Disaster reservoir work begins
Final construction work has begun on the restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge. The Canal & River Trust says the project is expected to…
23 September 2022
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In Memoriam: Her Majesty The Queen on the waterways
The sad news of the Queen's passing came on 8th September 2022 as we were preparing our next issue for press, and we thought it…
11 September 2022
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Elton Moss buys Bickerstaffe
The Elton Moss boat group has bought the Bickerstaffe Boat Company.
Bickerstaffe, based near Liverpool, is unusual in building completed narrowboats with limited design options…
09 September 2022
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Restoration for historic Bridgewater Canal Company offices
The future of Bridgewater House, an 18th-century Grade-II listed building that was once the headquarters of the Bridgewater Canal Company, has hopefully been settled.
The…
31 August 2022
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Petition to include liveaboard boaters in fuel bill support
Liveaboard boater activists have started a petition to include off-grid households in the UK government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme, which would make a £400 grant…
31 August 2022
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Escape from the Weaver via the MSC
A procession of narrowboats surprised visitors at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port at the end of August, as they arrived from an unexpected…
24 August 2022
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CRT splits £500m canal engineering contract
The Canal & River Trust has split its main civil engineering contract between two contractors. Kier, the primary contractor for the last ten years, will…
23 August 2022
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Derby trip boat starts operating
The Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust starts public operation of its new electric trip boat Outram on 28th August. The new boat was completed in…
22 August 2022
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Grounding warning from River Canal Rescue
While water shortages cause canal closures in some parts of the inland waterway network, emergency service River Canal Rescue (RCR) has warned boaters to take…
17 August 2022
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CRT provides navigation update as drought declared
As a drought was declared on 15th August across most of England by the National Drought Group, the Canal & River Trust has introduced water-saving…
16 August 2022
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Source of River Thames dries out as drought looms
The source of the River Thames dried up so much by early August that there are no signs of aquatic life for its first several…
11 August 2022
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