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

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

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

The Inland Waterways Association’s challenge gets people exploring off-the-beaten-track locations along the canals

The flight on the North Oxford Canal looks set to notch up yet another year as CRT’s busiest

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

Problems with leakage on the Macclesfield Canal have led to a winter stoppage being brought forward

Waterways maintenance company The Rothen Group has warned that the explosion in duckweed is threatening marine life and is calling for a sustainable solution

A five-year programme to create England’s first coast-to-coast canoe trail has been completed

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the opening of Lock 15 of the Woolsthorpe flight on the Grantham Canal following rebuilding by volunteers

Don’t miss the boat on a rare opportunity to turn your passion into a successful career. Graham Wharmby enjoyed pleasure boating for 15 years before moving to France and taking the plunge to build a successful Boatshed brokerage.

We have gathered 10 great pubs to visit along the River Wey Navigation

The Wey & Arun Canal Trust is enlisting the help of 1,000 tiny bugs to help control an invasive water fern which can threaten other canal life

A new transport corridor to connect the HS2 high speed railway to Derby may scupper the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust’s plans to reopen the Derby Canal, unless a more expensive option for the link is chosen

The CRT has launched its ‘prospectus for London’, highlighting the ways that its waterways can contribute to “good growth, prosperity and wellbeing”

We have gathered some great pubs on the Stourport Ring (part 2) to complement our cruise guide

After spending the first part of this varied Midland circuit amid quiet rural scenery, this month we head through the Black Country and Birmingham before returning to the countryside again

Figures from the Canal & River Trust indicate that Britain’s waterways would be free of plastic if every visitor to the canals did this one thing

Ditch the boat and follow the footsteps of King Offa along the ancient earthworks which created Welsh border country. Daniel Parry set out on a four-hour foray in the hills

Why is a highways body supporting a canal restoration to the tune of £4m? We follow the story of the M5 motorway and the ‘Missing Mile’...