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New chairman for Canal & River Trust

DAVID ORR, CBE, IS  proposed for appointment as next Canal & River Trust chairman.

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Published: 04 August 2022

Vandals blamed for low water

LOW level of water on the Chesterfield is blamed on vandals.

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Published: 04 August 2022

Licence fees up 8% in total

THE Canal & River Trust has announced an inflationary rise of 4% in boat licence fees from 1st October 2022.

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Published: 03 August 2022

CaRT ignore Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Birmingham

AS ALLAN Richards has observed CaRT have much to be embarrassed about, writes Andrew Bailes.

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Published: 03 August 2022

Picked the right time

HAVING just returned from a seven weeks cruise down to Oxford and on the Thames it seems we picked the right time to do so, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 03 August 2022

What a bloody mess!

LET us tell you of the 'Navigation: Closed' examples during July.

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Published: 01 August 2022

Is the census anonymous?

An item in the Boaters Update mentions CaRT sending out an anonymous census. writes John Coxon.

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Published: 01 August 2022

Victor asks who is kidding who?

THE erstwhile editor, Damian, of Boaters' Update has really lost it in blaming vandals.

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Published: 30 July 2022

Now it's the Coventry and Oxford in jeopardy

FOLLOWING the many northern canals closed through lack of water now it's the Coventry and Oxford in jeopardy.

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Published: 30 July 2022

Canal & River Trust launches census

THE Canal & River Trust is launching the first ever Boater Census and is asking every boat licence holder to take part and help paint a picture of who boats on the charity’s waterways.

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Published: 30 July 2022

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Latest

  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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