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Mountain rescuers benefit from criminals' ill-gotten gains

Two rescue teams will benefit from criminals’ activities under police scheme to ensure crime doesn’t pay.

Anger and fury: the noise from the black stuff on Snowdon

There's gold in them thar hills, for journalists chasing silly-season 'fury' as political correctness envelops the slopes of Snowdon.

Rescue team offers helicopter missions to visitors

A mountain rescue team is offering visitors to its revamped website the chance to fly a rescue helicopter on missions to save stricken walkers.

Jury clears council following caving death

A local authority was cleared of breaching health and safety laws in a caving incident in which a 14-year-old boy died.

Journalist charged over Cumbria flood calls

A journalist has been charged following an incident during Cumbria’s floods last November that allegedly led to a mountain rescue team being called out to a Lake District mountain.

Jeremy Clarkson loses fight to keep walkers off land

Petrolhead television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been told he must allow walkers across land at his holiday home on the Isle of Man.

Tourist zip-wire plan for Lake District fell

A Lake District businessman plans to build a zip wire ride from the top of a fell to encourage off-season tourism.

Campaigners' ten-point outdoors plan for election

Britain’s oldest national conservation group has produced an access manifesto in the run-up to the general election and is asking candidates to sign up the 10-point plan.

Top judges uphold polite walkers' rights

Five top judges today struck a blow for the rights of courteous walkers. The Supreme Court judges ordered that land used by locals in Redcar, Teess...

Two in court after outdoors store raid deaths

Two men will appear before Cardiff Magistrates next week following a major burglary at an outdoors store in the city in which two men died on a nearby railway line.

Accident verdicts on two Snowdonia walkers

Verdicts of accidental death were recorded on two walkers who fell to their deaths in separate incidents in Snowdonia.

Supporters sign up to Lakeland zip-wire petition

Supporters of plans to install a controversial zip wire on a Lake District fell have signed up to an online petition.

Lomond police confiscate alcohol from lochside group

Police confiscated almost 50 litres of alcohol from teenagers in a crackdown on rowdy behaviour in a national park.

Houlding will reopen adventure booking centre

Climbing star Leo Houlding will officially reopen a historic Lake District building at the centre of fellrunning challenge.

Man dies after 70m scrambling fall

A man has died after falling 70m (230ft) while scrambling in north Wales. The incident happened about 3pm yesterday, Saturday, on the Glyderau in t...

Peak quarrying worries as firm considers Europe appeal

The long battle to save one of the Peak District’s most contentious stretches of countryside is not over, campaigners have warned.

Access campaigners win battle with hospital trust

Campaigners fighting for access to an Oxford open space have won a battle against a health trust. A High Court judge rejected an application for ju...