I REALLY cannot see the Canal & River Trust appeal for funds to pay for any flood damage to its canals being high on people's agenda.
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SUCH has been the impact on the canals by the incessant rain over the weeks that the Canal & River Trust have launched an appeal to friends and volunteers to help repair some of the damage.
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FOR its sixth consecutive year a Model Boat Show will take place at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port.
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THE Canal &River Trust (CaRT) has renewed its threat to blockade Pillings Lock Marina (CaRT threatens to block marina), writes Allan Richards.
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THE Environment Agency has admitted that pressure from environmental groups to safeguard flowers, mussels and water voles is to blame for the lack of dredging that was mainly responsible for the catastrophic flooding of its rivers.
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ANOTHER man, over twice the legal driving limit has ended his life in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn.
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IN ANSWER to your correspondent David Davis questioning if the Canal & River Trust would cope if it took over the Environment Agency rivers, the answer is a definite no, writes Ian Waters.
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THE collapsed embankment on the Mon & Brec Canal has been found to be a major problem, and as such the waterway will be closed until the middle of April at the earliest Canal & River Trust first told, but now it states it will be late March.
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IN A draft proposal, Derbyshire County Council has outlined massive support for the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal, coming as a great boost for the Chesterfield Canal Trust after the HS2 problems.
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THIS year the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust has again teamed up with the Norbury village community and the Junction Inn to jointly organise the annual May Bank Holiday Canal Festival, writes John Myers.
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