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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 ...
Keep dogs under control, pleads national park
Dog owners are being asked to take the lead by a national park. Although walkers do not legally have to keep their dogs on a leash while on a publi...
West Highland Way body identity confirmed
Police today confirmed that the body found near the West Highland Way last month is that of missing walker Adrian Park.
Joy as Benn gives green light to new national park
Campaign groups are celebrating today’s announcement by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn of the go-ahead for a new national park.
Dales walkers' views invited over a cup of tea
Walkers and mountain bikers are being invited to an innovative meeting to discuss rights of way in a national park.
Met Office launches Peak District mountain forecasts
Walkers in the Peak District now have weather information to help keep them safer, with the introduction of a Met Office site detailing the area’s forecasts and hazards.
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.
Malham falcons will provide public spectacle again
A long running family saga in the Yorkshire Dales is due to be seen by its 100,000th viewer. The peregrine falcons of Malham Cove will again provid...
Sixty years on, will new national park become a reality?
Sixty years ago, the post-war Labour Government passed an Act of Parliament that would have a profound effect on the British countryside.
Bonington backs campaign against 'eco-lodges'
Britain’s best known mountaineer has thrown his weight behind a campaign against a holiday village in a Cumbrian valley.
Park rangers signed up to police force
Rangers in a national park will be a force to be reckoned with after four of them were sworn in as Special Constables.
Puzzle for rescuers as cavers go down wrong pot
Rescuers in the Yorkshire Dales were involved in two major searches at the weekend – one above ground and one below.