The man who has taken over the National Trust’s operations in Cumbria says rebuilding the memorial cairn on top of England’s highest mountain is among the charity’s key tasks this year.

Jeremy Barlow has been appointed assistant director of the trust, Europe’s largest conservation charity

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A Lake District rescue team was called out four times in three days to aid three walkers and a mountain biker in separate incidents.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team’s first call was on Saturday afternoon when a woman injured her ankle on the Ullswater shore path

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A climber was rescued after he got stuck on a Lake District crag when his ropes jammed while abseiling.

The man had returned to Shepherd’s Crag in Borrowdale on Monday morning to retrieve gear left on the rock when it started raining during a climb on Sunday

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An appeal set up to raise cash for vital operations for a search dog reached its target in just five days, thanks to the generosity of the public.

Dolly’s owner and handler Nick Shepherd faced a vet’s bill of £8,000 for two procedures to help the dog back to full health, only £3,000 of which would be met by the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team member’s insurance as a member of the Search and Rescue Dogs Association

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Bad weather prevented two helicopters from airlifting an injured walker from a Lake District fell.

The 55-year-old woman fell about 20-30ft from the path alongside Scale Beck on Friday

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