Concern grows for missing West Highland Way man

Police have again expressed their concern for a man who went missing from his home more than two weeks ago.

Bryson's big postcard urges South Downs action

American author and journalist Bill Bryson will today present a giant postcard to the Government to urge ministers to include the widest possible area in the proposed South Downs national park.

Don't destroy history with your cairns, walkers urged

Walkers are destroying priceless historic sites – to build hilltop cairns – and now a national park authority has pleaded to visitors to stop the custom to preserve structures that have been around since the Bronze Age.

Kiwis enraged by Archer's Everest fiction

The simmering controversy over who was the first to tread on the world’s highest peak has been re-ignited, thanks to the unlikely intervention of a convicted liar.

Highland walker found unconscious by rescuers

A missing walker has been found alive but unconscious by a mountain rescue team in the Highlands. The 62-year-old lone walker was reported missing ...

Six-year-old Tom bags Wainwrights record for charity

A six-year-old has become the youngest to summit all 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District. Tom Fryers, who almost died at birth because of bre...

Tributes follow death of Government's outdoor chief

The head of the Government’s advisory organisation on outdoor matters has died after a long illness.

Mobile operators agree to share 999 coverage

Walkers and mountaineers should be able to call for help more easily after the UK’s mobile phone operators agreed to share their networks for 999 calls.

Windermere speed limit will stay - or will it?

Windermere’s speed limit will remain, a judge ruled this week. But campaigners challenging the lake’s 10mph limit threw the decision into doubt...