May 2018 - A leaked letter from a junior Tory minister with reponsibility for waterways at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, reveals that she has set up a group to, 'find appropriate solutions that balance the needs of waterway users against those who chose to live on our inland waterways' Peter Underwood reports there is now widespread speculation that boaters' rights under the 1995 Waterways Act may be under attack by government.

May 2018 - The Canal & River Trust has been granted planning permission for 16 new residential moorings in Millwall Outer Dock, and they look to be targeted at those looking for a home rather than becoming a boater, as Peter Underwood reports.

C&RT itself describes the moorings in Millwall Outer Dock on the Isle of Dogs in East London as 'providing new homes for those seeking life on the water', and it seems the new moorings will be clearly pitched at the well-off, with prices likely to be at least £10,000 a berth.

May 2018 - A canal restoration abandoned by British Waterways before it became Canal & River Trust has moved a significant step forward with a Heritage Lottery Fund development grant, reports Charles Alberts.

Cotswold Canals Trust and Stroud District Council picked up the baton after the old British Waterways dropped the restoration and it has become a £23.4 million project to connect Stroud and Stonehouse to the nation’s inland waterway network at Saul Junction.

May 2018 - Developers have withdrawn plans to knock down the iconic music venue, The Flapper, in central Birmingham and replace it with a block of 66 flats up to 12 floors high – but it doesn't mean the pub is saved, or that Cambrian Wharf, on which it stands, will not still face dereliction and redevelopment, as Peter Underwood reports.