narrowboatworld

PRESSURE is mounting against British Waterways over construction of its ramp on the Regents Canal, featured in narrowboatworld, and  its 'lack of accountability'

A COUNCIL has decided that the residents of  two narrowboats are not allowed to live on their boats without planning permission, and have served eviction notices on them both.

MANY year ago, after nearly 30 years of writing newspaper editorials, sometimes—as other such editors will surely testify—with a struggle, I promised I would never write another editorial again  as long as I lived!

EVERYONE must know which lock we mean, Lock 46 on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal whose cill collapsed closing the waterway over the May Bank Holiday.

THE construction of the ramp on the Regents Canal, featured in narrowboatworld has been halted as British Waterway did not obtain planning permission.

GANGS of brick-throwing yobs have taken over a derelict house at Stourbridge on the Stourbridge Canal throwing bricks at the moored and visiting boats.

IT IS obvious to regular boaters cruising the waterways that BW set up a survey then rigged it to get the results it wanted.

BRITISH Waterways is imposing more restrictions on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal by restricting the hours of usage of Plank Lane Bridge on the Leigh Branch.

LACK of water has closed another section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal—between Appley Bridge and Poolstock.

THE update from BW tells us that the  Lock 46 'stoppage has now been lifted and is open to through navigation' yesterday (Wednesday), but this is in doubt.

THE concept of mushroom management is well known, writes Allan Richards. Keep them in the dark and feed them. …… However, BW goes a step further with mushroom board meetings.

WHAT about us boaters—how will we fare in a BW mutual trust? And for that matter is a mutual trust for the waterways even a starter. The whole bottom line is money. How do you finance BW as a mutual trust. Who pays what? And this is where the problems start, writes David Cragg.