In a grim prediction of the next deadly boat crash on the canals around his St. Bernard Parish marina, Glenn Sanchez drew three black Xs on his map of the waterways -- all marking narrow, blind turns ...

A pensioner died after being crushed to death when she fell from a boat into a canal while on a family holiday, an inquest heard. Margaret Billings, 78, was trapped between the narrow boat and ...

Over the coming weeks and months, Paul Miles will be following in the wake of narrowboating pioneer L.T.C. Rolt, retracing a journey he made – and wrote about – more than 80 years ago and reflecting ...

A WOMAN was crushed to death between a narrow boat and the side of a canal after she fell into the water. Margaret Billings, 78, became trapped between the narrow boat and the quayside of Kennet and ...

More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...

'Stream in the sky': Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales carries the Llangollen Canal in an iron trough 125ft above the River Dee On May 8, a flotilla of some 30 narrowboats will cruise along the Thames in ...

A short break on the Llangollen Canal manages to be both sedate and exciting, finds Cat Thomson. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Wales. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

London’s meandering canals look like an oasis on a sunny spring afternoon, but increasingly they’re a last resort for many who say the city has left them nowhere else to go. Andy Winter is among ...