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Outdoor bosses press for access at Vixen Tor inquiry
The future of access to one of Dartmoor’s most striking rock features is being decided this week in ‘a freezing-cold room with bad acoustics’.
Forecasters warn of snowy conditions later this week
Dust off your crampons and dig out your ice axe; winter is on the way back. Both the Mountain Weather Information Service and the Met Office say mu...
Rescuer backs call to sign up to emergency text service
Mountain experts are urging all hillwalkers and climbers to register their mobile phones for an emergency text service.
Walker carried from fell after ankle injury
A walker was stretchered from a Lakeland fell after slipping and injuring himself. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by police at 3.45pm ...
Sign up for text 999 scheme, says mountain expert
A mountaineering expert is urging walkers and climbers to sign up to a new service that allows 999 calls to be made by text.
Five lucky readers win copy of Call Out Mountain Rescue?
Five lucky grough readers have each won a copy of an invaluable mountain safety book. The five winners were chosen at random from all the correct e...
Fence to tackle mass trespass, of sheep, on Kinder
To the rambler with a sense of history, it is as important as Bannockburn to a Scots nationalist, or Orgreave to a redundant miner.
Mountain rescue patron William joins Helmand troops for Remembrance Day
Mountain rescue patron Prince William today joined British troops in Afghanistan for their Remembrance Sunday service.
Walker dies and woman critical after attack by bull on footpath
A walker has died and a woman is critically ill after they were attacked by a bull. The pair, who police believe were a husband and wife, were gore...
Teva goodies winner announced
Paul Sandford of Rochester in Kent was the lucky grough reader chosen at random from all the entries in our fabulous Teva competition who correctly answered that the once-in-a-lifetime trip on offer of an adventure holiday cruise in Fiji is for ten days.
Climber airlifted after Lakeland fall
A climber was rescued after injuring himself in a fall on a Lake District crag at the weekend. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called at about 1....
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...
Mountain forecasts go online earlier for winter hillwalkers
The independent meteorology service aimed at hillwalkers and climbers has gone into winter mode, with earlier forecasts for the following day.
Climbers and walkers unite in fight for access to Vixen Tor
Walkers and climbers will unite to fight for access to one of Dartmoor’s most spectacular landmarks.
Bull-attack couple were on three-day walk to their home
Police have named the walker who was killed by a bull on Friday. Roger Freeman, 63, of Glen Parva, Leicestershire, was attacked by the animal as he...
Ramblers call for legal rethink after bull kills walker
Britain’s biggest walkers’ charity has called for a rethink on the law on keeping livestock in fields.
Farmer speaks of 'shock' after bull kills walker
A farmer today spoke of his shock after a bull in his field attacked two walkers, killing one and leaving the other fighting for her life.
A year after the floods, £1.7m Lakeland path repairs continue
Next week marks the first anniversary of the unprecedented floods in Cumbria that caused devastation in many of the area’s towns and villages.
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2 Two Cumbrian men appear at court over criminal damage to Sycamore Gap tree
3 Glen Coe walker dies in fall on Beinn a’ Chrùlaiste
4 Walker dies in fall from Tryfan
5 Injured Lakeland walker airlifted to hospital after tumble near Haystacks summit
6 Helvellyn walker airlifted to hospital after falling on Striding Edge
7 Police charge two men with criminal damage over felling of Sycamore Gap tree
8 Climbing legend Leo Houlding officially opens Keswick mountain rescuers' extension
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2 Explorer Scout Ben Leonard was unlawfully killed in Great Orme fall, jury finds (7)
3 Blencathra walker rescued after falling more than 60ft from Sharp Edge (7)
4 Dartmoor national park bosses will fight bid to overturn camping verdict (4)
5 Campaigning Kate Ashbrook celebrates 40 years as head of Open Spaces Society (3)
6 Llanberis rescue team volunteers 'close to limit' as callouts top 300 in 2023 (3)
7 More than 40 involved in rescue of injured walker who spent 24 hours on Scafell Pike (2)
8 Summer's over; it's getting darker and colder. Time to wise up to winter on the hill (2)
9 Lakes boss Richard Leafe will quit at end of year for new career as Mountain Leader (1)
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