Friday 8 May
Today's news from the web
- Boat owner fined peterboroughtoday.co.uk
Boat owner David Payne has been fined for not having a registration certificate while moored on the River Nene. ...
- Waterway dredged for 2012 games news.bbc.co.uk
Work has begun on dredging waterways at the Olympic Park in east London to enable boats to carry construction material to the site. ...
Thursday 7 May
Today's news from the web
- Man burned as family flee boat fire stainesnews.co.uk
A TRANQUIL bank holiday boat trip nearly ended in disaster after a pleasure boat exploded at a lock, burning the driver. ...
- Safety appeal to boaters after river blaze maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
The Environment Agency is urging all boaters to ensure their vessels are properly maintained following a dangerous explosion at Old Windsor Lock at the weekend. ...
- Newbury's canal "rat capital of England" newburytoday.co.uk
Council spokeswoman Peta Stoddart-Crompton said: “We’re not aware of being one of those said towns. We have been monitoring numbers of rats around the canal area of the town, and there have actually been fewer sightings." ...
- Consultation shows 90 per cent in favour of Lydiate marina plans - Maghull Star maghullstar.co.uk
Consensus for the proposed marina in Lydiate is 90% in favour. ...
- Marking Caledonian milestone in style pressandjournal.co.uk
A flotilla will spend five days sailing through the Caledonian Canal as part of the Homecoming Scotland celebrations. ...
Wednesday 6 May
Today's news from the web
- Sustainable Transport Manager appointed in London waterscape.com
British Waterways and Transport for London are pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Milnes, who has taken up the jointly funded role of Sustainable Transport Manager at the waterways authority. ...
- Canal chapel celebrates its 100th anniversary chesterchronicle.co.uk
The only tin chapel in Chester marks its 100th anniversary this weekend. ...
- Kew looks at restoring its riverside splendour - Times Online timesonline.co.uk
The Times has learnt of plans now being, as it were, floated, for a new river approach — a more elegant dock adjacent to the gardens, and the relandscaping of Kew’s river border. ...
- Volunteers lead the way in canal heritage project waterscape.com
British Waterways and Macclesfield Canal Society are applying the finishing touches to a Cheshire waterway heritage project aimed at upgrading the local canalside environment. ...
- Apollo is ready to return to canal thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
A waterbus service which used to run between Bingley’s Three Rise Locks and Shipley Wharf is to be reinstated as part of a £300,000 project. ...
- No Earls Court show this year boatingbusiness.com
Managing director James Brooke says the Sail Power & Watersports Show won’t run this year. ...
- Timetable set for Loch canal link dumbartonreporter.co.uk
A TIMETABLE has been set for the creation of an “iconic” waterway network that will see a canal built allowing boats to sail from the River Clyde right into the heart of Loch Lomond. ...
Friday 1 May
Today's news from the web
- Narrowboat is runner-up "green boat of the year" yachtingmonthly.com
The runner-up was the converted canal barge Ross Barlow - an experimental hydrogen cell hybrid inland waterways barge conversion by Birmingham University. Not yet commercial, but holding much promise for the future, in the view of the judges. ...
- Historic Ellesmere Yard set for new visitor season waterscape.com
Restoration of Ellesmere Boat Yard will be complete in time for the peak tourism season, enabling it to play a key role in the growing visitor importance of this heritage rich town. ...
- Study reveals twice as much freight could be used on the River Trent thisisnottingham.co.uk
Twice as much freight could be transported on the River Trent, a new study has revealed. ...
- Leaking Huddersfield Narrow Canal strands boaters near Marsden examiner.co.uk
A LEAKING canal has left a historic horse drawn boat crew stranded. Sue Day, of the Horse Drawn Boat Society, has had to cancel a plan to make the trip down to Huddersfield from Marsden because of a leaky culvert near Sparth reservoir, near Marsden. ...
Thursday 30 April
Manchester fence - have your say
WW contributor Martin Clark highlights on his Pennine Waterways website that Manchester City Council is considering putting a safety fence in alongside the Rochdale Canal.Richard Fairhurst | 1.05pm | add a comment
Today's news from the web
- Leamington towpaths cleaned up leamingtoncourier.co.uk
Volunteers scrubbed away graffiti and filled 20 bags with rubbish as part of a clean-up before Leamington Canal Festival this weekend. ...
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