Posts Tagged ‘Canal and River Trust’
Volunteers begin repairs on historic local bridge at risk of losing its protected status
The event, organised by Volunteer Centre Hackney to mark this year’s Volunteers’ Week, also featured a floating litter pick
Read MoreLocal rowing club issues apology after man caught removing canalside safety bars
Canal and River Trust investigating after man in Lea Rowing Club kit was spotted cutting away grab bars
Read MoreBoaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Read MoreTroubled water: Boaters and rowers clash over River Lea traffic plans
Canal and River Trust proposals to help rowers ‘only serve to evict boat dwellers’, says bargee group
Read MoreFewer bins…less litter? Canal & River Trust plan to remove receptacles from towpaths meets concern
40 per-cent of litter bins could be removed from along the River Lea in a bid to prevent fly-tipping and “mistreatment”
Read MoreBattles over ‘racetrack’ and superhighway pitch cyclists against walkers
With transport a major issue in the forthcoming Hackney mayoral election, Josh Loeb asks whether new cycleways can coexist peacefully with pedestrians
Read More‘Continuous cruiser’ wins battle against canal eviction
But the new six-month licence is far too short, he says
Read MoreArgy-bargey: rowers claim canal boat moorings will block River Lea
Hackney Boating Families want to set up a ‘community moorings’ but rowers say the river is too narrow
Read MoreEel passes help endangered fish complete final leg of 3,000 km odyssey
Tunnels helping eels on their upstream battle are being refurbished by the Canal and River Trust
Read MoreBoat-dwellers unite in Hackney against ‘draconian’ clampdown on cruisers
Boaters who do not move could lose their licences as Canal and River Trust tightens up enforcement of 14-day rule
Read MoreNo moor room: canal boat families fight for their own stretch of water on River Lea
Hackney Boating Families seek to create ‘community moorings’ in Lower Clapton
Read MoreOh no, not again! ‘Environmental destruction’ warning over Canalival 2014
Revellers who trashed waterway could return, Canal and River Trust warns
Read MoreBoaters go to court to fight seizure notices
Canal and River Trust says regulation is needed owing to ‘congested waterways’
Read MoreRiver of death: storms and road pollution kill thousands of fish
Canal and River Trust highlights scandal of creatures choked dead by depleted oxygen in Lea
Read MoreRat urine bug threat to canal revellers
As messy fallout from chaotic party continues to attract scorn, new warning of potentially fatal Weil’s Disease
Read More‘My home is not a toilet’: fury after floating festival sinks into anarchy
Recriminations fly after event as residents allege debauched anti-social behaviour by hordes of revellers
Read MoreNo damp squib: revellers hoist anchor despite ‘danger’ warning
Big turnout for canal festivities after Trust says event could lead to ‘disaster’ and organisers pull plug
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