TPT November 2024

INVASIVE WEEDS: Floating digger brought in

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October 31, 2024

A FLOATING digger is the latest weapon being used by the Canal & River Trust to tackle invasive weeds in the waterways. The trust has spent £1 million a year on various methods to tackle plants which clog the canals and rivers it looks after. There is even a UK conference later this month which…
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CANAL HISTORY: Marked with plaque

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October 30, 2024

Lucy Wood reports… A PLAQUE marking the site of a hostelry that played a part in the origins of the Chesterfield Canal has been unveiled. The canal has been central to the town’s life for 250 years since it opened in the 1700s – but it almost was not to be. The original route of…
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FORCES VETERANS AFLOAT: Needs help

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October 29, 2024

Tim Greenfield reports… A CHARITY which provides homeless military veterans with boats to live on is appealing for aid so it can expand its operations and help even more ex-service personnel. The Forces Veterans Afloat Charitable Trust, which takes former military personnel off the streets and provides them with a floating home, has been a…
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CANALS STRATEGY: To breathe life into historic waterways

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October 28, 2024

Lucy Wood reports… THE Canal & River Trust and Active Black Country have unveiled the Black Country Canals Strategy 2024-2029, setting out ambitions to maximise the potential of the region’s world-famous navigable canal network. Central to the strategy are the opportunities for improvements in the health and well-being of local communities through increased access to…
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CRT: Income rises to £237m

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October 26, 2024

THE Canal & River Trust has seen its overall income increase by £12 million to £237 million in the last year, raising more from commercial operations as its reliance on government funding decreases. In what the charity says was a record year for charitable work (£208 million), it also spent £70 million on engineering works,…
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GHOST BOAT: Resurfaces on a Shropshire canal

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October 25, 2024

RELICS of a ghost boat said to be haunted by its skipper have resurfaced during work to restore the Montgomery Canal. A digger working on the canal channel at Crickheath Tramway Wharf came across ironwork from a narrowboat deep in the earth. All the woodwork had long since rotted away but the iron skeleton remained…
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