Continuing his journey across the Midlands via its canals, our author finds eccentric characters, moving memorials and quaint ...

He is still right about that but since Narrow Boat was published ... the entrance of the Trent & Mersey Canal, England’s first coast-to-coast waterway, and James Brindley’s masterpiece ...

A man said he was "devastated" after his narrowboat was burgled and vandalised. Wayne Siverns, who has lived on boats for ...

Growing numbers of people call Britain’s waterways home. In the last boater census, conducted in 2022 by the Canals and Rivers Trust (CRT), a charity, there were about 35,000 boats on canals in ...

About 20 people had to be evacuated from their narrowboats during an overnight fire at a marina. One boat was destroyed and ...

For those living on Britain's waterways, a canal boat is a ticket to a simpler life - away from the stress of bustling towns and cities. However, canal boat vlogger Nesha has shared three ...

This was the first of the UK’s long ... clean and comfortable narrowboat rented from Drifters. She is roomy but not so long as to be tricky to navigate. At the front of the boat is the living ...

NARRATOR:'A narrow boat is a boat that is long and thin ... After viewing the clip, ask pupils to find Worcester on a map of the UK. They could go on to look at online maps of the Worcester ...

An online fundraiser has been set up to help a 50-year-old Northampton General Hospital (NGH) worker “rebuild her life” after ...

If you think that pottering along a UK canal in a sedate narrow boat is boring, think again, this is one of the best ways to ...

More than five small boats carrying migrants set sail for England on average each week this year, new figures show. A total of 237 vessels were intercepted from January to October, the regional ...