More than 10 people have been helped to safety after a 50-metre-long sinkhole breached a canal in Shropshire, leaving several narrow boats stranded. Emergency services declared a major incident after ...

A narrow boat left high and dry by a pre-Christmas canal bank collapse has been successfully refloated by waterways engineers. The stern of the Pacemaker was left hanging precariously over a ...

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’ A man has told of his narrow escape after waking up just in time to raise the alarm as his canal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the middle of the night, sleeping boat owners in Shropshire woke up to the sound of rushing water due to a 50-metre-long ...

Volunteers had previously said some of the boats had been left on the canal for several years A charity has removed abandoned boats along a stretch of water in Derbyshire following concerns about the ...

Ten people have been helped to safety and emergency services have declared a major incident after a 50-metre sinkhole breached a canal in Shropshire (Andy Kelvin/PA) Ten people have been helped to ...

Waterways engineers working alongside the Canal and River Trust refill an area of canal containing the Pacemaker boat (PA) A narrow boat left high and dry by a pre-Christmas canal bank collapse has ...