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Inquiry follows ten-year footpath campaign
A ten-year footpath campaign will culminate tomorrow in a public inquiry. Activist Diane Andrewes was forced to go it alone after her local council...
Borders walkers rescued from flooded valley
Five walkers were airlifted from the Cheviot Hills after being cut off by flood water. The group, two of whom had heart conditions, was rescued fro...
Right Way nominees announced
Three experts from Durham have been nominated for accolades in the inaugural Right Way awards. The Right Way awards mark achievement by rights-of-w...
Police ask for walkers' help after tent death
Police are appealing to walkers who may have been in the area where a man’s body was found in a tent to come forward with information.
Family's tribute to Einich tent man
Police today named the man whose body was found in a tent near an isolated loch in the Cairngorms. Loch Einich Photo: Jon Thomson Northern Const...
Two airlifted after Highlands falls
A man was injured after falling from the Aonach Eagach ridge at the weekend. Aonach Eagach Rescue services were alerted at about 12.30pm on Satu...
Rescued Three Peaks pair 'ignored warnings'
Two walkers attempting the national Three Peaks Challenge had to be rescued from England’s highest mountain after ignoring warnings about severe weather.Piers GillWasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 2.30am yesterday after a distress call from the two men, who were lost near to a perilous gill on Scafell Pike.
Mother dies after family's mountain fall
A mother has died and her daughter and husband were taken to hospital after a fall on Sharp Edge, Blencathra.Sharp EdgeThe 38-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, fell more than 30m (100ft) from the ridge on Friday.
Mother dies after family's mountain fall
A mother has died and her daughter and husband were taken to hospital after a fall on Sharp Edge, Blencathra.Sharp EdgeThe 38-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, fell more than 30m (100ft) from the ridge on Friday.
Scots Government stumps up mountain-rescue cash
The Scottish Government has chipped in with a donation of £300,000 to mountain rescue services. The money will be spread across all the teams in S...
Wolves and Orangemen: under the Corrie's microscope
The latest edition of the hillzine The Angry Corrie dropped on to the mat at grough headquarters today.
Man's body found after Cairngorms search
A man’s body has been found in a tent in the Highlands. Loch Einich Photo: Jon Thomson The remains were found by members of the Cairngorm Mou...
Quarry sale will go ahead despite climbers' protests
A water company is to go ahead with the sale of quarries used for climbing, despite the reservations of the British Mountaineering Council.
Minister opens new long-distance walking trail
A new trail which was officially opened today follows the route of an ancient dyke in the Welsh Marches.
Julia to start filming Coast-to-Coast series
Filming on a follow-up to the Wainwright’s Walks television series is due to start this week.Julia Bradbury during the filming of Wainwright's WalksThis time, presenter Julia Bradbury will have a tougher challenge as she tackles the 192-mile Coast-to-Coast Walk, devised by the Grumpy Old Fellwalker in 1971, following the completion of his series of pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells.Ms Bradbury, who climbed 11 Lakeland peaks described in Wainwright’s books during two series broadcast on BBC, will start filming for the Coast-to-Coast programmes on Friday.Skyworks, the company which produced the original two series, is making the follow-up films, to be broadcast again on BBC.
Man dies after Snowdon fall
A man died today after falling from Crib Goch.SnowdonPhoto: Steve Cadman The 62-year-old from Lincolnshire perished when he slipped from the ridge, on the Snowdon horseshoe.
Blencathra fall victim's family leaves hospital
The six-year-old girl whose mother died after a fall on Sharp Edge on Friday has been discharged from hospital, along with her father.Sharp Edge and Scales TarnSarah Anderson and her father Graham, 48, were injured in the fall on Blencathra.
Bosses seek outdoor enthusiasts' views
Walkers, cavers and climbers can make their voices heard in plans for a national park.William Clough in the Peak DistrictThe Peak District National Park Authority wants the views of outdoors enthusiasts to help plan how the national park can cater for recreational visitors to the area.
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