A group of wild campers was rescued from a Lake District fell during an overnight thunderstorm. Patterdale Mountain Rescue ...

A critically ill hillwalker suffering from the heat was airlifted from the Cheviots, on the eve of the summer solstice.

A mountain bothy that has been closed to the public for more than 11 years after asbestos was found in it will be demolished. A replacement for Culra Bothy will be built by the charity that cares for ...

Volunteer mountain rescuers have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Richard Warren, a stalwart of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, was appointed an OBE for services to mountain rescue in ...

A stretcher box high in the Lake District fells has been ransacked, rescuers said. Visitors to the site at Mickledore also left a disposable barbecue and other rubbish. The metal container, 840m ...

A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring herself in a fall on Blencathra. The woman fell between 5m and 7m on a rocky section of Hall’s Fell Ridge on Thursday. The walker’s partner called for ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found by walkers near the Pennine Way in 2004. North Yorkshire Police said a 61-year-old man has been arrested on ...

A walker has died after being found collapsed on a mountain in Eryri. A group of six walkers found the man, in his 60s, alone and unresponsive on Cadair Idris on Tuesday. The members of the public ...

A good waterproof jacket is one of the essential pieces of kit if you’re heading for the hills in winter. UK weather is unpredictable and during our prolonged testing of the jackets in this review we ...

A new national nature reserve is being created on the moorlands near the home of the literary Brontë sisters in West Yorkshire. Penistone Hill Country Park at Haworth is one of eight areas making up ...