Appeal for walkers' memories of Peak District blackspot

A conservation group is appealing to outdoors enthusiasts for memories of a notorious walkers’ blackspot.

Rescuers take to the water in rearranged swim fundraiser

A group of mountain rescuers thwarted in its bid to participate in the postponed Great North Swim has decided to tackle its very own version on home territory.

Lakeland rescuers aid lost walkers and injured runner

Two mountain rescue teams were called out to search for a pair of missing walkers in the Lake District.

Walker rescued after Steall fall

A walker was rescued after injuring herself in a fall at a Highland beauty spot. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to the incident by polic...

Don't overlook climbers and walkers, council tells sports body

Climbing and hillwalking should be at the heart of Scotland’s sporting efforts. That’s the view of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland in it...

Kinder project aims to reduce flood risk

They are the source of drinking water for millions of inhabitants of northern towns and cities, but the Peak District moors can also deliver devastating floods when torrential rain pours off the peat uplands.

Giant map adds to aerial photography project

Countryside lovers can now walk the length of Britain in just a few strides with the opening of a large-scale open-air Ordnance Survey map of the country.

Greens back campaign to stop national park centre closure

Green Party members in the Peak District have thrown their weight behind the campaign to save an education centre threatened with closure.

Beauly power-line decision 'failure to protect landscape'

A wilderness conservation charity said the decision not to bury the power lines in a section of the controversial Beauly to Denny scheme shows the regulator Ofgem is failing to protect Scotland’s landscape.