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Downing Street says rescuers will not be charged for radio use
Downing Street has responded to a petition containing nearly 7,000 signatures which urged the Government to drop plans to introduce new radio charges which could hit mountain rescue teams.
Lakes walker breaks leg after fall on frozen path
Rescuers in the Lake District were today called to help a walker who slipped on a frozen path and broke his leg.
Police say call that sparked massive mountain search was hoax
Police are treating as a hoax a phone call which prompted a massive search by mountain rescuers. Members of Mourne Mountain Rescue Team were joined...
Rescue trio aims for Yosemite peak
Three mountain rescuers will tackle a 27km (13-mile) fundraising walk to a mountain peak – in the Yosemite national park in California.
Gable death walker named
Police have named the woman who died after a fall on Great Gable last Friday. Kirsty Densham, 35, of Oxford, was scrambling on Westmorland Crag, wi...
Don't get caught in the dark on the hills, warn rescuers
Rescuers today issued a warning to walkers: it gets dark on mountains when the sun goes down. The plea to be prepared when venturing on to the high...
George Band gets OBE in New Year's honours as rescuers pick up gongs
Mountaineer George Band has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. The 79-year-old was the youngest member of the1953 team that put ...
Walker airlifted to hospital after Tryfan fall
A walker was airlifted from Tryfan after a fall on Heather Terrace. The woman was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by a Sea King helicopter from R...
Wainwright Society honours cancer hero Tom
The cancer patient who braved blizzards and torrential rain to complete the Coast-to-Coast walk has been honoured by the Wainwright Society.
Everest doctors had near-fatal oxygen levels
Newly published results from the medical expedition that went to the summit of Everest revealed that one of the mountaineers had near-fatal oxygen levels in his blood – yet still survived.
Do not disturb, pleads bird charity as freeze continues
Conservation bodies are appealing to walkers to keep bird disturbance to a minimum as temperatures plummet.
Charity meeting seeks solution to Nevis challenge problems
The problems caused by so many booted feet tramping up Britain’s highest mountain will come to a head later this month with a summit meeting between charity representatives and Ben Nevis’s authorities.
Mountain rescue boat in action after walker's fall
A Lake District mountain rescue team took to the water to help an injured walker. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team used its boat today, Monday, to r...
Walker falls to her death on Great Gable
Westmorland CragA walker has died after a fall on a Lake District crag. The 35-year-old woman was with two others when she fell on Westmorland Crag o...
Walker dies as mountain rescue teams deal with busy New Year
Police have named a man who died while walking in the Grey Corries, Lochaber. He was Anthony Smith, 35, a fitness instructor, from London. He was r...
Don't climb Snowdon without right gear, plead rescuers
Rescuers today pleaded with walkers not to tackle the Snowdonia mountains unless they are properly equipped.
Two Dales events offer 100km challenge to walkers
Feeling lethargic after all that turkey and booze? How about a little stroll to get rid of the festive languor – say 100km? Yes, it’s time to s...
Dales forest will be sanctuary for threatened squirrels
Threatened red squirrels have a massive new reserve in one of the remotest parts of the Yorkshire Dales.