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Body found in search for missing West Highland Way man

Police searching for a man missing on the West Highland Way have found a body. Adrian Park was reported missing on 28 February, sparking a massive ...

23 March 2009

Rescue helicopters back in service after weekend grounding

Coastguard helicopters which were grounded over the weekend following safety concerns are back in action.

23 March 2009

Cut the Vat, say mountain rescue supporters

Supporters of the mountain-rescue movement are petitioning Gordon Brown to put their volunteers on the same footing as lifeboat crews.

21 March 2009

Naismith, Tranter and now Marshall: how fast should you walk?

Everyone knows that walking is good for you. But how fast do you need to walk to get health benefits? Research published this week in an American s...

18 March 2009

Welcome for judges' decision against Backdale limestone quarrying

A national park authority has welcomed an Appeal Court judgement in a long running quarry dispute. Three judges ruled in favour of the Peak Distric...

18 March 2009

Glencoe ski centre put up for sale

A Scottish ski resort has been put up for sale, in the hope investors will help it expand. Glencoe Mountain, in the White Corries on the slopes of ...

17 March 2009

Green-lane traffic ban aids national park walkers

Traffic has been banned from a national park green lane that had been made almost impassable after off-road vehicles churned it up.

16 March 2009

Walker airlifted after Highland fall

A walker was airlifted from a Highland mountain yesterday after injuring his leg in a fall. Braemar and the Grampian Police Mountain Rescue Teams w...

15 March 2009

Suilven piece wins Wild Writing contest

A Canadian-born man’s personal view of a Sutherland peak has won the Wild Writing Competition. The contest, sponsored by the John Muir Trust, for...

11 March 2009

Pair's naked ambition to reach Outdoors Show

A man and woman are walking from London to the Outdoors Show in Birmingham – naked bar their boots, socks and rucksacks.

23 March 2009

Rescue helicopters grounded after safety scare

Search-and-rescue helicopters operated by Britain’s Coastguard have been grounded following a safety scare.

21 March 2009

Walkers warned as fire strikes on moors

Weekend walkers in the Pennines have been warned to take care after a series of fires struck the moors around Saddleworth.

21 March 2009

Concern grows for missing West Highland Way man

Police have again expressed their concern for a man who went missing from his home more than two weeks ago.

18 March 2009

Bryson's big postcard urges South Downs action

American author and journalist Bill Bryson will today present a giant postcard to the Government to urge ministers to include the widest possible area in the proposed South Downs national park.

18 March 2009

Don't destroy history with your cairns, walkers urged

Walkers are destroying priceless historic sites – to build hilltop cairns – and now a national park authority has pleaded to visitors to stop the custom to preserve structures that have been around since the Bronze Age.

17 March 2009

Kiwis enraged by Archer's Everest fiction

The simmering controversy over who was the first to tread on the world’s highest peak has been re-ignited, thanks to the unlikely intervention of a convicted liar.

16 March 2009

Highland walker found unconscious by rescuers

A missing walker has been found alive but unconscious by a mountain rescue team in the Highlands. The 62-year-old lone walker was reported missing ...

13 March 2009

Six-year-old Tom bags Wainwrights record for charity

A six-year-old has become the youngest to summit all 214 Wainwright peaks in the Lake District. Tom Fryers, who almost died at birth because of bre...

11 March 2009

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