A Peak District national park ranger has been presented with the British Empire Medal for his conservation work.

Bill Gordon received his award from Derbyshire’s Lord Lieutenant at a ceremony at the Bakewell headquarters of the park authority.

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A chance find by a group practising night navigation in a remote part of the Lake District probably saved a lost walker’s life, rescuers said.

The Mountain Leader and his party found the man in upper Eskdale late on Saturday after he became lost while attempting to summit Bow Fell

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Rescuers said a walking group that got into difficulties on the Lake District fells was fortunate another group of walkers with an experienced guide came across them and led them to safety.

The guide was leading a group on Saturday when they came across a party of Chinese visitors at the Esk Hause cross shelter in the Central Fells

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A field barn in the Yorkshire Dales that was converted into a holiday cottage without permission will be stripped down to be used as a camping barn.

The national park authority approved a retrospective application to turn Tim’s Barn, overlooking the village of Gayle in Wensleydale, into basic accommodation for walkers and school groups

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A mountain rescuer responding to a callout in the Yorkshire Dales was alerted to a second incident when he saw an unmanned quad bike bouncing down the hillside.

The Cave Rescue Organisation member was heading to pick up colleagues to help an ill schoolgirl when he spotted the vehicle

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