Two Cumbrian men have each been jailed for four years three months for felling the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall in ...

A man has died after falling from Sharp Edge on Blencathra in the northern Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to the incident about 1.40pm on Saturday. A team spokesperson said: ...

Thieves have vandalised a volunteer rescuers’ donation box and stolen its contents. The box, belonging to Penrith Mountain Rescue Team, was at a remote location at the car park at Mardale Head. A team ...

Adventurer Alex Staniforth has completed his charity challenge to summit all of England and Wales’s mountains. The Kendal-based athlete ascended 446 peaks, taking 45 days to achieve the task, without ...

A group of wild campers was rescued from a Lake District fell during an overnight thunderstorm. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about midnight on Sunday to go to the aid of three people on ...

A critically ill hillwalker suffering from the heat was airlifted from the Cheviots, on the eve of the summer solstice. Volunteers from Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and North of ...

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 ...

Supreme Court judges have unanimously backed Dartmoor National Park Authority in its case to allow backpacking camping on commons in the area. The judges dismissed an appeal by Alexander and Diana ...

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 caver has died after falling in Diccan Pot in the Yorkshire Dales. The Cave Rescue Organisation was alerted shortly before 12.30pm on Sunday to the incident near Selside. A team spokesperson said ...

Kim Collison has won the Montane Winter Spine Race. The Cumbria-based athlete led the race from its early stages on Sunday, and arrived at the finish in Kirk Yetholm, with a provisional time of 3 days ...