A THREE‑year‑old from Kendal has become the youngest known person to complete all 214 peaks in Alfred Wainwright’s celebrated Lakeland guides, finishing the challenge in just five months. Navy Moores began his impressive effort in May and completed it on Sunday after summiting Scafell Pike, having walked more than 510Continue Reading
TWENTY‑eight years after leaving his hometown of Hull, British adventurer Karl Bushby has finally stepped back onto UK soil, completing one of the most extraordinary feats of human endurance ever recorded. Bushby arrived on Shakespeare Beach, south of Dover, this week after swimming the English Channel – a trip thatContinue Reading
DRIVERS are being urged to take extra care around woodland and rural roads as deer become more active with the approach of peak rutting season. The autumn rut is a familiar spectacle in the countryside as male deer range more widely and compete for females. But it also coincides withContinue Reading
BADGER baiting, damage to bat roosts and disturbance of seals feature in the latest annual review of wildlife crime in the UK. The tenth annual Wildlife Crime Report, published by Wildlife and Countryside Link recorded 2,149 suspected incidents in 2025 and 41 convictions across the offences it covers – fewerContinue Reading
A RECORD 1,350 wildfires were reported in the UK in 2026, prompting fire chiefs and climate advisers to warn that the country is not prepared for the risks that lay ahead. Figures from the National Fire Chiefs Council, seen by BBC File on 4 Investigates, show this year’s total wasContinue Reading
A PIONEERING experiment is testing whether one of the North Sea’s most important ecosystem-building shellfish can be brought back to the seabed of Dogger Bank The first 15,000 horse mussels have been placed on the sea floor in what could become an important step towards restoring one of the NorthContinue Reading
ALEXANDER Millington-Cotes says he has spent two years trying to find Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and is now seeking £55,000 for specialist legal help The stepson of the legendary explorer has launched a £55,000 fundraising appeal to pay for specialist legal advice in an attempt to establish where Fiennes is and,Continue Reading
THERE are some tents that you approach with a degree of expectation, and the Robens Lodge 3 Exp is undoubtedly one of them. For several years, Robens has consistently delivered a technical masterclass with its tent range which – since its 2022 collection – has felt more like setting anContinue Reading
A 28-year-old British climber has died after falling approximately 60 metres (200ft) while descending from one of the highest mountains in northern Spain. The man fell into a gully on the eastern face of Torrecerredo in the Picos de Europa on Thursday afternoon, according to Guardia Civil officers. Emergency servicesContinue Reading
BRITAIN’S greatest explorer has spent a lifetime disappearing into the world’s most hostile places. Extraordinarily, over the last few months, his friends and family have been saying they don’t know where he is. For more than half a century, Fiennes has gone where most sensible people would prefer not toContinue Reading
