ANOTHER WATERWAY IS CLOSED due to lack of water.

This time it is the Rochdale Canal, Keith Gudgin reports.

A navigation closure is in place between pounds from Lock 20 to Lock 24, we are told this is due to a boater operational error.

Micklethwaite Swing BridgeHow a 'boater operational error' can cause low water over four separate pounds is not stated.

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

With the drop in temperature Micklethwaite Swing Bridge 199 on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is working again. [Photograph by Pennine Waterways.]

The heat had closed the swing bridge yesterday, but the issue has been resolved and the swing bridge is now open for navigation.