New lock landing stages too short
OVER £74,000 has been spent on lock landing stages by the Environment Agency on the Nene that boaters claim are too short.
Tattenhall Marina offically opened
Man arrested for boat fire
THE police have arrested someone in connection with the cruiser fire at Carnforth, who it seems went on a rampage.
Gravel by canal as an excuse
CEMEX is using the excuse that it will transport gravel by the Trent & Mersey Canal as a ploy to get planning permission to start extraction at three new sites.
Will they ever learn?
Time and time again warnings are issued about the dangers of swimming in canals and rivers, yet every year young people take to the water, often with dire consequences.
BW seal famous cave for the bats
THE fate of the Devils Den cave at Prestwood near Kinver on the Staffs & Worcs Canal has now been sealed up—for the bats.
Regent's Canal claims another victim
Council will not allow fence
THOUGH British Waterways gave permission for a home owner to erect a fence at the bottom of the garden, it must now be removed.
Two strikes and you're out!
SUCH is the anti-social behaviour at a British Waterways marina, that the manager has had to introduce a 'two strikes and you're out' regime to attempt to quell it.
Campaign to open duplicated locks
THE Stoke-on Trent Branch of the Inland Waterways Association and the Trent & Mersey Canal Society have launched a campaign to reopen the disused locks on Heartbreak Hill.