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Peak District turns down turbine plans near ancient Minning Low burial site
Plans for a wind turbine near an ancient burial mound have been thrown out by national park planners.
Wildlife case closed as police admit six dead birds were not buzzards
Police have closed their investigation into a reported wildlife crime in Aberdeenshire after tests showed six dead birds were not buzzards.
Gathering of experts will put mountain charity challenges under spotlight
Charity challenge walks will come under the spotlight at a gathering organised by the British Mountaineering Council.
John Muir Trust seeks to limit its costs in Stronelairg windfarm case
A conservation charity is attempting to limit its costs in a legal challenge to a major windfarm development.
Praise for Tryfan walker who clambered down gully to help injured boyfriend
Rescuers praised a young woman who made her way down a slippery gully to raise the alarm after her boyfriend was seriously injured in a fall on a Snowdonia mountain.
Watch The Ridge as Danny MacAskill tackles the Cuillin ridge by bike
It’s reckoned by many to be the most difficult scrambling ridge in the UK, and is approached with trepidation by many walkers.
Police appeal for information after six dead buzzards found in Strathmore
Police are appealing for the public’s help in providing information after the discovery of the bodies of birds of prey in Aberdeenshire.
Snowdon volunteers thanked for summer weekend work on mountain
A group of volunteers who spent summer weekends helping visitors to Wales’s highest mountain were thanked for their work.
Injured Tryfan walkers leave trail of blood before rescue
Two injured walkers were rescued after they left a trail of blood down a Snowdonia mountainside. The pair lost their way making their way down Tryf...
Lomond team rescues stuck walker clinging to tree on Ben Venue
A walker was rescued from a ledge on a Trossachs mountain where he was clinging to a tree, after his calls for help were heard.
Residents' concern over plans for zipwire in shadow of Helvellyn
Residents in a Lake District village say they are concerned at plans for a mile-long zipwire in the shadow of England’s third highest mountain.
Walker rescued after breaking leg on shore of Buttermere
A walker was rescued after breaking her leg on a Lakeland path. The woman, in her 30s, was walking on the path around the shore of Buttermere today...
Lomond national park prepares for extension of ban on wild camping
A national park authority is to open consultations on plans that would restrict wild camping in many areas along the shores of lochs.
Injured climber airlifted after 50ft fall on Twistleton Scars in Yorkshire Dales
A climber was airlifted to hospital after injuring himself when he fell 50ft from a crag in the Yorkshire Dales.
Man in bike leathers rescued after getting stuck on Snowdonia crag
A walker following handwritten notes had to be rescued after getting into difficulties on a Snowdonia mountainside.
Injured caver stretchered from Goyden Pot in three-hour rescue
A caver was rescued from a North Yorkshire pothole after falling and injuring herself. Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was called out abou...
Tall tale of misadventure will feature in free Mountain Safety Day
Outdoor enthusiasts are being invited to listen to a mountaineering expert tell a tall tale. Heather Morning’s account of a winter trip through t...
World's biggest potash mine planned next to Coast to Coast Walk route
A national park authority has received an application for the world’s biggest potash mine close to the route of Alfred Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk.