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Ogwen Valley rescuers aid injured walker and cragfast scrambler
A busy weekend for a Snowdonia mountain rescue team was capped by two rescues, of an injured walker and a man stuck on a scrambling route.
Chamu Kuppuswamy named top UK volunteer for Peak District work
A university law lecturer has been named volunteer of the year for her work championing the Peak District to ethnic minorities.
Al Lee's film of Leo Houlding's The Last Great Climb goes on sale
The film of climber Leo Houlding’s remarkable first ascent of a route on an Antarctic peak goes on general sale today.
'Larger than life' mountain rescuer Stewart Hulse dies, aged 78
A ‘larger than life’ former mountain rescue leader has died. Stewart Hulse was a founder of the Ambleside Fell Rescue Team and later went on to...
South Pennines walker with broken leg stretchered from Meltham path
A walker was stretchered from a path after slipping and breaking his leg while walking in the South Pennines.
Ramblers reveal 100,000 path problems as cuts stop public walking
Cuts in funding for England’s local authorities are stopping people going for a walk, the Ramblers warned.
Peak District bosses order end to quarrying at Longstone Edge site
National park bosses have made an order stopping quarrying at a site surrounded by controversy. Members of the Peak District National Park Authorit...
Alan Hinkes talk will raise funds for Kirkby Stephen mountain rescuers
The only Briton to climb all the world’s 14 highest mountains will talk about his experiences in an evening fundraiser for a mountain rescue team.
Injured walker stretchered from Red Pike in six-hour rescue
A walker with an injured leg was stretchered from a Lake District fell in a rescue involving two volunteer teams and lasting almost six hours.
Callouts put paid to Ogwen Valley rescuers' plans for Leo Houlding talk
Mountain rescuers had to abandon their plans to listen to a talk by top climber Leo Houlding after lost walkers called for help.
Severe winter coming? Not necessarily, says Met Office
Britain’s official weather forecasters today poured cold water on media reports that the country was heading for one of the severest winters in years.
Scottish hilltracks are 'vandalism', campaign group says
Scotland’s hills are being subjected to environmental vandalism as tracks are gouged across the nation’s uplands, campaigners said.
Lost Hay Stacks walker guided to safety after smartphone pinpoints position
A walker was guided to safety after getting lost on a Lake District mountain. The 60-year-old from Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire rang for h...
Snowdonia walker airlifted from ledge after straying on to Idwal Slabs crag
A walker was rescued from a rocky ledge after straying on to climbing crags while coming down a Snowdonia mountain.
Sir Chris Bonington takes up outdoor guild's president post
Veteran mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington has been appointed president of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
Lake District walker suffers leg and back injury in Lanty's Tarn fall
A walker was rescued after falling and injuring herself on a Lake District fell. The woman, in her 50s, was walking near Lanty’s Tarn above Glenr...
Outdoors fans urged to give views on nuclear plans after Cumbria failure
A conservation charity is urging outdoor enthusiasts to tell the Government their views on building an underground store for radioactive waste.
Call police if landowners get aggressive, walkers and climbers told
Walkers and climbers should ring the police if they are confronted by aggressive landowners, two representative groups said.
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6 Happy 60th birthday to the Pennine Way (2)
7 Man dies in 70m fall from Sharp Edge on Blencathra (2)
8 Work on 'dreaded' stretch of Coast to Coast Walk paves way for National Trail opening (2)
9 The Angry Corrie founder Dave Hewitt dies, aged 64 (2)
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