Climber stable after being crushed by falling boulders

A climber is stable in hospital after a five-hour operation to free him from boulders that fell and crushed him yesterday.

Missing Lakes horserider sparks mountain search

A woman on horseback turned up safe as a Lake District mountain rescue team prepared to hoof it on to the fells to begin a search for her.

Three airlifted from Snowdon in separate incidents

Aircrews and rescuers were kept busy yesterday in thee separate incidents on Wales’s highest mountain.

Anne takes over national park campaign group

A pressure group for national parks in England and Wales has a new head, Anne Robinson has been elected as chair of the Campaign for National Parks after Kate Ashbrook stood down from the post she held since 2003.

Keep walkers on the verge, says society

Britain is on the verge of losing some of its most important walkers’ resources, according to a campaign group.

Police apologise to family of dead fellrunner

A police force has apologised to the family of a man who died during a mountain race at the weekend. North Wales Police issued a statement followin...

Two complete thousand-mile treks for charity

Like buses, you wait for ages for someone to tackle a challenge the whole length of Britain and along come two together.

Walker dies after being trampled by cows

A woman has been trampled to death by cows while walking her dogs. The incident happened on Saturday in a field at St Fagans, Cardiff, while the 63...

Collapsed Snowdon runner named

The fellrunner who died in a mountain race at the weekend has been named. Mark Lear, 45, of Pentir, Bangor, collapsed during the International Snow...