narrowboatworld
  • Home
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Hire Guide

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.

Details
Published: 08 August 2019

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.

Details
Published: 08 August 2019

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.

Details
Published: 07 August 2019

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.

Details
Published: 07 August 2019

Standedge Tunnel still closed

STANDEDGE Tunnel that was closed on Monday has still not been reopened.

Details
Published: 07 August 2019

How can it be taken to a higher level?

I AGREE with John Coxon that 'We need a full public enquiry into this incident and all the other failures of the system supposedly maintained by CaRT', writes Bill Ridgeway.

Details
Published: 07 August 2019

Dismal maintenance in the full public eye

THE growing evidence against CaRT’s dismal maintenance of the dam is now in the full public eye, writes Kevin McNiff.

Details
Published: 07 August 2019

Here come the excuses

I'VE HEARD heard some rubbish from CaRT but this really takes the biscuit, It now says: 'Toddbrook dam was inspected twice a week'! writes John Coxon.

Details
Published: 05 August 2019

Binned IWA subscription

ON FRIDAY I received my annual application for membership of the Inland Waterways Association, and have binned it, writes Joan Phillips.

Details
Published: 05 August 2019

Close the canal so nothing moves—okay for CaRT

CLOSING the whole of the Macclesfield Canal, the Lower Peak Forest Canal and the Upper Peak Forest Canal is, I think, nothing but a knee-jerk reaction, writes Bill Ridgeway.

Details
Published: 05 August 2019

Page 560 of 1401

  • 555
  • 556
  • 557
  • 558
  • 559
  • 560
  • 561
  • 562
  • 563
  • 564

Latest

  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure
  • Oxford Canal closed until October
  • 'Small breach' on Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
  • Trial measures to support safe navigation at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
  • Another consultation
  • From evidence to action
  • What you missed
  • Trying to keep the boats moving
  • Families and animal lovers invited to free nature day at Stoke Bruerne
  • More good news with canals recovering
  • Canalside café gears up for busy Autumn
  • Closures through low water getting most serious
  • Gate 'structural integrity' closes Froghall Basin Lock

Search