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More waterfront housing

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

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Published: 20 July 2009

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.

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Published: 19 July 2009

BW Annual Report and Accounts published

BRITISH Waterways has just published its Annual Report and Accounts, and very upbeat it is too.
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Published: 18 July 2009

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.

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Published: 17 July 2009

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.

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Published: 17 July 2009

Gravel barge sinks narrowboat

A NARROWBOAT has been sunk by a gravel barge on the Trent.
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Published: 17 July 2009

Man arrested concerning canal murder

A MAN has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the murder of an illegal immigrant whose body was dumped in the Selby Canal.
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Published: 16 July 2009

The obsession with fencing

IT WAS Victor Swift who first publicised British Waterways current obsession with erecting fencing, to the detriment of maintenance, with many others now telling of this present wastage of money and resources.

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Published: 16 July 2009

More canal deaths

PEOPLE are ignoring the dangers of swimming in the canals, with more and more rescues, but the rescue at Brighouse was too late.

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Published: 16 July 2009

Towpath robber jailed

THE towpath of the Nottingham Canal in the city is now a safer place, as the man carrying out the series of robberies reported in narrowboatworld has been caught and jailed.
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Published: 16 July 2009

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Latest

  • Chip pan fire burns out narrowboat
  • Stoke Bruerne Flight closed
  • Canal Trust gets 10th Green Flag Award
  • Two more canals closed through lack of water making it eight altogether
  • Rain desperately needed as six more navigations closed
  • Aldermaston Lift Bridge 28 bridge has sustained damage
  • Montgomery Canal 'a sea of mud'
  • Staveley Waterside Building still empty
  • Another broken balance beam closes lock
  • More problems caused through low on water
  • Boats grounding on the Lee Navigation
  • Waterways reopened
  • Hurleston Flight closed
  • Another fallen tree restricts navigation
  • A struggle to keep the waterways open
  • Helping canal visitors stay hydrated during heat wave
  • Will your gang plank be long enough?
  • Work progressing on Diglis Small Lock
  • Heavy boating use closes canal
  • Floating restaurant for Trent & Mersey Canal

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