The trust awarded £574,000 for Anderton Boat Lift
THE Canal & River Trust has been awarded a £574,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the development of a major repair and refurbishment project at Anderton Boat Lift.
Warning to keep off frozen canal
THOUGH now more for future freezing spells, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin councils and Ellesmere Town Council have issued pleas to people to stay away from the ice.
Victor finds it the slow season...
THE slow season for news that is, with people involved with Christmas, and so little information.
Written questions on CaRT funding
MICHAEL Fabricant, MP for Lichfield and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Waterways Group (APPWG) has continued to press Defra to make an announcement on CaRT future funding.
The way it affects boating
WHAT you do not tell about the 'ridiculous' number of swing bridge breakdowns is the way it affects boating, writes, Colin Sebastian.
Continuing the Wey & Arun restoration
CONTINUING the Wey & Arun restoration volunteers have begun restoring the restoration of the canal at Birtley in Surrey.
Victor wonders at the lack of concern
THE most important subject today concerning the waterways is indeed the matter of energy bills support for liveaboards.
Energy bills support for boaters in the national fuel crisis
OVER the past few months, there has been a lot of understandable confusion and anxiety within our community over the situation regarding boaters’ access to financial assistance during the UK’s ongoing fuel and cost-of-living crisis.
Getting their act together
IT SEEMS that, in spite of freezing temperatures, the same boater reports that the contractors at Shebdon have got their act together, writes Anne of Nabo.