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Rescuers use blue lights to guide lost Northumberland mountain bikers
Rescuers used their blue flashing lights to guide two lost mountain bikers to safety when they got lost in woodland.
Pack a torch, say rescuers, after Cross Fell walker gets lost in dark
Rescuers have reminded outdoor enthusiasts they need to remember daylight hours are shortening, after a walker had to be helped from the highest hill in the Pennines.
Keen walkers urged to help footpath fund with Ben Lomond torchlight walk
Walkers are being invited to join a torchlight trek up the most southerly munro to help fund path repairs.
Walker airlifted to hospital after collapsing on Old Man of Coniston
A walker was airlifted to hospital after collapsing on a Lake District mountain. The 66-year-old woman from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex was near the su...
Three teams in six-hour rescue of Snowdon walker with broken ankle
Three rescue teams went to the aid of a walker who broke his ankle on Wales’s highest mountain. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team was alerted late o...
RAF Sea King nears end of service as three rescue teams aid injured biker
Three mountain rescue teams worked with an RAF Sea King helicopter for perhaps the last time when a motorcyclist was injured at a remote site near the Scottish border.
Campaigners welcome withdrawal of Thirlmere fells fence plans
Campaigners have welcomed a decision to withdraw plans for fencing on a Lake District common. United Utilities said it wants to carry out consultat...
Unique Dales Way bridge will close for 10 days to allow repairs
Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales are being warned a river crossing on the Dales Way will be closed for repairs.
Tryfan walker Stephen Longfellow 'fell some distance' to his death
Rescuers have revealed how they found the body of an experienced walker who had fallen on a Snowdonia mountain.
Casualties could be at risk after vandals damage vital Woodhead rescuers' gear
Vandals have damaged a vital piece of equipment belonging to a mountain rescue team. A radio repeater used by the Woodhead team has been vandalised...
Rescuers' warning to woodland walkers after pair get lost in Brechfa Forest
Rescuers have urged walkers to take care when going for trips in dense woodland after a couple got lost in a south Wales forest.
Rain and gales lash runners in first Lakes Sky Ultra race
Organisers of a gruelling Lakeland mountain race were forced to divert runners from the most difficult section of the route after high winds and heavy rain lashed the fells.
Lakeland campaingers urge public to say no to plans for 15 miles of pylons
Campaigners say the beauty of a national park is threatened by plans to build a power line with pylons as high as Nelson’s Column.
BBC Radio Four Listening Project will hear Keswick mountain rescue stories
Rescuers and casualties will share their thoughts in a radio broadcast on Monday morning. BBC Radio 4’s The Listening Project will be hosted by K...
Brecon mountain rescuers call in boat to reach stranded off-roaders
Quick thinking by mountain rescue controllers helped get a group of stranded bikers out of trouble. The motorcyclists got lost in the area of Claer...
Two walkers rescued from Scafell Pike range after spending night on fell
Two walkers were rescued from the Lakeland fells after getting caught out in the dark. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team members were joined by colleagu...
Mountain biker airlifted to hospital after crashing near Cockermouth
A mountain biker was rescued after injuring herself when she fell from her machine in Lake District woodland.
Body of missing walker Stephen Longfellow found on Tryfan
Rescuers searching for a missing walker in Snowdonia have found his body. North Wales Police said teams looking for Stephen Longfellow of Leeds mad...
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6 Ben Nevis rescue for three climbers stuck on the UK's longest route – updated (3)
7 Mossdale Caverns service marks 50th anniversary of caving's worst tragedy (2)
8 John Muir Trust agrees to take over Helvellyn from national park (2)
9 New OS map details green spaces but critics say it fails to deliver (2)
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