Wednesday 11 March

Today's news from the web

Britain's rivers called on to provide renewable energy business.timesonline.co.uk

Up to 25 hydroelectric schemes generating enough renewable energy to power 40,000 homes may be sited on stretches of rivers including the Severn and the Trent. ...
Grade II listed Brighouse canal lock given six-figure facelift examiner.co.uk

An ageing canal lock has been given a six-figure revamp. ...

Loch Lomond plan is not dead in the water dumbartonreporter.co.uk

Concerns that draft legislation could scupper big plans for a multi-million pound canal between the River Clyde and Loch Lomond look to have been unfounded. ...
Artwork will be a gateway to history at new lock bostonstandard.co.uk

When Boston's new Black Sluice Lock officially opens this month so will a gateway to history. ...

Grand Union Canal team looks for allotment land londoninformer.co.uk

Determined enthusiasts are busy cycling hundred miles of waterways, through North Kensington and Paddington, to change them for the better. ...

Chance to become volunteer at National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk

The National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port held an open day for people interested in becoming a volunteer. ...
British Waterways removes illegally moored boats from Oxford Canal waterscape.com

Despite repeated requests from the enforcement team, the owners failed to comply by licensing the craft and/or removing it from the waterway, so British Waterways used its powers to remove the craft....
Volunteers add personal touch to Droitwich canals droitwichadvertiser.co.uk

Volunteers have used traditional stone shaping methods to add a personal touch to Droitwich Spa’s Canal Restoration Project. ...
Falkirk Wheel manufacturers go into administration thisisderbyshire.co.uk

More than 50 staff have lost their jobs after a centuries-old Derbyshire engineering firm was forced to call in the administrators. ...

Homes project planned for Smethwick's historic canals birminghammail.net

Ambitious proposals have been submitted to build up to 300 new homes on the edge of Smethwick’s historic canal network. ...
British Waterways creates new homes for water voles waterscape.com

British Waterways is recycling the sludge and silt it removes from the upper River Lee Navigation into new riverside residences for water voles. ...

BW sends bailiffs in to Docklands business wharf.co.uk

Landlord British Waterways confirmed that it would be now be seeking a new tenant for Citybunker's unit. ...
Jericho boatyard developer goes into administration oxfordtimes.co.uk

The company behind controversial plans to develop Jericho Boatyard in Oxford has gone into administration. ...
Canal trust may bid for pub shropshirestar.com

A historic Shrewsbury pub has been put up for sale with leaders behind a £15 million project to restore the town’s old canal saying they are considering putting in a bid for the site. ...
Liverpool Canal Link finished - new photos penninewaterways.co.uk

The construction of the Liverpool Canal Link is now complete. ...

Liverpool opens stupendous canal link across Pier Head liverpooldailypost.co.uk

Last week saw the first passage down an audacious £20m newly-built connection between the previous Stanley Dock terminus and the celebrated Albert Dock. ...
New best-seller set on the canal hebdenbridge.co.uk

10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love tells the story of Jo Gilroy, a single mum living in Hebden Bridge, who vows never to fall in love again after the father of her son walks out on them on his first birthday. But a year on, Jo, a local TV news reporter, meets Dan Brady, an enigmatic balloon modeller who lives on a canal boat and has a dark secret – and some reasons not to fall in love of his own. ...
Views wanted on Taunton riverboat somersetcountygazette.co.uk

The public is being invited to have their say on plans to develop a solar-powered boat for community trips on the River Tone and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. ...
New 45-mile European canal to be built khl.com

The Romanian government has announced plans to re-start construction of the Bucharest-Danube Canal in 2010 with completion expected in 2014, according to Sofia News Agency. ...
Endangered shark found in canal practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

A Whale shark that swam into a freshwater canal in Taiwan has been returned to the sea by rescuers. ...

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