Mountain rescue tax pledge missing from coalition list

The mountain rescue community must wonder what it has to do to squeeze any cash out of Whitehall. For more than three years, representatives of Mou...

Mountain festival aims to lift flood-hit Cumbrian town

Keswick Mountain Festival kicks off tomorrow, with an eclectic mix of events for lovers of the Lakeland hills.

Park bosses may use order to force trail through estate

A compulsory path order may be used for the first time to drive through an extension to a Highland trail against the landowner’s wishes.

Police name woman in cliff-fall death

Police have named the woman who died after falling from cliffs in Easter Ross on Wednesday. Elizabeth McFall, 47, of Invergowrie, Dundee, fell abou...

Views sought on updated avalanche service

The head of Scotland’s avalanche service is seeking views on its provision over last winter. Co-ordinator Mark Diggins, who took over in charge o...

Lomond police confiscate alcohol from lochside group

Police confiscated almost 50 litres of alcohol from teenagers in a crackdown on rowdy behaviour in a national park.

Journalist charged over Cumbria flood calls

A journalist has been charged following an incident during Cumbria’s floods last November that allegedly led to a mountain rescue team being called out to a Lake District mountain.

Series of wildlife poisonings prompts RSPB reward offer

Police have warned walkers after a series of wildlife poisonings near a national park. Derbyshire Constabulary issued the warning after two dead fo...

Police investigate deaths of three golden eagles

Police are investigating the deaths of three golden eagles after their bodies were found with other dead birds of prey.