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Staff and volunteers at the Canal & River Trust take the opportunity for taster canoe trips on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre at Marsden near Huddersfield. Picture Tony Johnson

Canals could close and become derelict as funding is cut by 40 per cent

'Docks, reservoirs, canals and rivers will be really cold, even in the summer, and sudden exposure to such temperatures can cause cold water shock.' PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Water safety education is vital as the weather warms up - Claire Gauci

Knostrop Wahrf showing the tiny area allocated to AC Marine. To the left is the area leased to Lili Waste which is used to store bins

Plans to expand canal freight into Leeds 'dead in the water'

Volunteers at Leeds Building Society.

Businesses being encouraged to 'adopt' a waterway by the Canal & River Trust

Messing around on the water... Canalcast is hoping to make a splash for the Cana...

New maps show off the best waterside walks in Yorkshire

Barge operator John Branford

Barge operator wins long-running battle with Canal & River Trust over taking fre...

John Branford - he hopes the first barge will be taking freight to Leeds in mid-April Picture: Gary Longbottom

Working barges set to return to Aire and Calder Navigation after Canal & River T...

John Branford, from Goole, on one of his three barges, Farndale, moored at Goole

Canal & River Trust blocks 200-year-old barge business from transporting freight...

Boost for waterway volunteer schemes

The canal route for apprentices