London boaters start new litter picking group
A collection of London boaters is attempting to start a community litter picking group to set an example on the capital’s increasingly dirty towpaths.
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03 November 2025
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Lottery funding for historic Oxford Canal boat
The Jericho Living Heritage Trust has been awarded £210,728 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore a historic narrowboat on the Oxford Canal.
Built…
03 November 2025
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Weekend of vandalism on London canals
The Canal & River Trust estimates a five-figure bill has been run up for emergency works, after a careless boater twice rammed the top gates…
28 October 2025
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Concerns over Great Ouse river maintenance
A leading boatyard owner on the Great Ouse has expressed growing fears at the state of sluices on the river.
Ben Jones operates over 250…
28 October 2025
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MPs hear about waterway climate change impact
The Waterways All-Party Parliamentary Group has heard expert evidence from the Canal & River Trust, and particularly the Middle Level Commissioners, on the expected results…
22 October 2025
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Hire business 'faces ruin’ after summer drought
One of the most experienced canal business operators has gone public in appealing to the Canal & River Trust for support, following the near-complete summer-long…
22 October 2025
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Company gifts for the Chesterfield Canal
Two corporate donations have brightened up the Chesterfield Canal in recent weeks.
At the Hollingwood Hub base of the Chesterfield Canal Trust, the B&Q DIY…
16 October 2025
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Chinese to enter European cruise market
Dutch shipbuilder Concordia Damen has started construction of a new river cruise vessel for Century Cruises, one of China’s leading river cruise operators. The vessel…
14 October 2025
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CRT launches new litter workboat for Walsall
Walsall Council, frustrated by the amount of litter in the borough’s canals, has funded a new workboat worth £193,000 for the Canal & River Trust.…
14 October 2025
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Wigan Locks reopen
Two narrowboats finally ended a four-month midsummer stoppage of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on a dull morning in September.
The 21-lock Wigan flight had…
14 October 2025
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Next-generation plastic reaches maturity as a narrowboat material
A pioneering plastics manufacturer has formed a new division to separate its growing boat-building business from its origins in everyday-plastics.
Formation Plastics caused a stir…
13 October 2025
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