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Friday, 15, Oct 2010 09:09 By Ian Dunt A long-awaited review into health and safety is set to encourage a return to “commons sense” when it is published later today. Lord Young, trade and industry secretary under Margaret Thatcher, was asked to carry out the review in June, but his opinions on . . . → Read More: The End of Health and Safety Nonsense? 6:10pm Thursday 5th August 2010 By Chris Buratta » WORK to overhaul the Oxford Canal towpath in Jericho is set to begin this week, marking the latest stage in four years of waterway improvements across the city. The path connecting Isis Lock and Walton Well Road will be resurfaced in a project costing £115,000. Passing . . . → Read More: Oxford Canal overhaul on the right path Visitors to the Chesterfield Canal will be able to get the full canal experience as a newly refurbished towpath is opened. Over 2km of towpath between Shireoaks Station and The Lock Keeper pub on Sandy Lane have been resurfaced as part of a project which commenced in March. The resurfaced towpath has been made wider . . . → Read More: Chesterfield – Newly Refurbished Towpath 12th Jul 2010 A landmark agreement between Marine Industry Events, British Waterways and Albert Dock Liverpool has secured the Boat Show in Liverpool for the next 10 years. The show will include floating islands which will be able to accommodate the multi-million pound vessels expected to exhibit at the show taking place from 29th April . . . → Read More: British Waterways invests in Liverpool Boat Show 25th Jun 2010 An upgraded section of the Montgomery Canal opens today linking Powys with the shores of Cardigan Bay at Aberystwyth. A partnership between Powys County Council and British Waterways has upgraded three kilometres of towpath along the Montgomery Canal to an all-weather surface that will benefit the growing number of waterway visitors and . . . → Read More: New towpath section opens on Montgomery Canal Disused urban railways and underused canals are in the spotlight as the think tank Demos calls for an urban ‘Right to Roam’ similar to that introduced to the countryside 10 years ago. Demos would like to see this extended to towns and cities in order to regenerate run-down and recession hit areas. It believes that . . . → Read More: Canals highlighted in Demos report |
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