Fund Britain's Waterways
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160+ organisations campaigning together to #FundBritainsWaterways and save our canals and rivers for future generations https://t.co/b4guvoytw7
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2025 ends on the waterways as it began, with a major canal breach affecting people & businesses and needing costly repairs. We will continue campaigning for government to #FundBritainsWaterways. Pls sign the petition https://t.co/3cJsfaEo4Z Photos Mike Sumner & Taylors Aboard
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Excellent to see @DefraGovUK recognition that more funding is needed to protect @CanalRiverTrust canals and rivers for the future, and enable them to benefit everyone. It's a one-off and nowhere near enough. But it's a start. https://t.co/WreStRNC5z
gov.uk
Funding will support repair, maintenance and long-term projects.
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So HMRC will be fining 1m people £100 each for missing the tax return deadline. That will generate about twice as much as the Government gives @CanalRiverTrust each year to maintain 2000 miles of canals & rivers. Puts in perspective just how little we invest in our waterways.
One million people missed HMRC tax return deadline
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IWA concerns about future water abstraction regime, particularly the impact on long‑established waterways infrastructure https://t.co/DqpmNdfTS3
waterways.org.uk
IWA agrees that abstraction planning must look decades ahead, but stresses that reservations should only extend a few years into...
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This year's Russell Newbery Register Rally will be held in Stalybridge from 24th to 28th June, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the #Huddersfield Narrow Canal and supporting the #FundBritainsWaterways campaign https://t.co/nxkaauHw41
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East Anglia’s waterways are being fragmented by a growing catalogue of closures across the @Ang_WaterwaysEA network, with no plans for reopening owing to ongoing financial pressures. https://t.co/Ghg7vFJfuY
waterways.org.uk
IWA has warned that East Anglia’s waterways are being lost “in perpetuity” following the announcement that due to health and safety concerns, navigation though the...
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#StokeonTrent, famous for pottery and canals, becomes the first UK city to declare a heritage emergency and calls for £325m to save historic sites | The Staffordshire Signal: https://t.co/PqaKWeOnb5
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Brilliant footage of the lifting out of the last boat trapped in the #Llangollen Canal breach by @CourtAboveCut Please do sign the #FundBritainsWaterways petition as mentioned: https://t.co/3cJsfaDQfr
https://t.co/uGwAhfmmAO via @YouTube
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Listen to Robbie Cumming and John Sergeant discussing the politics of canals with @MattChorley on @bbc5live yesterday. Good points about both the value of canals and the threat to them from inadequate funding. https://t.co/rvfTeQgCQq at 1:49
bbc.co.uk
Labour MPs tell Matt what they think about Andy Burnham. Plus the politics of canals.
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Wonderful to see the last two boats safely lifted out of the #Llangollen Canal after the breach and on their way for some TLC. Thanks to Taylors Aboard for excellent coverage throughout. https://t.co/N0x6Anbh3X via @YouTube
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Thank you @GavinWilliamson for calling for a Parliamentary debate on @CanalRiverTrust funding. The rest of our canals and navigable rivers are threatened by inadequate funding too. #FundBritainsWaterways is calling for an urgent review. https://t.co/PtlsNh9bMP
hansard.parliament.uk
Hansard record of the item : ' Business of the House' on Thursday 22 January 2026.
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Regulator delays key decision on Fens Reservoir project https://t.co/1F0uvdrBFA via @watermagtweets
watermagazine.co.uk
Plans for proposed Fens Reservoir set back after water regulators said the project is not yet ready for next major approval stage.
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Vivid description of the #Llangollen Canal breach at #Whitchurch from the firefighter first on the scene https://t.co/FGIgeXBusN
bbc.co.uk
Simon Griffiths remembers when he was first at the scene of the major canal breach near Whitchurch.
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Boats stranded by the #Whitchurch canal breach lifted out to rejoin the network, and fuel boat lifted in to service boats on the far side of the breach https://t.co/j20oeKav9L
bbc.co.uk
Eight boats that have been stuck since before Christmas get to rejoin the canal network.
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IWA calls for end to 'ongoing deterioration' of waterway network in #Chester
https://t.co/30TR91E71R
chesterstandard.co.uk
THE Cheshire and Merseyside branch of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has raised concerns over 'ongoing deterioration' of a key…
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The only mention of #canals in today's @DefraGovUK Water White Paper is the Grand Union Canal Transfer project. But canals play a much wider role in our national infrastructure: moving water, mitigating climate change & floods, generating hydropower, ... https://t.co/7ZZRpSrvcc
gov.uk
This white paper sets out the government's plans to reform the water sector and the wider water system.
👀 Big changes are coming for the water industry. Keep watching our feed to see how we’re building a water system fit for the future.
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With government funding already reducing in real terms, @CanalRiverTrust has launched an appeal to pay for repair of the #Llangollen Canal breach - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
The Canal and River Trust said the cost of repairs to the breach had not been planned for.
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A good write-up by @ncedigital of the #Llangollen Canal breach and the questions about the resilience and maintenance funding for inland waterways raised by the failure of earth embankments https://t.co/LSFPqSidjI
newcivilengineer.com
The embankment failed in the early hours of 22 December, sending a torrent of water through the canal and washing two narrowboats – Sefton and Ganymede –
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The two last boats being refloated at the #Whitchurch breach on the #Llangollen Canal. Looks as if they are nearly there - thanks Taylors Aboard for another great video. Huge congratulations to all involved. https://t.co/iBgqvbQ8kU via @YouTube
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#boatsthattweet would like to thank @joolsmagic & @CanalRiverTrust contractors for managing to retrieve all 3 boats from the breach on the Llangollen in just 23 days!! Credit where credit's due folks 👏👏 #kudos #boating #boatlife #canalsandrivers #waterways
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#Oxford City Council may consider compulsory purchase of Jericho canal wharf after 30 years waiting for its potential to be realised - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Oxford City Council deputy has requested the council considers development options including a CPO.
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