Tuesday 22 March
Today's news from the web
- £7.5m restoration to bring back ‘buried’ Black Country canal expressandstar.com
The historic Bradley Arm canal which was shut and 'buried' in the 1950s could be given a new lease of life with a £7.5 million restoration project....
Monday 21 March
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- Man's body found on Wolverhampton 21 locks expressandstar.com
A man's body has been found on the Wolverhampton 21 lock flight - with police treating the death as unexplained. Officers were called to the body at Lock 10 of the flight on 20th March, close to the New Regency Banqueting Suite. ...
- All aboard for Pocklington canal trips pocklingtonpost.co.uk
Good Friday will see the start of the 2016 season for Pocklington Canal Amenity Society’s trip boat New Horizons. The canal society’s standard 30-minute taster trips will run on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday and then every Sunday and Bank Holiday until the end of October....
Tuesday 8 March
Today's news from the web
- London liveaboard who lost everything in fire 'overwhelmed' by generosity of fellow boaters getwestlondon.co.uk
A mechanic left with nothing after his narrow boat was gutted by fire has been "overwhelmed" by the generosity of fellow boaters, who raised nearly £2,000 to get him back on his feet. Stewart Collier popped out to get a pint of milk last Sunday (February 28) and returned to his mooring on the Grand Union Canal near Boston Manor tube station in Brentford to find his boat a charred wreck....
- Public square with cinema screen part of new vision for Birmingham's Eastside birminghampost.co.uk
Major regeneration plans for Eastside district would see Typhoo Wharf brought back to life, new public realm and city parks and cultural quarter with cinema screen...
Friday 4 March
Today's news from the web
- Demonstrators demand action to improve 'dangerous' canal towpath in Skipton cravenherald.co.uk
Campaigners demanding action to improve a deeply pitted and rutted section of canal towpath in Skipton made their feelings clear in a demonstration on Tuesday. Protestors waved placards before their representative, Skipton West Labour councillor Peter Madeley, was about to meet Nick Smith of the Canal and River Trust in Craven District Council's Belle Vue offices. Broughton Road residents and other nearby householders have long been pushing for improvements to a half-mile stretch of the towpath, which they say has been "impassable and dangerous" over the winter....
Tuesday 1 March
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- Cyclist thrown in canal by thugs: I'm leaving London standard.co.uk
A cyclist who was attacked by thugs and thrown in a canal with his bike said he is so traumatised by the vicious assault that he is moving out of London. Peter Bettell was returning home to his canal boat in Kensal Rise when a gang punched him and slashed open his jacket before pushing him into the icy water and leaving him for dead. The incident on the towpath on the Grand Union Canal in North west London is being investigated by detectives. Mr Bettell, 53, said he is taking his boat out of London and will commute to his retail job in Piccadilly following the horrific assault at 6.15pm on Tuesday....
Monday 29 February
Today's news from the web
- Mystery as two dogs found in Manchester canal metro.co.uk
Police are searching for a person after two dogs were discovered in a canal. Emergency services were called to the Ashton Canal in Manchester after someone reported a dog trapped in the lock. Two dogs were pulled onto land but one died....
Tuesday 23 February
Crick Boat Show introduces tiller ‘taster’ sessions
Nervous and novice boaters are set to benefit from steering instruction at this year’s Crick Boat Show.Andrew Denny | 2.40pm
Friday 19 February
Today's news from the web
- Campaign to restore historic Leeds & Liverpool canal mileposts cravenherald.co.uk
The Canal & River Trust is launching a major fundraising appeal to restore or replace missing mileposts along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal’s 127-mile route. The charity hopes the EveryMileCounts appeal – which coincides with the canal's 200th anniversary – will encourage dozens of local groups and individuals to adopt their local stretch of canal and its mile marker. The project is backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund, whose grant of £36,600 has supported the appointment of a new project officer, the fabrication of 40 new mile posts and a programme of activities, heritage events and art workshops....
Thursday 18 February
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- Hayes local residents upset over 'reckless' tree destruction along canal getwestlondon.co.uk
Upset residents say land beside the Grand Union Canal has been left looking like a “warzone” after trees were removed. A mystery contractor has spent two weeks felling trees and clearing the vegetation alongside the canal in Hayes, which is land owned by the Canal and River Trust (CRT). However the trust has denied it is uprooting trees and told Hillingdon Council a ‘third party’ was responsible, although it could not say who. David Brough, chairman of the Hayes Town Partnership, said: “People are up in arms about it. "The way the trees have just been hacked down is a piece of vandalism as far as I’m concerned....
