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Van dumped in canal

AFTER stealing a van, the thieves took off the handbrake and pushed it into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn yesterday (Thursday).

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Published: 27 August 2010

Houses at Willow Grange

WILLOW Grange, the former headquarters of British Waterways was opened as a new housing complex yesterday (Thursday).
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Published: 27 August 2010

Objections to canalside development

FORMER Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy, is leading the campaign to stop a development by the Caledonian Canal.

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Published: 27 August 2010

12 boats burgled in night raid

THIEVES swooped on the moorings by the Ash Tree pub at Rugeley on the Trent & Mersey Canal in the middle of the night breaking into 12 boats.

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Published: 27 August 2010

Chaos as police close Oxford Canal

WITH the discovery of a woman's body in the Oxford Canal on Tuesday, the police cordoned off  the waterway, resulting in chaos for boaters.

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Published: 26 August 2010

Saved a bad experience

THE boater who can't cruise to the Liverpool Link, having been refused booking by BW, should actually think himself lucky. He has been saved a bad experience in my opinion, writes Janet Gunningham.

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Published: 26 August 2010

Given itself permission

WEST Northamptonshire Development Corporation has given itself permission to build facilities at its new marina  on the Nene in Northampton.

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Published: 26 August 2010

New canal books

TWO new publications about the Wey & Arun Canal restoration project have been launched by W&A Enterprises Ltd , the trading arm of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust.

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Published: 26 August 2010

No clean-up at Harecastle

A COUNCILLOR is complaining of British Waterways attitude towards the state of the waterway around Harecastle Tunnel.

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Published: 26 August 2010

More development for the Caldon

A MASSIVE £3 millions canalside development is planned for the Caldon Canal in Hanley.

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Published: 26 August 2010

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