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Rescuers' new vehicle will bear April Jones's name after sister's fundraising
A mountain rescue team will name its new vehicle after murdered schoolgirl April Jones in recognition of her sister’s fundraising efforts.
Gang of four jailed for theft of Lake District mountain bikes worth £20,000
A gang of mountain bike thieves who stole machines worth more than £20,000 in the Lake District was sentenced to a total of more than 15 years in jail.
Two climbers injured in separate Yorkshire Dales falls
A rescue team was called out to help two climbers in separate incidents. Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was alerted after a climber fell ...
Walker collapses in heat during Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge
An exhausted walker on the Three Peaks challenge had to be rescued from Yorkshire’s highest fell. The 48-year-old man was taking part in the York...
Aberglaslyn rescue team on lookout for new support group members
A north Wales mountain rescue team is appealing for help from the public. The Porthmadog-based Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team is on the lookout f...
Walker injured and dog killed in Malham cattle attack
A walker was injured and his dog was killed when they were attacked by cattle. The incident happened on the Mastiles Lane track above Malham in the...
Search dog finds exhausted missing Thirlmere Forest walker
A man suffering from heat exhaustion was rescued from a Lake District fell. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 7pm on Monday after a ve...
Police confirm body found on Blàbheinn was missing walker Oliver Smith
Police have confirmed the body found on the Isle of Skye at the weekend was that of missing walker Oliver Smith.
Snowdonia charity walkers need to respect the mountains, say experts
Charity walkers on Wales’s highest mountains need to be prepared and fit for the challenge, experts warned.
Ramblers' advice to walkers after cattle attack
The Ramblers are advising walkers to take care in the countryside where there is livestock. A dog was killed and its owner injured when they were a...
Missing hero dog found after 10 days on Snowdonia mountain
A dog hailed as a hero when he alerted climbers to his critically injured owner’s plight after a 600ft fall from a Snowdonia mountain has himself been rescued after 10 days stuck on the hill.
Injured Scafell Pike walker and Great Gable climber rescued in busy spate
A walker was rescued from England’s highest mountain after suffering a leg injury. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3.45pm on Satur...
Man suffers multiple injuries in 60ft fall on Snowdon range
A man suffered multiple injuries when he fell 18m (60ft) from a Snowdonia mountain. The man, in his 40s and from Surrey, was attempting the round o...
Open Spaces Society wins inaugural Elinor Ostrom Award
Britain’s oldest national conservation body has won an inaugural award in memory of a Nobel Prize winner who died last year.
GO Outdoors customers raise £10,000 for Scottish Mountain Rescue
Shoppers at four Scottish outdoors stores have helped raise £10,000 for mountain rescuers. The cash was handed over today to representatives of Sc...
Sister of murdered schoolgirl April Jones in charity skydive for rescue team
The sister of murdered Machynlleth schoolgirl April Jones will leap from an aeroplane to raise money for one of the mountain rescue teams that took part in the search for the five-year-old.
Mountain rescuer Arthur Littlefair joins Westminster Abbey coronation event
A man who donned silver-painted cardboard ‘armour’ as a young child to celebrate the Queen’s coronation made the trip to Westminster today to represent Lake District mountain rescuers.
Walker stretchered from Whernside after gashing leg in slip
A walker was stretchered from Yorkshire’s highest mountain after injuring her leg. The 68-year-old woman, from the USA, slipped and suffered a de...