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Lakes rescuers' signs will help lost night walkers
Lakeland mountain rescuers are shedding a little light on the fells to help lost walkers. In a sign of the times, members of the Langdale and Amble...
Military training helps walker survive night on moors
A walker was found safe after a massive 15-hour overnight search by members of six mountain rescue teams in the Yorkshire Dales.
Ice-axe advice issued for Euro-bound mountaineers
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has issued guidance for mountaineers wishing to take ice axes on Eurostar trains.
Mountain rescuers treat capsized Lakes canoeist
Mountain rescuers today went to the aid of a paddler who had capsized in a Cumbrian lake. The 42-year-old, from Cleveleys, Lancashire, was pulled f...
Climbers powerless as thieves steal Steall generator
A remote Highland bothy lived up to its name when it was at the centre of a bizarre theft this week. Thieves removed a 50kg gas-powered generator f...
Dales parking changes will help adventurous walkers
Adventurous Dales walkers will be able to stride out on longer journeys while leaving their cars in the national park.
Lakeland death-fall walker named
The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...
Paths 'face extinction' unless Government adopts plan
Campaigning outdoor bodies are urging the Government to adopt groundbreaking proposals to protect England's ‘lost footpaths’.
Boss's concern for Ordnance Survey in mapping shake-up
The head of a company dealing in geographic information said today that the Government had ignored the views of industry in its move towards providing Ordnance Survey data free of charge.
Welcome as Britain's newest national park is born
Britain’s family of national parks gained a new member today with the long-awaited birth of the South Downs national park.
Campaigners' ten-point outdoors plan for election
Britain’s oldest national conservation group has produced an access manifesto in the run-up to the general election and is asking candidates to sign up the 10-point plan.
Man dies after being trapped by boulder on Highland mountain
A man has died after becoming trapped by a boulder on a Highland munro. Mountain rescuers joined firefighters in the operation to free the 62-year-...
Cash boost for moorland watershed landscape
The wild landscape that inspired the Bronte sisters, poet Ted Hughes and sculptor Henry Moore has received a £1.9m boost towards helping access, restoration and heritage projects.
Coastal access: Ramblers urge action as election looms
Campaigners are pressing for urgency in the setting up of the coastal path round England. The plea came as Natural England, the Government’s offi...
Lomond campaign will continue fight against anti-social louts
Police and park rangers will mount a six-month campaign to clamp down on anti-social behaviour in a national park.
No Cairngorms ban on wild camping
Scotland’s biggest national park will not introduce bylaws to tackle problems caused by wild camping.
Access campaigners win battle with hospital trust
Campaigners fighting for access to an Oxford open space have won a battle against a health trust. A High Court judge rejected an application for ju...
Dales welcome for Balkan visitors
The Yorkshire Dales this week played host to visitors from three Balkan states during a fact-finding tour of the national park.