The towpath running along the Droitwich Canal from Vines Park to Ladywood Lock in Salwarpe has finally reopened after months of work to make it more accessible.

The Canal and River Trust has warned it is likely Foxton Locks will need to close again due to low water levels. The locks, in Leicestershire, were closed temporarily on 29 July due to low rainfall, ...

Paddle the Erewash Canal, from Trent Lock, with views of the famous Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station cooling towers. The route ...

In this special edition of Last Word, Matthew Bannister talks to the actor Samuel West about his mother Prunella Scales.

This year, I’m on a journey to visit Pride around the world. And although I’ve seen some pretty memorable displays already, ...

A boater with family in Swindon had been drinking with friends the night he was last seen and a coroner ruled he died as he walked home in the dark.

Away from acting, Scales was a committed campaigner. She served as president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and she ...

PRUNELLA SCALES was best known as Sybil in Fawlty Towers – but she became best loved when she stepped aboard a canal boat ...

Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...