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New canalside facilities for Banbury

AS PART of the North Oxfordshire expansion which will provide new homes and associated facilities, Cherwell District Council is keen to incorporate the canal South of Banbury into its plans.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Narrowboats too cold for winter living

HAVING recently attended two live-aboard boaters suffering pneumonia, a doctor has approached narrowboatworld telling of her concerns at the conditions of people living in narrowboats in winter.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Man talked off bridge

A MAN was talked down off the Worcester bridge over the Severn yesterday, after threatening to jump.

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Published: 10 November 2016

Wey & Arun gets IWA donation

THE restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal has benefited from £1,000 donated by the Guildford and Reading branch of the Inland Waterways Association.

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Published: 10 November 2016

Marina chooses charity for 2017

CHURCH Minshull Aqueduct Marina on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal has chosen Muscular Dystrophy UK, 'Anne's Wish' as its charity for 2017.

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Published: 10 November 2016

David: Vegetation (again)

WALKING and cruising the canals recently I have noticed some evidence that CaRT are beginning to tackle some of the vegetation issues that have been annoying many of us for so long.
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Published: 10 November 2016

Email: Is K&A closure legal?

Presumably CaRT need a legally valid reason to close a navigation? Any closure should also be no longer than necessary.

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Published: 09 November 2016

Beating the floods

A HOUSE has been developed by the company Larkfleet that beats the floods by being able to rise on jacks.

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Published: 09 November 2016

Man arrested over canal body

THE body of schoolgirl Lindsay Jo Rimer was discovered in the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge 21 years ago, with no one arrested—until now.

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Published: 09 November 2016

MP supports the Trust

THE Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne and Shadow Education Secretary, has signed up as a 'Friend' of Canal & River Trust, after a fact-finding visit to the Tame Aqueduct repair project on the Peak Forest Canal.

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Published: 09 November 2016

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Latest

  • 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
  • Increase in length of stoppage on Kennet & Avon due to low water
  • Man jailed for setting cruiser alight
  • Keadby Rail Draw Bridge stoppage fiasco and Keadby Lock open just four days this month
  • Already been decided
  • Canal & River Trust launches new Restoration Delivery Plan
  • No notice from Canal & River Trust concerning Keadby Rail Bridge closures
  • Good couple of days for the trust
  • Victor tells the trust could have saved millions of gallons of water every day

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