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Fiennes faces driving charge after crash

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes faces a careless driving charge following a collision that happened in March this year.

Early-morning start for ultra runner's record attempt

In the early hours of Saturday morning, when most of the country is slumbering in bed, a small group will gather in a Lake District village to help an ultra runner in his attempt to realise a dream and smash a long-held record.

Parking in the park: Snowdonia's gridlock under scrutiny

Up to 700,000 people slog up the main paths to Wales’s highest mountain every year, and the limited car parks in the area are bursting at the seams.

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.

High drama for injured Bonita as Sherpas risk own lives

Record-breaking Everest summiteer Kenton Cool has praised a team of Sherpas who put their own lives at risk to save a British woman’s life after she slipped on the mountain.

Park bosses may use order to force trail through estate

A compulsory path order may be used for the first time to drive through an extension to a Highland trail against the landowner’s wishes.

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.

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...

Every rescuer's nightmare: Mayday! Helicopter down

As mountain rescue teams raise their profile with a series of May Day bank holiday events, a member of the Ogwen Valley team recalls the team's worst nightmare: a mayday message from the helicopter carrying an injured climber they have just rescued.

Trust calls for rethink to protect Britain's wild lands

Campaigners are calling for a complete rethink on Britain’s wildernesses in a bid to protect them from further development.

Top level changes for Lakeland footpath workers

There are changes afoot at the top of a Lakeland organisation. Rob Clarke is handing over responsibility as Man at the Top of the National Trust’...

Briton dies on Everest after going blind

A British climber has died on Everest after he went blind during his attempt. Peter Kinloch, who worked as a civilian for Merseyside Police, had su...

Skye no limit as Spyke's munro attempt continues

He’s had to contend with ticks, missing camping gear and Achilles’ heel problems, but the man aiming to break the muscle-powered record time for a munro round has surpassed the greatest challenge yet – the Cuillin ridge on Skye.

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...

Walker dies after 30ft cliff fall

A walker has died after falling from sea cliffs in Easter Ross yesterday evening. The 47-year-old woman was with her partner when the incident happ...

Novice hillrunner Harris wins 60-mile Fellsman challenge

One of the country’s toughest ultra hillrunning challenges was won by a man who only took up running 18 months ago..

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.

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.

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