The owner of one of the country’s oldest working horse-drawn barges has been forced to stopped her river trips after clashes with ‘snowflake’ canal users. Jenny Roberts, who owns Iona, has closed the Godalming Packetboat Company after 35 years, citing criticism from people using the towpath. Her horses, Buddy, Alizee, and Espoir have been retired … Read more
A luxurious two bedroom houseboat in London, one of the world’s first to be made of sustainable steel, is up for sale for £149,950. The recently crafted boat, with its exterior made of Corten Weathering Steel, comes with two bedrooms, an open plan kitchen and living space, a utility room, dining area which seats up … Read more
Soaked in sweat, random strangers hugged each other as music blared out. Class A drugs were openly handed around and consumed with abandon. Revellers who had overdone it were violently ill in front of fellow partygoers. Yet far from being a description of the goings-on in one of the Ibiza super-clubs during the pre-coronavirus era, … Read more
So much for being a NARROW boat! Fire crew saves family after their canal barge gets WEDGED in lock and starts SINKING West Midlands Fire Service called to Botterham Lock in Wombourne, at 10.22am Three people left stranded on the canal boat after it got wedged in the lock Fire crews rescued all three on … Read more
British ‘Jihadi’ bride and mother-of-nine is back in the UK living on a canal boat and claiming benefits after denying leading all-female Islamic State unit in Syria Natalie Bracht, 45, was alleged to have travelled to Syria at the end of 2014 It was also claimed that she had married IS fighter Celso Rodrigues da Costa … Read more
A teenager has been charged after a boat owner was shoved into a canal after confronting thugs for hurling missiles at two fighting swans. Police say they have charged the 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, following the incident in Limehouse, east London, on Friday, June 26. The teenager, from Tower Hamlets, has … Read more
A boat owner who was shoved into a canal after confronting thugs for hurling missiles at two fighting swans said today that his attackers ‘are nothing but cowards.’ Shocking footage showed Jeffrey Phillips, 55, being blindsided by a flip flop-wearing yob who pushed him into the water in Limehouse, east London on Friday. He had … Read more
Girl kicks swan while it is mating in vile attack caught on camera as police chief issues appeal to track her down Girl was part of a group hanging around by a canal in Limehouse, East London Footage shows her kicking the swan and following it as it hides behind a boat An onlooker is … Read more
Girl kicks swan in vile attack caught on camera as police chief issues appeal to track her down Girl was part of a group hanging around by a canal in Limehouse, East London Footage shows her kicking the swan and following it as it hides behind a boat An onlooker is then pushed in the … Read more
Police hunt ‘canal pusher’ gang after pregnant woman and teenage boys were attacked and shoved into water within days Two 14-year-old boys were set upon by a gang of up to 15 bat-wielding thugs They were walking along Netherton Canal in Liverpool at 6.50pm on Tuesday Ryan (not his real name) was hit on the back … Read more