Rescue team loses thousands as clothing company folds

A Peak District mountain rescue team is out of pocket after losing nearly £5,000 to a supplier that went out of business.

Hippos, hyenas and Henry VII's organisms - your green Dales guide

Did you know that a careless footstep can destroy 500 years’ growth for some lichen? Or that parts of the Yorkshire Dales are an important area f...

Writing course on offer for winning mountain author

If you fancy being the next Jim Perrin or Joe Simpson, pick up your pen and get writing. Entries are open for the Wild Writing Competition run by t...

Paths champion celebrates after ten-year Jolly Sailor fight

A campaigner is celebrating her victory after she succeeded in getting two footpaths recorded in the face of opposition from a former pub landlord and inaction by a council.

Bothies group thriving as membership grows

The Mountain Bothies Association, which cares for shelters used by walkers in some of Scotland’s most remote areas, has seen its membership rise by 11 per cent.

Mountain rescue radio plans 'put lives at risk'

Proposed changes by a Government agency could put people’s lives at risk, say mountain rescuers. Ofcom, the body which oversees radio communicati...

Mountaineers miss out on PM meeting as Brown tackles crisis

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s summit meeting to solve the world’s financial crisis meant disappointment for Britain’s top mountaineers who had hoped to greet the premier in person.

Footpath appeal raises 40 grand in 40 days

An appeal to raise cash for footpath repairs has raised more than £40,000 in 40 days. The Sole Trading appeal, set up by the National Trust for Sc...

Seventy rescuers in action as floods trap cavers

Seventy volunteers spent the night on major rescue operations in the Yorkshire Dales as flood water trapped cavers underground.