Injured woman carried from Lakeland fell

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Police name climber in Cuillins fall

Police have named a man who fell to his death while climbing on Skye.Neil Wylie, 34, of Carnoustie, Angus, suffered serious head injuries in the incident on the Cuillins on Friday.

Man dies in Mamores fall

A man has died after falling 150m from a Lochaber ridge.The unnamed 62-year-old died walker plunged from the Devil’s Ridge in the Ring of Steall at the head of Glen Nevis.

'No need for signs' in field where cows trampled woman

An expert witness told a court that a farmer was under no obligation to put up warning signs in a field where a woman was trampled by cows.Peter Pitchford was called by Cumbria farmer John Cameron’s legal representatives in the case in which company director Shirley McKaskie is claiming £1m in compensation after she was knocked unconscious by a herd of cows at Greystoke.Christopher Purchas QC, acting for Ms McKaskie, suggested that it was not a proper option to do nothing when cows with calves were put in a field in which there was a footpath.

Green bid for Botham's childhood site accepted

Campaigners battling to save the open ground where cricket legend Ian Botham practised as a boy have passed their first hurdle.Kate Ashbrook of the Open Spaces SocietySomerset County Council has told the Save Yeovil Rec group that their application to have the land registered as a green is in order.

Rescuers praise lost walker's actions

A young woman was praised for getting herself off a Lakeland fell when she became lost.The 17-year-old, from the Eden Valley, became separated from her mother, with whom she was walking, on the summit plateau of Gowbarrow Fell, above Ullswater.

Man dies after fall from Jack's Rake

A walker has died after falling 45m (150ft) in Langdale, in the Lake District.The man was with three companions when he fell from Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark, overlooking Stickle Tarn.

Missing climber warned not to tackle peak

A Manchester climber missing in Pakistan was warned by fellow climbers that conditions were too severe to attempt a climb on the peak he was to tackle.Ben Cheek, 28, failed to return from a solo attempt of Shimshal Whitehorn in the Karakoram in the North of the country.

Rescue helicopters grounded by safety scare

Rescue helicopters in the North of England have been grounded following safety concerns.Both of the Yorkshire Air Ambulances and one of the Great North Air Ambulances are out of action after a potential fault was found in the McDonnell Douglas 902 series, which are also used by five police forces and helicopter ambulance services in London, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.Last week, the Great North Ambulance twice airlifted members of Patterdale Moutain Rescue teams to incidents in the Lake District, and took casualties to hospital.It is thought an internal fan system in the tail of the aircraft belonging to the London Air Ambulance developed a fault.