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Climber dies in Lake District fall

A man has died after falling on a Lake District crag. Police today named the dead man as Alan Turner, 54, of Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Mr Tur...

RAF crew use 'spectacular skills' in mother and daughter rescue

RAF helicopter crews showed 'spectacular skills' in rescuing a five-year-old girl and her mother who were winched from a Lakeland ravine after falling 9m (30ft) into freezing water.

Rescued again: students from 'regular customer' college

A group of 23 walkers which had to be led from a Lake District fell at the weekend comes from a college that is a ‘regular customer’ of mountain rescue services.

Climber suffers injury from falling rock on newly reopened crag

A climber had to be stretchered from a crag that only officially reopened the previous day. The woman was hit by a rock dislodged by another climbe...

Rescuers find separated walkers after darkness falls

Two fellwalkers were found safe and well after a major search yesterday in the Lake District. The pair, from Southport in Merseyside, separated in ...

Two injured in separate Lakes falls

Two walkers were injured in separate falls in the Lake District today, Saturday. A 28-year-old man from Lancashire suffered a leg injury when he fe...

2008: take a trip with us through the highs and lows of the year

In the slovenly hiatus between Santa’s return north and the alcoholic debauchery of the New Year, journalists traditionally have a problem: how to fill the space on their various publications when, well, not much happens..

Bonington: mountaineering could make Olympics

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Lakes fall victims named

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'Lucky' Lakes climber survives being swept 240m by avalanche

A Lake District climber had a lucky escape today after an avalanche swept him 240m (785ft) down a mountainside.

Police seek driver who churned up rare rodent site

Police are appealing for information after an off-road vehicle damaged a rare habitat near one of the Peak District’s most popular climbing crags.

Woman injured after Lakeland scramble

A woman was taken to hospital earlier today after a fall on a Lakeland peak. Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to help the 31-...

Walker airlifted from Snowdon after getting stuck

A man was airlifted from Snowdon today after becoming cragfast on Crib Goch. The walker, in his 30s and from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, rang for...

Third man's body found at Snowdon death blackspot

Mountain rescuers have found the body of a man on Snowdon at the same spot as two brothers died last week.

Rescuers find bodies of two climbers on Snowdon

The bodies of two men have been found on Snowdon by mountain rescuers searching for a pair who were reported missing on Sunday night.

Bank-holiday casualties keep Peak rescuers busy

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Sea to Sea: we follow Wainwright from Coast to Coast

Britain has 15 national trails – long-distance paths and bridleways that offer a challenge to anyone who wants to walk, cycle or ride a horse over linked rights of way..