A £9m National Lottery grant will see boats cruising the first 10 miles of the Cotswold Canals to Stroud and beyond in less than four years time!

Holiday boating is back on Britain’s canals and rivers - and it looks set for a belated summer boom

The Canal & River Trust and the Inland Waterways Association were both urging Ministers not to sacrifice this summer’s holiday boating

Some businesses that enrich our waterways may not survive the lockdown

The waterways are gradually coming back to life after the Coronavirus related lockdown

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