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05 September 2007

Outdoor company is 'least ethical'

The controversial Sports Direct company, which owns 29 per cent of outdoor retailer Blacks and which recently snapped up 60 per cent of Field & Trek, is the least ethical company in the UK’s top 350, according to a survey by a national newspaper.The Observer’s probe, carried out with Co-operative Investments, found the firm, founded by Newcastle United boss Mike Ashley, scored only 12.17 out of a possible 100.

03 September 2007

Griff's Mountain series hits the shops

If your Sunday evenings have been left with a televiewing hole following the end of Griff Rhys Jones’s Mountain programmes, there’s some good news: you can buy the DVD of the series from Monday, so you can relive the whole journey across Britain’s high ground.And don’t be fooled by BBC1’s screening of something called Coming Down the Mountain: it’s not Griff’s descents; more a Peak District Brit version of a drama along the lines of Rain Man.

30 August 2007

Get walking: live longer

Walking could save your life – and it needn’t be a marathon effort.New research from Queen’s University, Belfast, revealed that even a half-hour walk three times a week can help you lose weight and lessen the chance of heart disease and stroke.Walking: ideal for keeping fit Previous advice was to undertake a vigorous walk at least five times a week.

14 August 2007

Dales falcons popular despite deluge

The appalling weather this summer is blamed for a fall in numbers of visitors enjoying a view of Malham’s pair of peregrine falcons.But more children came to see the raptors, which nest on the 80m-high limestone Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales.

15 August 2007

Song from 82-year-old after Carrauntoohil rescue

An 82-year-old pensioner serenaded rescuers who plucked her from Ireland’s highest mountain.Kerry Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of the woman on Carrauntoohil, after she was reported missing with a 16-year-old family friend.

11 August 2007

Griff Rhys Jones's Mountain: back for more?

So, what did we think of BBC1’s big venture into the mountains?En route for the Cuillins: Griff Rhys Jones in the first episode of MountainBBC/IWC Media The mainstream press is awash with nitpicking crits of Griff Rhys Jones’s irritating cackle, the fact it was obvious the production team had beaten him to the Suileag bothy (tyre tracks and a smoking chimney) and his interview with a laird long-gone.Mountain graced the screens last night and, frankly, Scotland stole the show.

31 July 2007

New suspected disease outbreak is 11 miles outside existing zone

Government scientists are investigating a suspected new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease outside the 10km zone around the original cases.Late last night, Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds confirmed her staff had set up a control zone around the premises at the centre of the new scare, while clinical tests take place.

10 August 2007

Farmers call for footpath shutdown

The Government is facing a growing clamour from some farmers to close down the countryside following the confirmation of a second case of foot-and-mouth disease.Walkers in Teesdale, County Durham, have been confronted by signs warning that footpaths are closed, due to the outbreaks in Surrey, more than 300 miles away.

07 August 2007

New footpath law 'biased in favour of landowners'

Campaigners have slammed Government proposals which will mean landowners getting priority in rights-of-way cases.

07 September 2007

Rescued Snowdon walkers were 'ill-equipped'

Rescuers have criticised a party on Snowdon who needed rescuing after straying on to Crib Goch.Some of a 27-strong group, from West Yorkshire, were clad in trainers and jeans and included two nine- and 11-year-old boys who were rescued from the notorious ridge after becoming cragfast.

03 September 2007

Dales mystery woman will be buried next week

The body of a mystery woman found near Pen-y-ghent will be buried next week in Horton-in-Ribblesdale.The woman, of oriental appearance, was found nearly three years ago next to Sell Gill Hole on the Pennine Way, but has never been identified.

30 August 2007

Outdoor mania: TV stacks up the treats

It’s hard to keep up with the cornucopia of outdoor programmes on television at the moment, so we’ll try and bring you up to date.Julia Bradbury abseiling to The Old Man of Stoer, Scotland     BBC/Darlow Smithson ProductionsJulia Bradbury continues her new-found action-woman status with a foray into hardcore rockclimbing this week.

15 August 2007

Griff back in Highlands for tomorrow's Mountain

Griff Rhys Jones returns to Scotland tomorrow for the third programme in the Mountain series.Fresh from his ascent of two-thirds of Napes Needle and an out-of-Lakes excursion into the Howgills, Griff tries to keep up with members of Lochaber Athletics Club as they train for the annual Ben Nevis race.Griff Rhys Jones during the run up Britain's highest mountain Ben Nevis with a group training for the annual Ben Race    BBC/IWC MediaWe’re also promised a look at the former comedian tackling a more challenging Nevis route and a foray into the Cairn Gorm plateau to sample a night in a snow hole.

11 August 2007

Black Isle couple to appeal access ruling

A couple who were told to allow bikers and horse riders access to their Black Isle wood are to appeal against the court decision.Graham and Margot Tuley took over Feddonhill Wood from its previous owners, the Forestry Commission.

11 August 2007

Griff heads for the Lakes in second Mountain show

Set the recorders: the second programme in the Mountain series airs tomorrow, with presenter Griff Rhys Jones in the Lake District, in his new guise as all-conquering action hero.Griff Rhys Jones climbs Napes Needle BBC/IWC Media After his Cuillins adventure and conquering of Ben Hope and Suilven, Griff ropes up and tackles the more challenging Napes Needle, on the side of Great Gable.Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, dubbed the original ‘adrenalin junkie’ inspires the former Not the Nine O’Clock News comedian’s visit to Broad Stand, scene of many a fatal accident on Scafell.

04 August 2007

Tom Weir pilot programme to start filming

She tried to persuade television executives to make a programme about one of Scotland’s larger-than-life outdoor characters.They didn’t listen, so Edinburgh-based actress Vicki Balnaves is going one better: she’s making her own documentary.

07 August 2007

Walkers found safe after night on Cairngrorms mountain

Two women walkers were found safe after a night in storm conditions on a mountain in the Cairngorms.A massive rescue operation was launched after the pair made a 999 call to rescue services about 9.25 last night.

07 August 2007

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