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Walker dies in fall on Ben Nevis

A walker has died after falling from a path on Britain’s highest mountain. The man was coming down the tourist track from 1,344m (4,409ft) Ben Ne...

22 September 2012

Rescuers searching for missing Glen Etive walker find man's body

Rescuers searching for a missing walker in the Highlands have found a body. The body was found in the Stob Dubh area of Glen Etive on the second da...

14 September 2012

Walker's body found after search on Ben Cruachan

A walker has died on a Scottish mountain after becoming separated from his companions. The 75-year-old was reported missing last night, Saturday, a...

09 September 2012

Walker in fatal Glyder Fach fall is named

A walker who died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain has been named. Guy Litchfield of Durweston, near Blandford Forum, Dorset, was pron...

02 August 2012

Police name man who died in Cumbrian river

Police have named the man who died after jumping into a Cumbrian river. Darrell Teal, 22, of Urmston, Manchester, was with a group that leapt into ...

23 July 2012

Former mountain council boss was one of victims of Alps avalanche

A former general secretary of the British Mountaineering Council was one of three Britons to die in an Alpine avalanche that also claimed the lives of six others.

12 July 2012

Highland walker dies after group reports medical problem

A man has died while walking in the north-western Highlands. The 55-year-old was with a group in the Fannichs when fellow walkers reported to polic...

09 July 2012

Search dog handler finds body in hunt for missing mountaineer

Rescuers searching for a missing man in Snowdonia have found a body. The man was found by a member of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation...

29 June 2012

Mountain biker dies in fall from Lake District fell

Police have named a mountain biker who died in a fall in the Lake District. Michael Farthing, 64, of Penrith, Cumbria, fell between 150m and 200m (...

19 June 2012

Police name walker whose body was found in Glen Etive as James Baillie

Police have named the man whose body was found on a Highland mountain yesterday. James Baillie of Balerno, Edinburgh, was reported missing after em...

15 September 2012

UIAA warns owners of ALL via ferrata sets to check their safety

The world mountaineering body today warned owners of all via ferrata sets to check whether their equipment is safe.

13 September 2012

Rescuers called out after dog dies in Lakeland ridge fall

Rescuers called out after calls for help were heard on a Lakeland ridge discovered a dog had fallen to its death.

24 August 2012

Walker dies after 300ft fall from Snowdonia mountain

A walker died after falling 300ft from a Snowdonia mountain in an incident described by rescuers as a tragic accident.

01 August 2012

Two British Alpine climbers who died in avalanche named

The Foreign Office has named the two British climbers who died in the Alpine avalanche that killed Mountain Guide Roger Payne.

13 July 2012

Three British climbers among dead as Alpine avalanche kills nine

Three British mountaineers have been confirmed among nine dead in a major avalanche in the French Alps.

12 July 2012

Man who died on Snowdonia mountain is identified

The man whose body was found on a Snowdonia mountain has been named. Walkers found the remains of Wayne Edward Mitchell on Cadair Idris last month....

03 July 2012

Second death on Jack's Rake after woman falls from scramble route

A second person has died after falling from a Lake District scrambling route, five days after a similar incident.

21 June 2012

Man dies in fall from popular scrambling route

A man has died in a fall from one of the Lake District’s most popular scrambling routes. The man took what was described by rescuers as ‘a big ...

17 June 2012

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