Bank-holiday casualties keep Peak rescuers busy

A Peak District rescue team had a busy weekend, with call-outs to climbers, a pair of walkers and a paraglider pilot.Members of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of two climbers on Stanage Edge, one of the Peak District’s most popular climbing areas.

Bonington flag ceremony will mark Olympic handover

Mountaineering legend Sir Chris Bonington will unfurl a flag on the top of Scafell Pike on Sunday to mark the handover of the Olympics from China to the UK.Scafell Pike summitHe will be joined on the summit of England’s highest peak by 72-year-old fellrunner Jos Naylor and 16-year-old long-distance runner Laura Park.

Wainwright's widow Betty dies

The woman who became Alfred Wainwright’s fellwalking companion in his later life has died.Haystacks, Wainwright's final resting placeBetty Wainwright, the renowned author’s second wife, died on Wednesday at her home in Burneside, near Kendal.

Stop speeding on commons, say campaigners

Motorists should be forced to slow down on commons, campaigners have told the Welsh Government.Many people are afraid of exercising their rights on common land because of traffic speeding by.

Fall ends mountain 75th birthday celebrations

A man’s birthday celebrations on England’s third highest mountain were brought to a premature end when he fell and injured himself.Helvellyn's summit and Striding EdgeThe 75-year-old Nottingham man was atop Helvellyn today when he slipped and injured his hip.

Alladale boss to face mountaineering gathering

Mountaineering Council of Scotland members will have a chance to quiz one of the Highlands’ most controversial land managers at the group’s annual gathering.Glenmore Lodge, venue for the gatheringHugh Fullerton-Smith, general manager of the Allerdale Wilderness Reserve, will address the gathering next month.

Alladale returns to TV in BBC series

Controversial Highlands heir Paul Lister makes a return to the television screens tonight with the first of a series of looks behind the scenes at his Alladale estate.Alladale's pair of elk, imported from SwedenBBC/Mike BirkheadMr Lister wants to fence off 20,200ha (50,000 acres) of wild Scottish countryside to establish a massive wildlife park in which wolves, lynx and brown bears roam free, but visitors have to pay.The scheme has attracted opposition from many outdoors organisations, including the Ramblers’ Association in Scotland, which says the plan contravenes Scottish outdoor access legislation.Mr Lister also has his supporters, not least numerous commenters on this website who, grough suspects, are not regular readers of the site.Tonight’s programme sees staff on the Sutherland estate, near Croich, preparing for a visit by Scottish Natural Heritage officials.The first programme in a series of six is aired at 7pm this evening, Friday 15 August, on BBC2.

Kinfauns: Ann Gloag 'put up fence in defiance of law'

Stagecoach millionaires Ann Gloag erected a fence on access land at her Perthshire castle despite knowing about Scotland’s right-to-roam law, a court heard. Perth and Kinross Council access officer David Stubbs told Perth Sheriff Michael Fletcher that a member of the public raised concerns at the erection of the fence in 2005.

Scots eagle poisoning: reward raised to

Anonymous donors have raised the stakes in the hunt for the killers of two golden eagles in separate incidents this year.Both were found poisoned within the Cairngorms National Park.