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'Words of advice' for trio after nine-hour night-time mountain rescue

Three men were led to safety after spending nine hours cragfast on a Snowdonia mountain. The walkers, in their 40s and from the Home Counties, call...

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at the events that have shaped the events in 2010. From tragedy to triumph, heartbreak to ecstasy, t...

Pack your torch – experts' advice as clocks go back

As the clocks go back and daylight shortens, walkers and outdoor enthusiasts need to plan their days out more carefully to avoid becoming a mountain rescue statistic.

Navigation advice on offer from Trust expert

Walkers are being offered the chance to learn how to navigate on the hills, with advice from an expert ranger.

Golfers will trek to raise mountain rescue cash

A group of golfers will play two rounds of the game on Lakeland courses – with a 35-mile mountain trek between them.

Woman airlifted after 80m Lakeland fall

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling from a Lake District crag. The 22-year-old woman fell 80m (260ft) from Pillar Rock in Ennerdale on...

Easter walker rescued from Lakes crag

A walker was rescued from a Lake District fell after becoming cragfast at the weekend. The woman was walking above Levers Water near Coniston on Ea...

Man dies after 650ft Lakeland fall

A man has died after falling from a crag in the Lake District. The walker was with two work colleagues when he fell 200m (650ft) from Great End in ...

Climbers rescued from Lakeland crag in five-hour operation

Three climbers were rescued from a Lake District crag where less than a month earlier a man was critically injured in an avalanche.

Paddler dies after being swept from capsized kayak

A paddler has died after his kayak capsized and he was swept away on a north Wales river. The 57-year-old was with another man when both went into ...

Benighted fellwalkers keep mountain rescuers busy

Two walkers were rescued from a Lake District fell after being caught out by darkness. Members of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team w...

Search team finds body in Kintail

Rescuers have found the body of a man in the area where hillwalker Stewart Sutherland was believed to have gone missing.

Festival aims to tempt climbers to high crags

Climbers will congregate in the western Lake District this weekend for a festival run by the British Mountaineering Council.

Soap drama as rescuers free climber in a jam

A mountain rescue team found itself at the centre of a soap drama after a climber became wedged following a fall.

Avalanche service winds up as winter loses its grip

Scotland’s avalanche forecasting service has been scaled back as the winter season draws towards a close.

Lakeland death-fall walker named

The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...