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Farmers call for footpath shutdown
The Government is facing a growing clamour from some farmers to close down the countryside following the confirmation of a second case of foot-and-mouth disease.Walkers in Teesdale, County Durham, have been confronted by signs warning that footpaths are closed, due to the outbreaks in Surrey, more than 300 miles away.
Footpath closures begin as second disease outbreak announced
Government scientists have identified a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease within the protection zone already in place.
TGO strike off as talks resume
Journalists working for The Great Outdoors magazine have suspended strike action after managers agreed to reopen talks.Members of the National Union of Journalists working for Newsquest in Glasgow, publishers of the magazine, had walked out on Friday morning.
Dispute escalates at TGO publishers
Journalists on one of Britain’s best known outdoors magazines are embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute.Managers at USA-owned Newsquest, which has The Great Outdoors – TGO among its publications, faced a walk-out by 200 staff at its Glasgow offices, home of TGO, after it asked for £3m-worth of cuts and imposed compulsory redundancies.Now it has suspended a workplace representative of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) after he refused a meeting with two managers unless he was accompanied by a colleague.
Life sentences for bombers who trained in Lakeland
The four men who took part in a Lake District training camp before attempting a bombing campaign in London were sentenced to life imprisonment today.They will all be pensioners before they are considered for release; the judge told them they would serve a minimum of 40 years.
Highland wood owners must open path to bikers
After recent setbacks in Scottish access hearings comes a small victory for access campaigners.The owners of a Black Isle wood have been ordered to remove obstacles that prevented bike and horse riders using a track.
Gloag access case: Ramblers will not appeal
The Ramblers’ Association in Scotland says it will not appeal against the court decision which banned the public from a millionaire’s land.Stagecoach bus magnate Ann Gloag, whose fortune is estimated at £400m, persuaded Sheriff Michael Fletcher to grant her an exclusion from right-to-roam laws at her Kinfauns Castle estate near Perth.
Campaign continues against Welsh wind farm
Campaigners have vowed to fight on after a council approved an application to build a wind farm at a Welsh beauty spot.Carmarthenshire County Council gave the green light to plans to erect 16 wind turbines on Mynydd y Betws (Betws Mountain), near Ammanford in south Wales.
Tom Weir pilot programme to start filming
She tried to persuade television executives to make a programme about one of Scotland’s larger-than-life outdoor characters.They didn’t listen, so Edinburgh-based actress Vicki Balnaves is going one better: she’s making her own documentary.
Walkers found safe after night on Cairngrorms mountain
Two women walkers were found safe after a night in storm conditions on a mountain in the Cairngorms.A massive rescue operation was launched after the pair made a 999 call to rescue services about 9.25 last night.
Pirbright lab could be foot-and-mouth source
Scientists analysing the virus responsible for the Surrey foot-and-mouth disease outbreak have revealed it may have come from their own site.The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) this evening issued a statement saying the strain is used at the Pirbright laboratory of the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) and a pharmaceutical company Merial Animal Health Ltd, which shares the site.
Bad weather knocks back Snowdon project
Strangely, workers building the new Snowdon mountain-top café have encountered high winds which have put the construction schedule back by two weeks.An impression of how Hafod Eryri will look We know you’ll find it hard to believe, but weather on the 1,067m summit of Wales’s highest peak has been a bit harsher than at valley level.
TV feast for mountain lovers as comedian hits the heights
Britain’s mountains hit the small screen again soon with a series devoted to the wild uplands.Griff Rhys-Jones will present the BBC series Mountain BBC/IWC MediaComedian and actor Griff Rhys-Jones will present Mountain, which the BBC says is part of its Ultimate Outdoors season.
National trail for North-West would be England's longest
Plans are afoot to create England’s longest national trail.The proposed North-West Coastal Trail would be nearly 400km longer than the existing longest tail, the South West Coast Path.
Lakeland campers found guilty of murder conspiracy
Four of the men photographed by Special Branch police taking part in exercises in the Lake District have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.Police surveillance pictures of the group on the campsite in Great Langdale A jury at Woolwich Crown Court today delivered its verdict on Muktar Said Ibrahim, Hussain Osman, Ramzi Mohammed and Yassin Hassan Omar.
Lakeland charity walkers give rescuers busy weekend
Ill-equipped charity walkers have caused more headaches for rescuers this weekend.Unseasonably severe weather caught out Three Peaks Challengers tackling Scafell Pike in the Lake District with 20 members of the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team out on England’s highest fell for more than six hours helping walkers in distress. The road in Wasdale, choked by parked vehicles of challenge participants Picture by Wasdale MRT Their rescue efforts were hampered by the numerous cars and minibuses clogging the country lane in Wasdale, making it difficult to get rescue vehicles into position.
Have you seen a Scots mountain hare?
Conservationists are asking for walkers’ help in recording sightings of a rare Scottish mountain dweller.The Game Conservancy Trust wants details of numbers of mountain hares spotted while our on the hills.
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