those involved in the Cape Wrath Ultra endurance event this weekend to be on the alert for a missing walker.

Runner John Kelly kicks off another attempt on Wainwrights record

Endurance runner John Kelly is attempting a record-breaking round of the Wainwrights before he heads back to his home in the USA.

Colombian factory women join Páramo employee ownership trust

Women working in a Colombian clothing factory have become partner-owners in the Páramo company. The setting up of an employee ownership trust mean...

Quadriplegic climber Ed Jackson rescued after setting Himalaya height record

A quadriplegic adventurer and his team had to be airlifted off a Himalayan mountain after they got into difficulties.

To sunny Birmingham, for an indoor look at the wide world of the great outoors

An outdoors show is reborn, in the shape of the National Outdoor Expo; we headed indoors to get a flavour of what's on offer in the great outdoors.

Climber airlifted from Ben Nevis after suffering significant injuries in fall

A man was airlifted to hospital after falling on the UK’s highest mountain. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Saturday to the incid...

Two Lakeland walkers rescued from mountainside after getting benighted

Two walkers were helped to safety by rescuers after getting into difficulties on a Lake District mountainside as night fell.

Hill-goers in Scotland warned of potentially dangerous conditions following storms

Mountain experts are warning severe weather is likely to continue across Scotland’s hills over the weekend, following the passage of Storm Eunice.

New stretch of England Coast Path opens in little-visited corner of Cumbria

A new stretch of the England Coast Path has opened in Cumbria. The 11-mile section runs from Silecroft in the south-westernmost corner of the Lake ...

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