Montgomery takes another step forward
RESTORATION of the Montgomery Canal has taken another step forward with the application for planning permission to rebuild Schoolhouse Bridge.
CaRT tells Toddbrook Reservoir needs rebuilding
A SPOKESMAN for the Environment Agency maintains Toddbrook Reservoir requires significant engineering works.
Someone should have noticed
YOUR correspondent Mrs L Hartley’s letter is the first that I have read which mentions the state of the valves controlling the working of the reservoir, writes Roger Fox.
Horses at Work' returns to the National Waterways Museum
THE popular 'Horses at Work' event returns to the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port.
Objectors don't want student flats by canal
NEW plans for Leamington canal side student flats have been re-submitted after original plans were withdrawn.
Sick joke caused police search
THE police in Birmingham responded to the report of a body in a canal, but discovered it was a sick joke.
Bugs to control invasive canal weed
THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is enlisting the help of 1,000 tiny bugs to help control an invasive water fern which can clog the waterway and threaten other plants, fish and invertebrae.
No CART employees though torrents the previous evening
I HAD been videoing and photographing the situation [at Toddbrook Reservoir] since Sunday prior to the incident, writes Mrs. L Hartley.
Make-shift and inadequate repair of canal structure
Despite Richard Parry's response on national television that they had money for maintenance, writes Brian D Jarrett.
Standedge Tunnel still closed
STANDEDGE Tunnel that was closed on Monday has still not been reopened.