Pete Barnett, from River and Canal Rescue, says it's rare for a narrowboat to sink like this A narrowboat that sank on a canal, blocking it for days, has been stripped of everything on board, its ...

Boat owners are "stuck" on a section of the Oxford Canal in Coventry that is blocked by a narrowboat that sank on Saturday. Five boats have had to moor by the side of the banks - two southbound and ...

Police are appealing for help to trace a narrowboat stolen in Warwickshire. They say the red and black narrowboat with a red and cream roof has been stolen on the canal road in Wilmcote. "Please join ...

A sunken narrowboat has blocked a major waterway in Coventry. Firefighters were called to the Oxford Canal on Sunday. Crews said they were dispatched to the Oxford Canal to search the sunken ...

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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 ...

A couple who sold their three-bedroom house to live on a narrowboat full time have revealed all about their lifestyle. Paul and Anthony Smith-Storey opted to ditch land for life on the canal back in ...

Living on a narrowboat could turn out to be a lot more expensive A WOMAN who now lives on a narrowboat to save thousands of pounds each month has given three major warnings to people looking to start ...

A narrowboat that sank on a canal, blocking it for days, has been stripped of everything on board, its owner discovered. The boat was recovered earlier by a River and Canal Rescue (RCR) team who ...