- HS2 plans wreck £3m Chesterfield Canal dream derbyshiretimes.co.uk
Chesterfield Canal volunteers will demand compensation whether or not HS2 goes ahead – after missing out on almost £3 million of funding. The volunteers have already had to hand back a £400,000 grant and drop a £2.4m lottery bid because they can no longer guarantee the canal will be available for public use in the future....
Wednesday 17 February
Today's news from the web
- Drama as body is dragged out of Birmingham canal birminghammail.co.uk
Onlookers were shocked today as a body was dragged out of a Birmingham canal. But the drama was just that – a scene being filmed for the BBC soap Doctors. It’s part of a hard-hitting storyline about homelessness which will be screened over a week in May. ...
- Canal boats: a great way to get children outside and hands-on telegraph.co.uk
Canal boats: the perfect hands-on experience for kids...
Tuesday 16 February
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- Stranded canal boats moved back into water at Elland Bridge itv.com
Canal boats which have been stranded since the Boxing Day floods have been lifted back into the water at Elland near Halifax. The barges are among 30 boats in West Yorkshire which have had to be rescued. Work can now begin to build a footbridge to carry water, gas and electricty cables. Elland Bridge is being rebuilt after being damaged in the floods and will be shut to traffic for a year....
- Canal enthusiast rows through Lancaster Canal tunnel for first time in almost 70 years thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
A DINGHY manned by waterways enthusiast Colin Ogden has become the first craft to sail through the Hincaster Tunnel for nearly 70 years. The brick-lined, 345-metre-long passage on the Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches was last used commercially in 1944. Heating engineer Mr Ogden, 62, from Burnley, completed the adventure with friends to share his enthusiasm for the waterway and to help promote its restoration....
Thursday 11 February
Floating tractor clears a blockage in Standedge Tunnel
A specialist ‘amphibious tractor’ is venturing into Standedge Tunnel to clear a blockage that built up during the recent heavy downpours that caused widespread flooding across the North of England.
The unusual work, which requires the help of a specialist mining consultant, is expected to take two days to complete. A hydraulic bucket on the front of the amphibious dredger, known as a Truxor, will be used to clear the blockage so that boats will once again be able to navigate the 3¼ miles through the tunnel.
It is thought that during the unprecedented wet weather, approximately 8-9 cubic metres of sand, gravel and other debris were swept into the tunnel by a stream that flows into the tunnel about 250 metres from its entrance at Diggle.
Mark Weatherall, senior project manager at the Canal & River Trust, said: “Working deep underground in a tunnel on a floating dredger is quite unusual and poses many new problems. Not only have we had to bring in specialist equipment, we’ve had to take specialist advice from a mining consultant who is experienced in confined spaces.”
The work to clear the blockage should not affect the tunnel's reopening for the 2016 summer season on 19th March.
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Today's news from the web
- Montgomery Canal restoration bid to cost about £30 million shropshirestar.com
The restoration of the Montgomery Canal to link Welshpool to the national network would cost £30 million, it has been revealed. A steering group including Welshpool and Llangollen town councils, Montgomery Canal Partnership, MPs and Assembly members and specialists has drawn up a plan to take the work forward. It now wants other groups with an interest in canals to support its work, and is launching a consultation which will run until March 4....
- West Midlands CRT recruits 1,000th volunteer birminghampost.co.uk
Birmingham's canals are enjoying a renaissance after a surge in volunteers pledging to help preserve the network. The Canal & River Trust, which was set up in 2012, has recruited its 1,000th volunteer from the West Midlands to help support work to clean-up the historic canals....
Wednesday 10 February
Today's news from the web
- Band of jolly volunteers clean up Worcestershire canals worcesternews.co.uk
It’s the last day of the month-long Canal and River Trust deep clean operation along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from Worcester to Wast Hill (near Hopwood) and the Droitwich Canal. And it’s a far cry from the day they started, said the trust’s customer operations and volunteer team leader Timothy Booker. ...
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