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Still hope for Mann's Bridge

THERE is still hope that the A46 widening at Mann's Bridge on the Grantham Canal could  be built allowing height for boats to pass underneath.

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Published: 19 April 2010

Oil dumped in waterway

BOATING on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was affected over the week-end as British Waterways and the Environment Agency cleared up an oil slick that polluted the waterway.

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Published: 19 April 2010

Snail mail

FOUR empty Royal Mail bags have been discovered dumped by the side of the Selby Canal.

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Published: 19 April 2010

100 attractions at festival

THE Chesterfield Canal Festival that is being held in Worksop, by Morse Lock, promises to be the best yet.

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Published: 19 April 2010

Don't blame BW

PEOPLE, businesses and even a councillor are blaming British Waterways for the litter along the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal through Nelson.
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Published: 19 April 2010

Anglers under fire

ANGLERS are under fire in the Forum at the moment, with boaters telling a few home truths.

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Published: 17 April 2010

Handy timber

THE many fences that are being erected around the system by British Waterways are providing handy timber.

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Published: 16 April 2010

Papering over the cracks

IT WAS good to see Ralph Freeman highlighting the lock next to the Dog & Doublet on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal as an example of how a gate can be made to fit, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 April 2010

More canals for anglers

PREVIOUSLY  unlicenced sections of the canal network have been made available to anglers by British Waterways.

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Published: 15 April 2010

Cromford Canal—SSSI or what?

MY DAILY commute takes me alongside the formerly restored stretch of the Cromford Canal between Ambergate and Cromford, and for the past three or four weeks, extensive works have been going on involving heavy diggers and other machinery, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 14 April 2010

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Latest

  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly

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