News
Renaissance Award finalists announced
24 April 2013
THE Canal & River Trust has named the finalists for this year’s Waterways Renaissance Awards.
Results will be announced at the ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham on May 23.
Following the progress of breeding swans
23 April 2013.
THE Canal & River Trust is monitoring swan numbers on the Droitwich Barge, Kennet & Avon and Grantham Canals as part of a national project
Parliamentary group publishes report into waterway partnerships
23 April 2013.
THE All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Waterways has published its report into the progress and future of the Canals and River Trust's Waterways Partnerships.
New boat for Essex river cruises
23 April 2013.
A NEW boat that can accommodate wheelchair users and other people with disabilities or mobility problems will be launched by Blackwater Boats on Sunday (April 28)
Final journey by narrowboat
22 April 2013.
FAMILY and friends of 91-year-old former Bedfordshire boatman Walter Harrison walked along the towpath as his coffin travelled by narrowboat along the Grand Union Canal to his final resting place in Old Linslade
Loose battery terminal triggered boat blaze
22 April 2013.
AN electrical fault caused a fire which gutted a narrowboat moored on the Shropshire Union Canal at Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire.
Holiday draw fundraiser for Kildare repair
22 April 2013.
TWO boating holidays are up for grabs at Black Country Living Museum where a prize draw will take place on November 5
Lapal Rally at Selly Oak
22 April 2013.
AS REPORTED in our May edition, Sainsbury’s – owners of the Battery Park land in Selly Oak – have submitted revised plans to Birmingham City Council, which do not provide for a viable reconstruction of the Dudley No2 (known locally as the Lapal) Canal.
Prehistoric sea creatures recreated in tunnel cavern
22 April 2013.
VISITORS to the Dudley Canal Tunnel and limestone mines can now see a recreation of creatures that lived in a tropical sea that covered Dudley over 400 million years ago. Even the famous ‘Dudley Bug’ – a Trilobite – will be seen crawling on the sea bed
Innovative Waterways Ireland Website launched
21 April 2013.
WATERWAYS Ireland’s new website has been launched by Minister Deenihan and Martin Cullen, Head of Microsoft Ireland.Current Issue: June 2013
♦ Biggest ever edition
♦ Win Wi-Fi for your boat
♦ Mooring rules to change
♦ Olympian helps to open canal visitor centre
♦ Your M&S joins the clean-up
♦ Stillwater asks the questions that you want answers to
♦ 380 boats for sale
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: June 27, 2013
