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Walker airlifted after Skye fall

A man was airlifted from a Skye mountain after injuring himself. Members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team were alerted about 11.30am after the walk...

Queen honours outdoors stalwarts

A mountain rescue stalwart has been appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Roger Jones, who for many years was leader of the Ogwen Val...

Man injured in fall from Skye's top peak

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling from a peak in the Cuillin on Skye. The 57-year-old, from the West Midlands, suffered a suspected ...

Mountain team completes 1,200-mile Compass Challenge

A Highland mountain rescue team travelled 1,930km (1,200 miles) in an effort to raise cash for a new headquarters.

Mountain rescue tax pledge missing from coalition list

The mountain rescue community must wonder what it has to do to squeeze any cash out of Whitehall. For more than three years, representatives of Mou...

Police find man's body in Cumbrian lake

Police have recovered a body from a Cumbrian lake, a week after a man went overboard from a pleasure boat.

Outdoor bodies analyse parties' election pledges

Returning officers the length of the UK are dusting down their ballot boxes ready for Thursday’s vote, and pollsters are phoning fickle voters to try to pin down their intentions in what has turned out to be one of the least predictable elections for some time.

Missing 62-year-old may be Ullswater plunge man

Police believe the man who went overboard yesterday from a pleasure steamer was reported missing from his home earlier in the week.

Unique scramble closed after theft renders route unsafe

A unique Scottish coastal scrambling route has been closed after theft of much of its fixed chains. The Elie Chain Walk on the Fife coast features ...

Rescue helicopter plans shelved in £7bn Government cut

Plans for the part-privatisation of Britain’s search and rescue helicopters have been shelved by the Government.

New guidebook follows in Wainwright's solitary footsteps

There are, according to the Long Distance Walkers Association, more than 1,000 long-distance paths criss-crossing Britain.

Tom's memory sparks new coast-to-coast challenge

A friend of an inspirational young cancer patient who walked Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route while in the final months of his life aims to complete his own coast-to-coast journey.

Walking pair injured in Skye fall

A walker was airlifted from a Scottish ridge after falling 15m (50ft) and injuring his head. The 59-year-old man was with his 52-year-old wife when...

Body found after Skye search

Rescuers have found the body of a walker who went missing on Skye. Skye Mountain Rescue team were joined in a search by the Stornoway Coastguard he...

Rescuers head to four corners in push for new base cash

Mountain rescuers in need of a new headquarters will be heading north, and south, east and west, in a quest to raise cash for the new building.

Ranger aims for 60-hour Coast to Coast run

A national park ranger plans to run the distance of more than seven marathons to help a hospital treating his partner for cancer.

Rescue team in search for missing Lake District man

A mountain rescue team joined a major search for a man who is still missing after falling overboard from a pleasure steamer.

More than 400 would-be MPs back Ramblers' coast campaign

More than 400 would-be MPs have pledged to support the setting up of an all-England coastal path if elected.

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