Canals to form part of UK Government response to climate change
The Canal & River Trust has published a Climate Adaptation Report, joining almost 60 other UK public bodies in submitting their visions for meeting the…
24 January 2025
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CRT hunts for new chief executive as Parry stands down
The Canal & River Trust is searching for a new chief executive, after Richard Parry announced that he will leave the post later this year. …
23 January 2025
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Restoration of brick and Stone
One of the most familiar sights of the Trent & Mersey Canal, the old Joule’s brewery stables and warehousing in Stone, has had a full…
21 January 2025
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CRT launches new Impact Report
In an effort to point out the value of inland waterways to the UK economy, the Canal & River Trust has issued its latest Impact…
16 January 2025
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Memories of the 1971 Bridgewater breach and repair
The latest Bridgewater breach is a near-copy of the the one in 1971, which closed the canal for nearly two years. Ian McCarthy, a witness of…
15 January 2025
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Stover Canal breach
The Stover Canal restoration in Devon must sadly be added to the list of severely damaged canals at the end of 2024.
This short but…
15 January 2025
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Fund Britain’s Waterways cruise begins
The Fund Britain’s Waterways umbrella organisation begins a national campaign cruise at the end of March, planned to culminate in an assembly outside parliament in…
15 January 2025
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Wilts & Berks restoration gains, despite Swindon threat
The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) has expressed worries about an application that might scotch long-term plans for the restoration to run through the…
14 January 2025
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Marina plans to go net-zero with solar farm
Aston Marina, on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Stone, has gained planning approval for a new solar farm that could make it ‘net zero’. …
13 January 2025
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First cargo for new 500-tonne barge on NE waterways
Casper River & Canal Transport, a new company formed in 2024 for inland shipping on NE waterways, moved its first official cargo on 9th January.…
13 January 2025
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Twin trip-boats reunited
Two restaurant/trip-boats that operated successively on the Peak Forest Canal from the 1980s have been reunited to work together on the Staffs & Worcs Canal.…
12 January 2025
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