13th November 2015
Calling all floating voters!
The online polls have opened for the election of the four people who will represent leisure boating on the Canal & River Trust’s governing body, the national Council, for the next four years – and…
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10th November 2015
Uncovering the Uttoxeter Canal
Several hundred yards of the former Uttoxeter Canal towpath emerged from over a century’s growth of trees and vegetation, as the Waterway Recovery Group’s volunteers targeted the site with their annual Reunion major working party.
6th November 2015
A five year plan for canal water
With boat numbers increasing, new legislation putting extra controls on water supplies, and concerns about the possible effects of climate change, the Canal & River Trust has launched a five year programme aiming to reduce…
5th November 2015
Canal MP of the year chosen
Richard Benyon MP (pictured, left), who as Waterways Minister presided over the biggest shake-up on the waterways in half a century, has been chosen by the Inland Waterways Association’s Parliamentarian of the Year.
30th October 2015
Happy Birthday Leeds & Liverpool Canal!
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is coming up for its 200th anniversary – and waterways enthusiasts have launched a whole year of celebrations to mark the bicentenary.
27th October 2015
Boat Licence Fees frozen for 2016
A zero percent UK inflation rate is good news for canal boaters – as it means that Canal & River Trust boat licence fees won’t be going up at all next year.
23rd October 2015
£2m puts canal restoration back on track
Supporters of the Cotswold Canals restoration are celebrating the announcement of £2 million from the Homes & Communities Agency to put the re-creation of Brimscombe Port in the Stroud valley back on track.
16th October 2015
Lichfield Canal group says “Vote for the Boat!”
A community narrowboat could soon be giving young people new skills, taking disadvantaged people on boat trips, and supporting plans to reopen the Lichfield and Hatherton canals – but only if it gets enough votes…
16th October 2015
Give bag tax to canals, says IWA
Money from the new levy on plastic carrier bags should be used to improve local communities by allocating it to cleaning up canals and rivers, says the Inland Waterways Association.
9th October 2015
Scouts turn their hands to the waterways
The Scout Association has teamed up with the Canal & River Trust as part of an initiative called A Million Hands which aims to get 500,000 Scouts to work with major charities across the UK…
9th October 2015
“And the waterways winner is…”
The restoration of a historic Leeds & Liverpool Canal working boat, the rescuing from dereliction of a length of the Cotswold Canals, and a campaign to ‘bash the balsam’ are all among the winners of…
