Change for giant heads
THE two giant horses heads planned for the Forth & Clyde Canal, considered a waste of money, are still going ahead but facing a different way.
Support for the lost route to the sea
REGULAR readers will be well aware of the sterling work of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust in restoring the 'lost route to the sea'.
Stenson Bridge to be repaired at £200,000
THE bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at Stenson that had its parapet destroyed when a farmers' trailer toppled through it, is to be repaired at an estimated cost of £200,000.
Crime pays for two boats
MANY boaters have met Adrian Lane, one of the riverside rangers on the Leicester section of the Soar, whose small team have won a bid for funds from the Leicester & Rutland Criminal Justice Board.
BW recognises best volunteer projects
BRITISH Waterways is celebrating the importance of volunteers to the nation's canals and rivers by recognising ten groups across the regions whose work, it states, has dramatically benefited the waterways over the past 12 months.
BW backs down over 'outrageous' affair
BRITISH Waterways who put Tardebigge New Wharf residents' cottages up for sale without giving residents notice or first choice to buy, have backed down after an MPs involvement.
Still more houses by the canal
SOME ten years ago cruising through Burton-on-Trent on the Trent & Mersey Canal was fairly rural at its northern side, but massive development brought many houses.
Irresponsible anglers warned
THE RSPCA is asking anglers to take more care when fishing as their hooks are causing distress to swans on the River Great Ouse near Ely.
Work at Vale Royal
WORK is now well underway on the the smaller of the two locks at Vale Royal on the Weaver including the wall that collapsed six years ago.
Towpath mugging
A TEENAGER was mugged on the towpath of the Rochdale Canal at Todmorden on Tuesday and left very shaken.