IWA Parliamentarian of the Year Andrew Bridgen MP recently visited Sawley Lock to meet the local volunteers that work alongside the Canal & River Trust
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Author: Phil Pickin
Photographer, journalist and features writer.
Canal volunteers tackle nuisance invasive weed on Leicestershire’s waterways
VOLUNTEERS have been helping the Canal & River Trust to tackle a nuisance invasive weed on Leicestershire’s waterways. The volunteers have been helping the Trust,
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Improved canal towpath opens in Stone
THE Canal & River Trust, working in partnership with Staffordshire County Council, has officially reopened the newly improved stretch of the Trent & Mersey Canal
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Andrew Bridgen MP Named IWA Parliamentarian of the Year 2019
NORTH West Leicestershire MP, Andrew Bridgen, was named The Inland Waterways Association’s Parliamentarian of the Year at a reception held in The Houses of Parliament.
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IWA Launches £100,000 Waterways in Progress Grant
THE Inland Waterways Association (IWA) launched its new Waterways in Progress Grant at a reception in the Houses of Parliament on Monday. The grant offers
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Milestone and photo campaigns launched as part of bicentenary celebrations
AS PART of the Lancaster Canal Bicentenary celebrations, the Canal & River Trust is asking the public to help with two important initiatives during 2019.
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Celebrating blooms by the water
TAKE a stroll along a towpath on a summer’s day and your head and heart will be soothed by the tranquillity of the environment, and
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Charity launches children’s poetry competition celebrating Llangollen Canal
WATERWAYS and wellbeing charity, Glandŵr Cymru – the Canal & River Trust in Wales – is today launching a children’s poetry competition celebrating the Llangollen
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Working all hours to reopen canal at Burnley
THE Canal & River Trust is working 12 hour days as part of a major project to repair the lining of the Leeds & Liverpool
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Record number of boats at Canalway Cavalcade
THE early May Bank Holiday weekend saw the 37th annual IWA Canalway Cavalcade taking place in Little Venice, London. Unsettled weather across the weekend didn’t
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Latest boat count from CRT
THE Canal & River Trust’s annual national boat count shows that licence compliance on its waterways remains high with 96.5% of boaters holding a valid
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Loughborough campaign against pollution
A GROUP of community-minded volunteers in Loughborough are looking for people to join their crusade against rubbish and plastics in the town’s waterways. The group,
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Waterways volunteer groups launch Brindley 250 campaign
A RECENT membership drive launched by The Inland Waterways Association’s Warwickshire Branch, brought together IWA branch members, local canal restoration group, Old Mortonians and also
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CHESHIRE PADDLE BOARDING CLUB WINS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD FOR RIVER ADOPTION WORK
Hundreds of pieces of plastic waste and rubbish have been prevented from reaching the Irish Sea over the last year, thanks to a ground-breaking river
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