With the extended lockdown period due for review soon after this issue appears in print, it is not known how long restrictions on canals and towpaths will continue

Boat licensing for craft on the formerly free-to-navigate Middle Level Navigations will come into force soon

Cash payments for “large purchases” such as boat licences will no longer be accepted by the Canal & River Trust from 1 April this year, as it continues to move away from cash

The Calder & Hebble Navigation is likely to remain shut for a year as a result of damage caused by the winter floods

This striking new bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal in Glasgow has been given the go-ahead

Two reports have been published about last year’s structural failure at Toddbrook Reservoir

Crick Boat Show postponed, many events cancelled. Museums, trip boats, theatre, working parties all curtailed

Crick Boat Show has become the latest inland waterways event to be put on hold as a result of the Coronovirus threat

The Canal & River Trust is celebrating a rise in community spirit on the nation’s canals with record numbers of people volunteering

We found out how the badges will help disabled members of the boating community

Levels of boater satisfaction with the Trust’s waterways has been reported in the monthly and annual surveys

Initial works aimed at putting the reservoir back into use are already under way

The annual increase in boat licence fees for 2020 has been set by the Canal & River Trust

Yorkshire’s Aire & Calder Navigation is finally set to go ahead with long-awaited plans for large commercial freight barges

Richard MacKenzie embarked on a litter-pick running the entire length of the Oxford Canal