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Councils put on Green Alert as campaign launches

Campaigners have put every local authority in England and Wales on alert – against the threat to village greens.The Open Spaces Society launched its Green Alert.

Thousands tackle Ten Tors challenge in 24C heat

More than 2,000 walkers hit the hills of Dartmoor this weekend for the Ten Tors challenge, in soaring temperatures which were in marked contrast to those a year ago when the event was abandoned.Temperatures of 24C meant the 2,400 young competitors were at risk of heat exhaustion rather than the more usual hypothermia.

End path inaction, say campaigners

Campaigners say a county council should stop shilly-shallying and map paths that should have been recorded more than a quarter of a century ago.The Open Spaces Society says Suffolk County Council still hasn’t produced an official map of its public paths, despite a law demanding it do so being passed 27 years ago.

Cave rescuers carry out 'extreme' clean-up

Rescue volunteers put their skills to use at the weekend to reach parts of a Yorkshire Dales beauty spot others cannot reach.One of the Cave Rescue Organisation's vehiclesMembers of the Cave Rescue Organisation used specialist mountaineering and potholing techniques to clean up the area around Ingleton waterfalls.

82-year-old walker airlifted after Lakes fall

An 82-year-old fellwalker was airlifted to hospital after suffering head injuries in a fall.The man, from Maryport, Cumbria, was injured on Rannerdale Knotts, overlooking Crummock Water, yesterday afternoon.

Change of name for national parks body

A campaigning body has changed its name to avoid confusion over its role.The Council for National Parks will keep its initials, but become the Campaign for National Parks.

Walker dies in fall on An Teallach

A man has died after a fall on a Highland mountain.The walker fell 200m (650ft) from An Teallach, near Dundonnell, in Wester Ross.

'No need for signs' in field where cows trampled woman

An expert witness told a court that a farmer was under no obligation to put up warning signs in a field where a woman was trampled by cows.Peter Pitchford was called by Cumbria farmer John Cameron’s legal representatives in the case in which company director Shirley McKaskie is claiming £1m in compensation after she was knocked unconscious by a herd of cows at Greystoke.Christopher Purchas QC, acting for Ms McKaskie, suggested that it was not a proper option to do nothing when cows with calves were put in a field in which there was a footpath.