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Mass exodus from Calder & Hebble

OUR boat was one of those that had to be rescued by River Canal Rescue after the floods on the Calder & Hebble, and we must congratulate the rescue people on a good job once they got around to our boat, being of course in a queue, writes Pauline Grimes.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Open Weekends at new marina

WHITE MILLS marina on the Nene is hosting a series of Open Weekends to allow prospective moorers to inspect the facilities at the new marina.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Lancaster closed again

STAINTON Aqueduct on the Lancaster Canal has suffered structural damage and is safeguarded by a dam, closing off the waterway.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Not fit for purpose

YET again, Canal & river Trust report that  the sanitary station at Braunston is out of action.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Broads Authority to evict 41 boating families

THE Broads Authority has issued 41 eviction notices to houseboat moorers at the western end of Thorpe Island in Norwich, that has been a recognised mooring site for nearly 100 years—since at least 1922.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Shroppie lock ladders safer

IT WAS many years ago that our then contributor, Richard Swann, pointed out the unsafe lock ladders on some of the locks on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Grantham ignores its canal

The Grantham Economic Development Draft Plan that has been published completely ignores its canal, making no reference to it whatsoever.

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Published: 11 January 2016

Springs Branch closed

A ROCK fall into the Springs Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool  Canal at Skipton has completely closed the waterway.

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Published: 11 January 2016

CaRT's silence on Wendover pollution

A WEEK ago Thames Water was fined a massive £1m for allowing repeated discharges of pollution from its Tring Sewerage Treatment works into the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal. 

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Published: 11 January 2016

50 years old towpath death re-opened

THE murder of a young woman on the towpath of the Calder & Hebble towpath over 50 years ago has been re-opened by the police.

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Published: 11 January 2016

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