Boat lift or a wheel for Daventry

A BOAT lift or even a wheel are the preferred options for a new canal arm—at Daventry.

Trent hydro-electric scheme would cause drastic flooding

PLANS to install an hydro-electric plant at Sawley Weir on the Trent above Sawley Cut would necessitate raising it, which in turn would cause drastic flooding at Sawley Marina and the Cut.

Boater will be tried for manslaughter

THE man who was arrested for the killing of boater David Tweddle during a mooring argument at Garstang on the Lancaster Canal has been charged and bailed.

First signs of Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway

AT LONG last there is the first tangible signs of the proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway actually taking shape.

£400 millions freight terminal

PLANNING permission has been granted for a £400 millions port and cargo hub that it is claimed will create more than 2,000 jobs.

More waterfront housing

THE latest plans for waterfront housing in on the former site of Mexborough Power Station on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation.

Aqueduct planned for the Ashby

PLANS have just been revealed for the proposals for the extension of the derelict Ashby Canal which include an aqueduct over Measham High Street.

BW Annual Report and Accounts published

Lancaster death was boat rage

THE latest twist to the tragic story of the boater's death on the Lancaster Canal is that it was boat rage, with two narrowboats attempting to get into the moorings and colliding.

Death could have been over mooring rights

THE death of a boater on the Lancaster Canal as reported in narrowboatworld yesterday (Thursday) could have been about mooring rights.