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Battlefield treatment helps rescuers save climber after fall
Mountain rescuers used an innovative medical treatment to help save the life of a climber at the weekend.
Heather to take up Scots mountain-safety post
A seasoned mountaineer and rescue-dog handler has been appointed safety adviser for climbers and hillwalkers in Scotland.
Woman airlifted after Snowdonia climbing fall
A climber was airlifted to hospital after a fall in a Snowdonia quarry yesterday. The woman was climbing in Vivien Quarry, Llanberis, when the acci...
Trust puts the brakes on Nevis car stunt
A conservation charity has put its foot down over plans to take a vintage car to the top of Britain’s highest mountain.
Cricketers head for charity match at Everest base camp
A group of charity fundraisers set off today for a cricket match with a difference. The game will be played at Everest base camp, at an altitude of...
Inquest opens into Canadian's Snowdonia death fall
An inquest was opened and adjourned this week on the man whose body was found on Tryfan. Roman James Deans, of Bretton, near Broughton, Flintshire,...
Mountain rescuer hurt in Highland fall
A member of a mountain rescue team was injured yesterday in a fall during training. The man fell at Smiddy Creag on An Teallach while on an exercis...
Kate's quarter century for the common good
The woman who heads Britain’s oldest national conservation body has clocked up a quarter century’s service.
Body found by rescue team after Tryfan fall
The body of a man has been found on a Welsh mountain after he was reported missing. Members of Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation found the ...
Golf club plans for common thrown out by inspector
Campaigners have defeated a move to build a care home on common land. Crowborough Beacon Golf Club in East Sussex had applied to deregister land on...
100 firefighters tackle Pennine moorland fire
A major moorland fire was brought under control yesterday evening after firefighters spent most of the day tackling the blaze near Halifax.
Artist's print sale will help mountain rescue dogs
An artistic hillwalker has produced a series of prints to raise funds for mountain rescue dogs. Andy Beck, who has a gallery in County Durham, is o...
Over the arches: Ribblehead viaduct walk on offer this summer
Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales accustomed to walking under the imposing Ribblehead viaduct will have a chance to go over the structure this summer.
Woman airlifted after island fall
A woman was airlifted to hospital after she injured her leg while on a coastal path walk. Coastguard rescue teams from Craigmuir, Knock and Ross of...
Dales paths take walkers off the roads
Walkers on the Pennine Way will have to contend with a little less road walking after a national park created a new section of footpath.
Julia's Coast-to-Coast walk hits the screens
Set the recorders: Julia Bradbury takes to the hills on our screens again next week with the follow up to the Wainwright’s Walks series.
Farmer says sheltering OMM racers cost him £14,000
A Cumbrian farmer says he is thousands of pounds out of pocket after helping runners in last year’s Original Mountain Marathon.
Euro grant kickstarts Scots footpath programme
Work will start on footpath improvements on some of Scotland’s best loved mountain paths with the news that £1m has been raised to enable the project to go ahead.