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£10,000 reward for information concerning baby found dead in canal

WEST MIDLAND POLICE are offering a £10,000 reward after a baby boy was found dead in the Wyrley & Essington Canal.

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Published: 18 July 2025

More bodies in rivers

TWO MORE BODIES have been found in rivers, who were not as lucky as the two women rescued from the Trent.

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Published: 18 July 2025

Trapped at Skipton

HIRE COMPANIES, as previously reported, are getting cancellations through their clients being unable to cruise the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 18 July 2025

Not just closures through lack of water

ALAS THERE ARE STILL closures other than those caused by lack of water.

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Published: 18 July 2025

Planted hedge is dead

The repair of the breach near Cowley Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal has been very recently completed, writes John Allen.

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Published: 18 July 2025

'Leak' closes Shropshire Union Canal

IT WAS THE SIGNIFICANT loss of water overnight on the Shropshire Union Canal that has closed the navigation.

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Published: 18 July 2025

Hire companies suffering with boats trapped in closed canals

HIRE COMPANIES TELL that their boats are trapped in the sections of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal between closed flights.

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Published: 17 July 2025

Macclesfield and Peak Forest flights to be closed

CANAL & RIVER TRUST advise that both the Marple Flight on the Macclesfield and the Bosley Flight are set to be closed.

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Published: 17 July 2025

Water can be unpredictable tell Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

THERE WERE TWO WOMEN who had to be rescued from the Trent at Gunthorpe Lock on Tuesday.

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Published: 17 July 2025

Canal water quickly lost to the river

THE CHEDDLETON LOCKS on the Caldon Canal are now closed to navigation.

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Published: 17 July 2025

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Latest

  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure
  • Oxford Canal closed until October
  • 'Small breach' on Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
  • Trial measures to support safe navigation at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
  • Another consultation
  • From evidence to action
  • What you missed
  • Trying to keep the boats moving
  • Families and animal lovers invited to free nature day at Stoke Bruerne
  • More good news with canals recovering
  • Canalside café gears up for busy Autumn
  • Closures through low water getting most serious
  • Gate 'structural integrity' closes Froghall Basin Lock

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