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Second dangerous-driving charge follows Snowdon off-road vehicle find
Police have charged a man with dangerous driving after a second incident in which an off-road vehicle was found on the summit of Wales’s highest mountain.
TV show will feature helicopter-crash boss's zip-wire battle
Television viewers will be able to see an on-screen confrontation between campaigners and the controversial owner of a Lake District tourist attraction in a fly-on-the-wall documentary next Sunday.
Police act as off-roaders hit Lakeland fells
Police are warning off-roaders they will clamp down on the illegal use of bikes and 4x4s on the Lake District fells.
The Dragon's Back is back: 200-mile mountain race is revived
One of the hardest challenge races ever run – over the mountains of Wales, from north coast to south –will be staged again, 20 years after the first, and so far only event.
Snowdon 4x4 removed in railway operation
The rogue pickup that has been an unwelcome adornment to Wales’s highest mountain for the last few days has been removed.
Police urge walkers to look out for illegal bikers on national park trails
Police in a national park are appealing to walkers to be on the lookout for anyone they suspect of off-roading illegally.
Via ferrata company's £28,000 bill for unlawful extension
Bosses of a controversial mountain tourist attraction face a bill of more than £28,000 after installing an unauthorised extension.
Government planning changes will 'set back countryside 80 years'
Outdoors campaigners have reacted with alarm at the publication of the coalition Government’s proposals for changes to English planning laws, which they say look set to turn the clock back 80 years.
Walkers urged to report illegal off-roaders
Police and national park officials are appealing to walkers to report off-roaders they spot illegally using Lakeland fells.
TV film will show off-roaders' national park clash
More details of an upcoming television series looking at controversies in Britain’s national parks were released today.
Snowdon 4x4 accused chooses jury trial
A man facing charges following the discovery of a 4x4 vehicle on Wales’s highest mountain has elected to be tried at Crown Court.
Dangerous driving charge for man accused of Snowdon 4x4 ascent
The man who is alleged to have driven a 4x4 to within a few hundred yards of Snowdon’s summit faced a fresh charge when he appeared in court today.
Pheasant shooting firm fined for national park damage
A shooters’ rights group has condemned a company after it was fined for damaging an important conservation site in a national park.
Snowdon 4x4 driver: 'It was on my list of things to do'
The latest addition to Wales’s highest mountain remains stuck a few hundred metres below the summit as the national park authority ponders how to remove the unwelcome unofficial tourist attraction.
Jail again for Naked Rambler after police pounce outside jail
The man dubbed the Naked Rambler is back behind bars and facing more than 21 months in prison after refusing to put on clothes.
Mountain fraternity mourns death of Alan Blackshaw
A leading mountaineer who was instrumental in establishing the right to roam in Scotland has died at the age of 78.
Bodies team up to boost national park birds of prey
Bosses in a national park have teamed up with four other bodies to try to boost the population of birds of prey.
Cliffhanger boss aims for minumum impact with green audit
Organisers of one of the country’s biggest outdoors festivals are aiming to make it one of the greenest.