People who enjoy walking in the Lake District might be interested to note that police are currently looking to combat the issue of wild campers in the area’s Duddon Valley.

The authorities have been receiving complaints about the amount of litter and human waste being disposed of in the Ulpha Bridge and Ulpha Flats regions of the national park as people flock to the beauty spots to picnic and camp out every weekend.

And this, according to Lake District national park ranger Chris Berry, is now causing a "very worrying situation", meaning that the police are having to get involved in order to try to stamp out the problem.

He explained that the area had been visited for generations, but expressed his concern that people are now not heeding the ‘no camping’ signs there.

Meanwhile, a group of volunteers who helped maintain several walking trails in the Lake District were given a cash reward at the Marsh Heritage Awards last week, Grough reported.