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Plug pulled on winter NEC boat show
BoatLife, the UK boat show scheduled for 6th-9th February 2025 at the Birmingham NEC, has been cancelled. The news was announced by the organisers on 8th November.
First staged in 2022 as an indoor winter event that covered inland, coastal and watersports, it ran for three years as an independent show, before being bought out by the NEC group’s Pendigo Events subsidiary earlier this year.
As recently as October Pendigo said it would be investing further in the show, and the announcement came as a surprise. No reason was given,…
11 November 2024
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Unregistered Thames boaters fined £18,000 in one day
Staines Magistrates Court had a busy day on 22nd October as 14 boat-owners were fined a total of over £18,000 for failing to register their…
19 November 2024
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Obituary: Timothy West (1934-2024)
Few people have done more in the last few decades to bring the waterways to public attention than the acting couple Timothy West and Prunella…
19 November 2024
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Sixteen-month closure for Forth & Clyde flight
The Inland Waterway Association has criticised a 16-month closure of the Falkirk lock flight at the eastern end of the Forth & Clyde Canal.
The…
08 November 2024
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ABC promotes beer to boaters
Hire-boat company ABC is supplying a special beer to its weekly hire customers at four of its hire bases on the Llangollen Canal.
The beer,…
06 November 2024
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Broads Authority pleads for navigation funding
The Broads Authority is pleading for a permanent government navigation supplement to its funding, after revealing it faces a shortfall of £394,000 for 2025/26.
In…
06 November 2024
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Big canal contractor acquires BCN marina
Waterways contractor the Rothen Group, whose name is perhaps best known for the workboats it operates around the connected network, has become a marina chain…
06 November 2024
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More land for Lichfield
Barely sooner had the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust been granted possession of over 700 yards of canal route for the next stage of…
04 November 2024
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CRT sells Northwich
The Canal & River Trust has finally sold Navigation Yard in Northwich, the former north-west regional headquarters it closed in 2019. The trust tried unsuccessfully…
04 November 2024
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CRT sells Royal Armouries site
The Canal & River Trust continued the churn of its property portfolio in October when it put the lease of the Royal Armouries Museum in…
29 October 2024
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New bridge for Chesterfield restoration
The Chesterfield Canal restoration gained an impressive and useful landmark in late October when a new bridge for the Trans Pennine Trail was lowered into…
28 October 2024
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