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Peak quarry inquiry hears objections
British Mountaineering Council representatives were at the opening of the public inquiry into the Longstone Edge quarry in the Peak District.Also at the hearing were former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley and Tory chief whip and local MP Patrick McLoughlin.The inspector told the packed meeting at Calver Village Hall that he would be basing his decision on the legal technicalities of the 1956 planning permission under which the quarry companies were operating.Objections were put to the inquiry by the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Peak District National Park Authority and the Save Longstone Edge Group.
Notorious Cuillins clan chief dies in London
The man who tried to sell the Cuillins for millions of pounds has died.John MacLeod of MacLeod caused outrage when he put the iconic Skye mountain range on the market for £10m.
Scots Exec's 'no' to Cairngorms expansion
The Scottish Executive has knocked back plans to enlarge the Cairngorms National Park.Sarah Boyack, deputy environment minister, told MSPs that no change would be considered until the park’s five-year plan is reviewed next year.Campaigners, including the Perthshire Alliance for the Real Cairngorms, want to move the boundary to take in several areas which lie outside the present park.
Inspector backs campaigners' green-space bid
A green space in a West Yorkshire town has been saved from development by local campaigners.Locals in Yeadon, in the shadow of Leeds-Bradford airport, succeeded in having an open space ruled to be a town green, which means it should not be built on.Inspector Alun Aylesbury ruled that Yeadon Banks had been used for recreation for 20 years and so could be registered as a green.
Natural England backs coastal access corridor
The Government’s official body on outdoor matters today recommended the setting up of a 4,500km-long access corridor around England’s coast.Natural England, which was set up last autumn, says there should be a new law to ensure public access to the country’s beaches and coastline.
Minister says Brecon must protect mining sites
Welsh environment minister Carwyn Jones has told a national park it must change its planning blueprint to safeguard sand and gravel mining sites.Park authorities in the Brecon Beacons say the ruling could have severe environmental implications.Despite 1,000 residents of Talybont-on-Usk signing a petition against mining in the area, the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) says the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority must protect the areas from being built upon in its local unitary development plan (UDP).It has been told it cannot adopt the UDP in its present form, which means all the park’s planning policies are put into doubt.
Taxing questions for Lowe Alpine marathon entrants
Competitors in this year’s Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon will get a reminder of their impact on the environment.Organisers say entrants will be quizzed on their journey to and from the event and given the chance to make a voluntary tax to offset their carbon dioxide generation.
Rivers access bill may be sunk by Government
An attempt to extend the right to roam to paddlers faces stormy waters.The Government blocked the second reading of a bill brought by Brighton MP Des Turner which would have given canoeists similar rights to those enjoyed by walkers and climbers in England and Wales.
RAF crew's tale of stricken rescue helicopter
With mountain rescue so prominent in much of the mainstream news media following this weekend’s incidents, there’s a timely insight into the work of one branch of our rescue services on the BBC website.A year ago, an RAF search-and-rescue crew was forced to leave its winchman on the side of a mountain in a blizzard, as weather conditions suddenly worsened.The aircraft crew then had to make a forced landing themselves as ice suddenly caused rotor-blade problems and the helicopter risked falling from the sky.The story by, Steven McKenzie, of Sea King XZ593’s mission to rescue a climber that itself became subject of a rescue, gives an insight into the world of the crews we hope we will never need to rely on and the horrific conditions they sometimes have to work in.The drama unfolded in the Coire an-t Sneachda, notorious now for the four deaths at the end of last year.You can read the story on the Highlands and Islands section of the BBC News website. .
Police name Glencoe death-fall climber
Police have named the man who fell his death on Bidean nam Bian on Saturday.He was Laird McMaster, 34, of Inverkip in Inverclyde.
Longridge campaigners go for green
Campaigners trying to save a Teesside wood say it should be classed as a village green.Kate Ashbrook (left) of the Open Spaces Society, which is backing residentsLongridge Wood at Marton, near Middlesbrough, is threatened by housing development.
Wainwright fans' trail campaign steps up a gear
The Wainwright Society is stepping up its campaign to have the Coast-to-Coast Walk designated a National Trail.The Society, formed to study and promote the works of the Grumpy Old Fellwalker known to his close friends as AW, to others as Alfred and to his paramour as Red, wants the route he devised classified in the same way as long distance paths such as the Pennine Way.Designation as a National Trail would bring investment and protection to the route, which runs the 192 miles from St Bee’s Head on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire.
Mountain marathon entries open this week
Entries open on Friday for the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon, which bills itself as the connoisseurs’ marathon.As usual, there’s no indication of the actual site of the event, other than the cryptic hint that it will take place two hours’ drive north of Edinburgh and Glasgow and 2¾ hours from Aberdeen.
Happy ending for trapped Lochnagar climber
A climber was rescued unharmed after finding himself stuck on a Highland mountain for five hours.The inexperienced winter mountaineer was told to stay put after calling police this morning.
Your chance to tell Tony 'no' to Peak quarrying
It’s now the done thing. Every Tom, Dick and Harriet with a point of view is petitioning Tony Blair to back their pet project. So why not lovers...
Eagle Tor closed to climbers
Climbers are being warned they are not welcome at a Peak bouldering site.The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) says the public should stay away from Eagle Tor near Birchover in Derbyshire after its owners said they were withdrawing access permission.The BMC said: “The owners are decent people with a young family and appreciate the quality of the crag.
BBC4 screening for second Wainwright walk
A reminder to lovers of Lakeland that the second in BBC4’s series Wainwright Walks airs tomorrow evening.Left: Sharp Edge on BlencathraJulia Bradbury leads us up Blencathra, following the Grumpy Old Fellwalker’s guide to the fells.
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