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Outdoor manufacturers pick up Queen's Awards

One of the few companies still making outdoor gear in the UK has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

21 April 2009

Charities chip in to help stop Three Peaks erosion

Two major charities have agreed to chip in to help an area hit by erosion caused in part by challenge events they run.

21 April 2009

Campaigners celebrate pioneer Muir's birthday

Conservationists will today celebrate the birth-date of the mountaineer and founder of the national park movement.

20 April 2009

Julia cleared in airline fraud inquiry

Fellwalking pin-up Julia Bradbury is to resume her role on the Watchdog programme after she was cleared of involvement in a frequent-flyer account fraud.

17 April 2009

Avalanche service ends as spring breaks

Scotland’s avalanche service winds up this week, with the final forecast for Lochaber and the northern Cairngorms being published this coming weekend.

16 April 2009

Julia's coast walk hits the Heart of the Lakes

Julia Bradbury’s Coast-to-Coast Walk continues tonight with a trip through the Heart of the Lakes. In the second of the six-part series following...

16 April 2009

Timberlake to lead latest celeb Kili climb

Just when you thought it was safe to climb Africa’s highest peak without bumping into a personality and the accompanying film crew comes the news another ‘celeb’ is planning to summit Kili.

15 April 2009

Woman helped from Lakeland fell after fall

A woman was helped from England’s third highest mountain today after injuring her ankle in a fall. The 53-year-old, from Suffolk, fell about 6m (...

14 April 2009

Battlefield treatment helps rescuers save climber after fall

Mountain rescuers used an innovative medical treatment to help save the life of a climber at the weekend.

14 April 2009

Landowners win right to keep horses off footpath

A retired forestry worker and his wife have won a legal battle to stop horse-riders using a track on his land.

22 April 2009

BMC presidential deadline looms

Members of the British Mountaineering Council who want to have a say in the organisation’s leadership had better get their fingers out.

20 April 2009

Robin, five, walks into record books with Wainwright effort

A five-year-old boy is following in his family’s footsteps and into the record books with an ascent of England’s highest mountain.

17 April 2009

Hero dog Ruswarp will watch over Dales station

An effigy of a heroic dog who stayed at his dead master’s side for 11 weeks on a Welsh hillside has been unveiled on England’s most scenic railway.

17 April 2009

Sneak thief makes off with mountain rescue cash

A mean thief has made off with a charity collecting box belonging to a mountain rescue team. Cumbria Constabulary is appealing for information abou...

16 April 2009

Boy airlifted from mountain after rockfall

A five-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after being injured on a north Wales mountain. The boy, believed to be from Leicestershire, suffered ...

15 April 2009

Hill sleuths on the prowl as peak heights come under scrutiny

It’s promotion and relegation time again. We’re not talking about overpaid Premiership footballers, but the venerable hills of the British Isles a...

15 April 2009

Report finds mountain rescue teams under strain

Volunteer rescuers in the Lake District are finding it increasingly hard to meet their commitments as the number of callouts rises.

13 April 2009

Golf club plans for common thrown out by inspector

Campaigners have defeated a move to build a care home on common land. Crowborough Beacon Golf Club in East Sussex had applied to deregister land on...

14 April 2009

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