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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two men were warned they face lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of felling the celebrated tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall. A jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Daniel Graham, 39, ...

Endurance runner Tom Hollins has set a new record for a self-supported round of the Wainwright fells. The Montane athlete successfully summited his final peak in a time of 8 days 9hrs 44mins, easily ...

A walker was helped by two other walkers after she became stuck on Swirral Edge on Helvellyn. The 22-year-old called police about 5.30pm on Friday when she was unable to make her way forwards or ...

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 ...