Rockfall alert sparks hillside search by rescuers

Mountain rescuers responded to a mystery cry for help on a Yorkshire Dales fell, but found no-one in need of their aid.

Grouse-shoot bosses cry fowl over bracken-control chemical ban

Grouse-shooting bosses are crying fowl over a ban on a herbicide they say was introduced to protect spinach but which will devastate moorland habitats.

Walker in fatal Glyder Fach fall is named

A walker who died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain has been named. Guy Litchfield of Durweston, near Blandford Forum, Dorset, was pron...

Walkers warned to steer clear of bothy while work takes place

Mountaineers and hillwalkers are being urged to steer clear of a remote shelter while restoration work takes place.

Public have extra month to view peregrines at Dales site

A scheme that allows visitors to get to see of some of the Yorkshire Dales’ most interesting residents has been extended for a month.

Forbidden national park missile range will open to public for one day

Walkers will have a rare chance to visit a forbidden part of a national park next week. The Manorbier Range in the Pembrokeshire Coast national par...

West Highland Way walkers warned of diversions for storm clear-up work

Walkers on Scotland’s most popular long-distance path are being warned of diversions while work to clear storm damage takes place.

Mountain body calls for halt to turbine growth on munros and corbetts

Scotland’s mountaineering body is calling on the Holyrood Government to halt what it called the staggering industrialisation of the nation’s mountains with windfarms.

Rescuers pushed to limit in second nine-hour 'avoidable' incident

A rescue helicopter crew had to push themselves to the limit to airlift two walkers from a Lakeland fell after a nine-hour search involving 40 volunteer mountain rescuers from three teams.