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Kinder project aims to reduce flood risk

They are the source of drinking water for millions of inhabitants of northern towns and cities, but the Peak District moors can also deliver devastating floods when torrential rain pours off the peat uplands.

01 October 2010

Giant map adds to aerial photography project

Countryside lovers can now walk the length of Britain in just a few strides with the opening of a large-scale open-air Ordnance Survey map of the country.

30 September 2010

Greens back campaign to stop national park centre closure

Green Party members in the Peak District have thrown their weight behind the campaign to save an education centre threatened with closure.

29 September 2010

Beauly power-line decision 'failure to protect landscape'

A wilderness conservation charity said the decision not to bury the power lines in a section of the controversial Beauly to Denny scheme shows the regulator Ofgem is failing to protect Scotland’s landscape.

29 September 2010

Peaks supporters mark date with hill walks

Walkers took to the hills to celebrate the first anniversary of an organisation set up to support work on three of the Yorkshire Dales’ most popular mountains.

28 September 2010

Extra time for Peak bosses to consider Losehill Hall closure

A national park authority has put off a decision on closing a learning centre to explore the chance of teaming up with partners to continue its service.

27 September 2010

Nevis walker airlifted after slip

A walker was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain yesterday after slipping while coming down from the peak.

25 September 2010

Rescued walkers' thanks after mountain 'nightmare'

The parents of one of the two walkers rescued after spending the night on a Scottish mountain have thanked the teams who came to their aid and expressed regret for the expense and trouble the rescuers were put to.

24 September 2010

Butterfield book reissue will raise cash for bothy group

A limited edition book by a giant of mountain literature is being republished to raise cash for the charity that looks after Britain’s mountain shelters.

23 September 2010

Highland rescuers find body as search continues for second man

Rescuers searching for a missing man in the Highlands have found a body. Alexander Ronald Adam, 23, had last been seen in the Cluanie area of Inver...

30 September 2010

Perth conference puts mountains under the spotlight

A major gathering of mountain experts ends today after five days of discussion on issues affecting the world’s upland regions.

30 September 2010

Hill-list couple complete third mountain round

The couple who gave their names to a whole class of hills have completed an impressive third round of all the mountains in England and Wales.

29 September 2010

New sections opened on Wales coastal path

A new section of the All Wales Coast Path was officially opened by the Welsh environment minister. The 26km (16-mile) stretch on the Gower peninsul...

29 September 2010

Fears for walker missing for more than a week

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a hillwalker missing for more than a week. Stewart Sutherland of Glasgow left the Great Glen W...

28 September 2010

Warning to walkers as charity group caught out by dark

Mountain experts warned walkers to go prepared as the days shorten and hillgoers risk being caught out by darkness.

27 September 2010

Campaigners urge rethink on national park centre closure

Outdoor campaigners are rallying to save a national park learning centre threatened with closure. Losehill Hall in the Peak District could be shut ...

23 September 2010

Ramblers' boss urges walkers to back coast path plan

The boss of Britain’s biggest walking charity today urged the public to get behind its campaign to stop the axing of work on England’s coastal path.

24 September 2010

Mountain rescue hoax journalist jailed for three months

A journalist who made two hoax calls to mountain rescuers during last year’s Cumbrian floods has been jailed.

23 September 2010

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