THE Canal & River Trust has begun a comprehensive programme of works to repair and replace 12 lock gates along the 46-mile Chesterfield Canal this
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Environment Agency announces new charges for boat registrations
THE Environment Agency will increase the cost of boat registrations on its waterways from 2019 to help ensure a sustainable service for thousands of boat
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Licence fees frozen in 2019
THE Canal & River Trust is today confirming that headline private and business boat licence fees will be frozen for 2019 and will remain at
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Free waterside library launched at Leeds
A LIBRARY with a difference is now available in Rodley, encouraging people to visit their local canal and pick up a book at the same
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Urban theme to stoppage open days
WORK has begun on a six-month-long programme of repairs to England and Wales’ waterways. The Canal & River Trust is organising nine free public open
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Hillmorton welcomes 10,000th boat in record year
VOLUNTEER lock keepers are celebrating a record year of boating on the Oxford Canal after they helped their 10,000th boater through Hillmorton Locks. The volunteers,
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Weed blocks stretches of River Soar
By Les Heath BOATERS on the Soar Navigation are running into problems, literally, in the form of huge mats of floating pennywort which, in places,
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Eco-mooring zone in Islington
THE Canal & River Trust and Islington Council are creating an ‘eco-mooring zone’ for visiting boats between York Way and Danbury Street on the Regent’s
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Work begins on £700,000 towpath upgrade
WORK begins this week on a £700,000 project to revamp more than two miles of towpath on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. Funding was secured
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CRT makes new West Midlands regional appointments
THE Canal & River Trust has made two senior appointments in its West Midlands region. Adnan Saif becomes regional director and will oversee the Trust’s
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Living Waterways Award winners announced
THE winners of Canal & River Trust’s 2018 Living Waterways Awards were announced at a gala ceremony in Birmingham last night (September 20). The Living
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V&A opens in Dundee
DUNDEE’s £80 million V&A design museum opened to the public on Saturday September 15 showcasing the history of design both in Scotland worldwide. Designed by
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Canal herb garden will be just the tonic
IDLE Women is celebrating the launch of the UK’s first medicinal herb garden for women and girls, located beside the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Idle
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Audlem landmark fenced off for safety reasons
THE towpath outside the Shroppie Fly Pub – one of the best known canal scenes in Britain – has been closed for safety reasons. On
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