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BCN teams up with Fund Britain's Waterways for cruise

THIS YEAR THE Birmingham Canal Navigation Society (BNCS) have teamed up with the Fund Britain’s Waterway Campaign to jointly organise an Icicle Cruise to Walsall Town Arm over the weekend of the 20th/21st March 2026, Keith Gudgin reports.

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Published: 04 December 2025

Richard Parry patron of Avon Navigation Trust

FORMER CANAL & RIVER TRUST Chief Executive Richard Parry has become a Patron of the river championing Avon Navigation Trust. (ANT).

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Published: 04 December 2025

Paddington Arm will be in a canyon

A LONG-RUNNING BATTLE by the Grand Union Canal in Paddington has resulted in a 600 bed Baltic Wharf student towers project being built.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Landowner causes Worcester & Birmingham Canal to remain closed

THE WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL and towpath is closed by a fallen tree in the waterway at Shortwood Tunnel West Portal.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Macclesfield swing bridge out of action

ONCE AGAIN THE Royal Oak Swing Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal is out of action.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Win a year's RCR Silver Membership (or a place on a maintenance course)

TO CELEBRATE River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes throughout the year.

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Published: 03 December 2025

It's that bridge again and again and again!

THIS CAN ONLY BE THE sliding rail bridge over the Stainforth & Keadby Canal at Keadby.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Another problem with Bar Lane Swing Bridge

WHEN THE ENGINEERS visited the Bar Lane Swing Bridge 197 they discovered two problems.

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Published: 03 December 2025

Dot Piper obituary

I  learned yesterday of the death of Dot Piper, writes I Dugald Campbell.

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Published: 01 December 2025

Congratulate the litter pickers

I must congratulate the Nomadic Litterpickers on their litter picking and general cleaning-up of the canals, writes Arnold Pearce.

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Published: 01 December 2025

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Latest

  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly
  • Another quickie
  • Illegal floating encampment activity removed

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