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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.

09 January 2009

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.

08 January 2009

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...

07 January 2009

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.

05 January 2009

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...

05 January 2009

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...

01 January 2009

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 ...

31 December 2008

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...

30 December 2008

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.

29 December 2008

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.

08 January 2009

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.

07 January 2009

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.

06 January 2009

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...

05 January 2009

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...

03 January 2009

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...

01 January 2009

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.

30 December 2008

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...

29 December 2008

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.

28 December 2008

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