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Solicitor Jackie is first woman head of conservation group

Britain’s oldest national conservation body has elected its first woman chairman. Jackie Warr, a solicitor, will head the Open Spaces Society –...

05 July 2009

Women sleep on as rescuers sweep fells in search

A woman and her daugher slept on the Cumbrian fells as a massive search operation went on around them last night.

01 July 2009

Scots mountain council in good shape, as numbers rise

Membership of the body that represents mountaineers north of the border broke the 10,000 mark this year, according to its annual report, released today.

29 June 2009

Sheep, walkers and bikers keep Dales rescuers busy

A hat-trick of Three Peaks walkers, two mountain bikers, an elusive walker and a sheep provided a busy weekend for rescuers in the Yorkshire Dales.

29 June 2009

Man dies after Skye fall

A man has died after a fall on the Cuillin on Skye. Police were alerted to the incident at 2.50pm yesterday, Friday. Skye Mountain Rescue Team went...

27 June 2009

Gordon says no to mountain rescue tax-break

Gordon Brown has turned down a plea to help Britain’s mountain rescue teams by exempting them from value added tax.

26 June 2009

Lords throw out Peak quarry owner's legal bid

Law Lords have turned down a quarry operator’s bid to appeal against a landmark ruling in the Peak District.

25 June 2009

Injured walker dies after hospital airlift

A walker has died after being found seriously injured by rescuers. The 51-year-old woman from America was reported overdue from a walk in the Durne...

25 June 2009

Bercow's first job: England's coastal path

One of the first jobs for new House of Commons Speaker John Bercow tomorrow will be to oversee the second reading of the bill which will introduce a right to walk the length of England’s coast.

22 June 2009

How's that? Felling opens view of old Lakes battleground

A conservation group has funded a project to provide a better view of a reservoir whose creation was fought by the group’s founding fathers more than a hundred years ago.

05 July 2009

Police name Skye death-fall man

Police have named the man who died following a fall on Am Basteir in the Skye Cuillin on Friday. William Bellis, of Leicester, was taken to Broadfo...

30 June 2009

Welsh campaigner dies on walk despite helicopter airlift

A prominent countryside campaigner and environmentalist died at the weekend while walking in Snowdonia.

29 June 2009

Rescuers' warning to walkers as heatwave approaches

A mountain rescue team has urged walkers to be on their guard against heat exhaustion as Britain goes on to heatwave alert.

28 June 2009

Dales cyclists get new service from park authority

Cyclists and mountain bikers now have their own dedicated websites to guide them through the Yorkshire Dales.

27 June 2009

Police name American walker who died after fall

Police have named a woman who died following a fall while walking in Sutherland. Laura Woodberry Jessiman, 51, of Darien, Connecticut, was airlifte...

25 June 2009

Pilot's four-mile carry-out after beach stunt mishap

A microlight plane pilot had to resort to muscle power to retrieve his aircraft after it crash landed on one of Britain’s remotest and most environmentally sensitive beaches at the weekend.

24 June 2009

Stuart's British Isles Challenge kicks off from Scilly

The charity challenger who aims to cover the length of the British Isles using only muscle power starts his quest tomorrow.

20 June 2009

Mountain rescue boat goes to aid of unconscious walker

A Lake District mountain rescue team took to the water to help an unconscious walker today. Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team used the...

24 June 2009

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