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1st March 2016
The Boat Safety Scheme is urging boaters to check the regulators on their propane and butane gas cylinders as well as their fire blankets, after manufacturers issued product recall notices for faulty items of both…
25th February 2016
The River Thames and other waterways currently run by the Environment Agency took a step closer to being transferred to the Canal & River Trust with the recent establishment of a joint working group to…
23rd February 2016
As engineers continue the work to repair the canals and river navigations around the Pennines following damage caused by the Boxing Day floods, the first significant lengths of waterway look set to reopen within weeks.
19th February 2016
A first for this year’s National Boat Share Show at Braunston will be a boat on display that isn’t part of any of the organised boat share schemes.
19th February 2016
The impact on the canals of the first phase of the proposed HS2 railway could be further reduced. The Inland Waterways Association and the Canal & River Trust have combined efforts to try to wrest…
18th February 2016
Horseshoe bats – the rarest breed in the UK – have been discovered hibernating in a lime kiln next to the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
12th February 2016
A specialist ‘amphibious tractor’ will be venturing into Standedge Tunnel – Britain’s longest and deepest canal tunnel – on the Huddersfield Canal to clear a blockage that built up during the recent heavy downpours that…
12th February 2016
The monitoring of lock operations may seem trivial to some, but it is an essential practise that is actually essential to the management of our water resources and to measure the changes in the patterns…
12th February 2016
The Canal & River Trust – founded in 2012 – has recruited in 1,000th volunteer from the West Midlands to help with their work in cleaning up the nations canals. Canals in Birmingham are currently…
8th February 2016
The UK’s canals and heroic veterans are the winners in People’s Postcode Lottery’s ‘Dream Fund’. Leading charities Canal & River Trust and Help for Heroes were delighted to receive the £500,000 award for their ‘Heritage…
5th February 2016
The Canal & River Trust launched the 2016 Living Waterways Awards today (Friday 5 February 2016) and is calling for waterway organisations and groups across the UK to put forward their engaging, innovative and inspirational…
