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Two Cumbrian men have each been jailed for four years three months for felling the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were found guilty of criminal damage in a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in May this year

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Rebuild of Culra Bothy will be charity's most expensive project to date

A mountain bothy that has been closed to the public for more than 11 years after asbestos was found in it will be demolished.

Critically ill walker airlifted from Cheviots after succumbing to heat

A critically ill hillwalker suffering from the heat was airlifted from the Cheviots, on the eve of the summer solstice.

Volunteer mountain rescuers among those recognised in King's Birthday Honours

Volunteer mountain rescuers have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Richard Warren, a stalwart of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, was ...

Supreme Court confirms rights of campers on Dartmoor commons

Supreme Court judges have unanimously backed Dartmoor National Park Authority in its case to allow backpacking camping on commons in the area.

New West Yorkshire national nature reserve will include Brontë moorland

A new national nature reserve is being created on the moorlands near the home of the literary Brontë sisters in West Yorkshire.

Pair face long jail terms after coviction for felling Sycamore Gap tree

Two men were warned they face lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of felling the celebrated tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall.

Alex Staniforth will attempt continuous round of 446 mountains in charity challenge

Mental-health champion and adventurer Alex Staniforth will celebrate turning 30 by embarking on a mammoth quest to summit all of England and Wales’s mountains.

Happy 60th birthday to the Pennine Way

England's oldest long-distance footpath celebrates its 60th birthday on Thursday. The Pennine Way was officially full opened at a ceremony on Malha...

Tom Hollins sets new record for self-supported winter round of Wainwright fells

Endurance runner Tom Hollins has set a new record for a self-supported round of the Wainwright fells.

The Pennine Way: my route at 66

Last year I decided to celebrate qualifying for the state pension by tackling another oldie: Britain's first national trail.

Last-minute festive stocking fillers? Here are a few ideas

In a quandary what to buy your outdoors fan for Christmas? We've reviewed some stocking fillers for you...

Follow in the Brontë sisters' footsteps to Top Withins, inspiration for Wuthering Heights

Take to the romantic wild Brontë moors, home to Cathy and Heathcliff, on this walk starting in the hilltop village of Haworth in West Yorkshire .

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