Open Spaces Society will support Dartmoor bosses in Supreme Court camping case

The Open Spaces Society will support Dartmoor national park bosses in the next stage of the battle over the right of backpackers to camp in the area.

£1,000 prizes up for grabs if you can find 'mystery' OS trig points

Trig-baggers have a chance to pocket £1,000 prizes if they can hunt down mystery pillars. Ordnance Survey is running a social media challenge each...

Rescuers searching for missing walker Ruth Betts find body on An Garbhanach

Rescuers searching for the missing hillwalker Ruth Betts have found a body. Police Scotland said the discovery was made on An Garbhanach, north of ...

Summer holidays' start prompts Lakeland rescuers' plea to reduce 'avoidable' callouts

Volunteer rescuers in the Lake District are urging hillgoers to plan ahead to cut the number of what they term ‘avoidable’ incidents.

Runner Joss Naylor 'King of the Fells' dies aged 88

Joss Naylor, an elder statesman of the fellrunning community, has died, aged 88. The Wasdale farmer held many running records and was a familiar fa...

Runner Jasmin Paris among outdoors personalities recognised in birthday honours

Ultrarunner Jasmin Paris is among those from the outdoors community recognised in the birthday honours.

Family pay tribute to father and son who died in fall on Glen Coe mountain

The family of a father and son who died on a Glen Coe mountain have paid tribute to them. The bodies of Tom Parry, 49, and Richie Parry, 12, were r...

Two Cumbrian men appear at court over criminal damage to Sycamore Gap tree

Two men have appeared at court in Newcastle-upon-Tyne accused of criminal damage in an incident in which the celebrated tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall was felled.

Walker dies in fall from Tryfan

A walker has died after falling on Tryfan, in Eryri. The man was with his two brothers descending the mountain’s North Ridge on Monday when the i...