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Black Sail youth hostel will close for a month to allow £¼m facelift
One of England’s remotest youth hostels will get a £¼m facelift for its 80th birthday. The Black Sail hostel at the head of Ennerdale can only ...
Lost Pen y Fan walkers rescued after five-hour search
A couple lost in mist on south Wales’s highest mountain were rescued after a five-hour search. The Maltese couple called for help when they could...
Missing High Street walkers found after search by two Lakes rescue teams
Two mountain rescue teams mounted a search for a couple and their dog missing on a Lakeland fell. The Penrith team asked for help from the Patterda...
Cockermouth rescuers lead lost walker led to safety from Carling Knott
A rescue team went to the aid of a walker lost in low cloud on a Lakeland fell. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3.15pm today aft...
Kendal mountain rescuers had busiest year on record
A Cumbrian mountain rescue team has had its busiest year on record. The volunteers of Kendal Mountain Search and Rescue Team were called out 55 tim...
Campaigners' dismay as Cumbria Hadrian's Cycleway plans given go-ahead
Campaigners have expressed their dismay at plans to allow a cycle path on common land in Cumbria. The Open Spaces Society said, although it was in ...
Injured Ewden Valley walker airlifted in 'exceptionally difficult' rescue
A walker was winched from a ravine in the eastern Peak District in a rescue described as ‘exceptionally difficult’.
Holme Valley mountain rescuers appeal to climbers for help in raising funds
Mountain rescuers are appealing to climbers to help them raise cash for their new headquarters. Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team is urging local c...
Cave team details nine-hour rescue of man stuck in Ogof Ffynon Ddu
A rescue team has described one of its most difficult rescues of a man trapped for seven hours underground.
Injured Ben Nevis walker airlifted to hospital
A walker was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after injuring himself. The 31-year-old man called 999 about 4pm after he slipped and inju...
Scottish Winter Climbing Meet in Fort William could be first of many
Organisers of an inaugural climbing gathering said they hope it will become an annual event. The first Scottish Winter Climbing Meet will take plac...
Walker dies in fall from Crinkle Crags in Lake District
A man has died in a fall from a Lake District fell. The walker was with a group making their way down from Crinkle Crags yesterday when the man fel...
Three callouts in four hours for Ogwen Valley team as mist covers Glyderau
A Snowdonia mountain rescue team was called out three times in less than four hours to help lost and missing people.
British Mountaineering Council posts up for grabs after Sport England grant
The British Mountaineering Council is looking to recruit a new member of staff to promote its hillwalking work.
Loving Outdoors founder urges fellow retailers to concentrate on service
The boss of an outdoor retailer weathering the recession urged others in the industry to go back to basics and put service at the heart of their businesses.
Met Office: 2012 was second wettest on record for UK
Last year was the UK’s second wettest ever, with rainfall just a few millimetres short of the record set 12 years ago.
Charity announces work to rebuild fire-gutted Gleann Dubh-lighe bothy
A bothy gutted by fire is to be rebuilt, the charity that cares for it said. The Mountain Bothies Association said work on restoring the unusable G...
Four-hour Boxing Day search for Longtown rescuers after hoax call
Rescuers spent hours combing a Gwent mountainside for a missing man on Boxing Day only to find the emergency was a hoax.
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