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Victor shows where our money goes

WOULD YOU BELIEVE that Canal & River Trusts total employment costs were equivalent to 76.7% of its combined income from boating, moorings and government grants in 2025/26?

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Published: 02 November 2026

Better by water—not if it's a canal embankment

By Ralph Freeman BSc(Hons)

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Published: 02 November 2026

Liveaboards to be included in £100 energy payment 

CANAL & RIVER TRUST calls for liveaboard boaters to be included in £100 energy payment.

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Published: 02 November 2026

Dredging to start at Gloucester Docks

AFTER SIGNIFICANT BUILD-UP of silt in Gloucester Docks, dredging is to start.

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Published: 30 October 2026

Good news on the Huddersfield Narrow

THE HUDDERSFIELD NARROW CANAL has now reopened after a successful repair.

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Published: 30 October 2026

Little hope of LLangollen opening

IT SEEMS TO BE A BAD NEWS DAY today, with little hope of the Llangollen Canal reopening anytime soon.

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Published: 30 October 2026

Bosley Flight soon closed again

IT WAS EARLY THIS MONTH that the Bosley Flight was reopened after a long closure.

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Published: 30 October 2026

A common-sense alternative

A COMMON-SENSE ALTERNATIVE—Rebuilding navigation operations from the ground up, by Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 29 October 2026

Is there a leak/breach on the Oxford

WHILST MOST WATERWAYS have now recovered from lack of water, the Oxford Canal has not.

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Published: 29 October 2026

Winter maintenance for paddles

SURELY WINTER MAINTENANCE for paddles would save all those stoppages, writes James Dudley.

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Published: 29 October 2026

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  • Victor shows where our money goes
  • Better by water—not if it's a canal embankment
  • Liveaboards to be included in £100 energy payment 
  • Dredging to start at Gloucester Docks
  • Good news on the Huddersfield Narrow
  • Little hope of LLangollen opening
  • Bosley Flight soon closed again
  • A common-sense alternative
  • Is there a leak/breach on the Oxford
  • Winter maintenance for paddles
  • Water voles cause havoc on restoration
  • Whitworth breach progress
  • Concern about lithium-ion batteries
  • Damaged tunnel to have shield inserted
  • Storms cause major disruption to the waterways
  • Lichfield & Hatherton canal restoration problems
  • Our site was not compromised
  • A back-of-a-fag-packet calculation
  • And still they come
  • Christmas days out and events on the canals

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