http://www.waterwaysworld.com/latest.cgi News, pictures and comments from Britain's best-selling waterway magazine. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231871&contentPK=20557203&folderPk=109055&pNodeId=231873 Over the past couple of months Stroud District Council has been working behind the scenes to evaluate the future of the Cotswold Canals project. http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/1177/bw-launches-new-eco-friendly-facilities-in-lincoln British Waterways is officially launching a recently completed project in Lincoln that aims to improve visitor access and provide state of the art, environmentally friendly customer service facilities. http://www.shstar.co.uk/news/2027/2027611/a_boat_bothered_by_safety_rules It WAS a case of health and safety gone mad when bin day took on a whole new meaning for volunteers from the Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/05/06/tug-boat-event-at-black-country-living-museum-97319-20867724/ A COLOURFUL cavalcade of historic working canal boats brought thousands of waterways enthusiasts flooding to the Black Country Living Museum. http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.2247427.0.burnley_canal_to_get_27_000_upgrade.php Another stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is to be given a new lease of life. Waterways chiefs have announced that the canal through Hapton will benefit from a partnership project promising major improvements to the tow-path and embankments. http://www.thestar.co.uk/doncaster/Campaign-to-save-wildlife-from.4046895.jp A CAMPAIGN to prevent animals from drowning in canals near Doncaster has resulted in special measures to help save them from a watery grave. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2247763.0.warning_as_burnley_bridge_collapses.php A BRIDGE used as a popular link between a Burnley estate and the town centre has been sealed off after part of it collapsed. http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-6229--remove-ugly-boats-or-face-legal-action-/ The threat of legal action looms for the owners of ugly boats which the Royal Borough wants removed from Maidenhead Riverside. http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/Tring-Canal-Festival-gets-the.4047338.jp The Wendover Arm Trust has announced the Tring Canal Festival will be going ahead this year, thanks to the support of the Icknield Way land owners. http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2027323_puzzle_after_jolly_anglers_is_still_closed Confusion surrounds a Reading canal-side pub due to reopen after being closed for weeks. http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/01/live-ammo-found-in-canal-clean-up/ Volunteers cleaning up a canal were amazed when among the shopping trolleys and furniture they fished out was 40 rounds of live ammunition. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7377544.stm A survey vessel owned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has used the Caledonian Canal to save on fuel, time and carbon emmissions. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Canal-work-to-save-animals.4039747.jp A stretch of canal is being improved to prevent animals mainly deer from drowning. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-canalside-cleanup-is-hailed.4037424.jp A clean-up team was drafted in after a Leeds riverside beauty spot was turned into a grotspot. http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/1173/hapton-embankment-works-underway Visitors to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Hapton will benefit from a partnership project that will add the final touches to a major towpath and embankment scheme. http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/display.var.2236357.0.cricklade_country_way_still_on_track.php An AMBITIOUS plan to reopen a canal, railway line and cycle path and create a country park between Cricklade and Swindon is still on track. http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.2233078.0.ambitious_scheme_to_replace_canalside_eyesore.php An award-winning company wants to demolish run-down factory premises by the Bridgewater Canal and replace it with an ambitious mixed use scheme that would include 194 flats and maisonettes. http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/articles/1/23371 Ambitious plans for a Forth & Clyde Canal festival are under way and Clydebanks own Wet Wet Wet are top of the list for potential headliners. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/100k-boost-for-canal-towpath.4031733.jp Work has begun on a 100,000 spruce-up of the canal towpath at Garstang. The move follows British Waterways' decision to earmark Garstang as a special 2008 visitor destination. http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/1170/hbs-legging-standedge-tunnel The Horseboating Society (HBS) will be re-enacting the historic practice of 'legging' Standedge Tunnel at a special celebration event on Sunday 4 May. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231773&contentPK=20478695&folderPk=108571&pNodeId=232268 A flotilla of boats chugged gently into five acres of new water at the official VIP launch of Gloucestershire's latest marina. http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.2218298.0.opinion_split_over_towpath_improvements.php Locals have branded a 185,000 project to overhaul the canal towpath a waste of money'. Some residents have said Middlewich Vision's plan to rebuild 1.5km of the Middlewich canal towpath should be a job for British Waterways. http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=6700 Barber-shop group 7-in-a-Bar's charity cruise along the canal this week entertained fellow boat users and diners at local pubs. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/25/parkinson-s-disease-sufferer-tom-isaacs-takes-130-mile-walk-in-his-stride-100252-20817575/ To walk the length of the Leeds to Liverpool canal is a remarkable feat for anyone but for Parkinsons disease sufferer Tom Isaacs, it was a triumph. http://icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk/localnews/localnews/tm_headline=boats-arrive-for-big-festival-date&method=full&objectid=20821569&siteid=84550-name_page.html Boats will start arriving in Loughborough next week for one of the biggest dates in the towns diary. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=waggoners-in-to-be-auctioned-lock-stock-and-barrel&method=full&objectid=20815714&siteid=50020-name_page.html A VILLAGE pub damaged by fire last year is to be sold by public auction next month. http://icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk/localnews/localnews/tm_headline=up-for-sale&method=full&objectid=20813746&siteid=84550-name_page.html Land designated for luxury apartments on the Loughborough Wharf development has been put up for sale. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2221122.0.stylish_swan_makes_spantastic_crossing.php A FUTURISTIC swan' bridge canopy over the Forth and Clyde Canal at Clydebank has been lowered into place. http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/110/new-look-cafe-at-caen-hill The grand re-opening of the Caen Hill Cafe will take place on 25th March, in good time for the Easter weekend. http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/1167/section-8-boats-removed-from-the-river-lee British Waterways enforcement team removed and destroyed five unlicensed boats at Enfield on the River Lee Navigation and one narrowboat at Bow on the Limehouse Cut, yesterday, following months of work to secure their seizure under Section 8 of the Waterways Act.