Tag: canal

City council announces opening of major new canal path and playpark

News

Douglas Simpson - December 9, 2024

THE City of Edinburgh Council has announced the impending opening of the new Union Canal link in the capital, alongside a newly built playpark. The...

“Ultimate claw game”: Incredible moment digger driver expertly plucks calf out of canal after it drifted for over 2 miles in water

Animal News

Simona Kitanovska - June 30, 2023

AN INCREDIBLE video shows the moment a calf is rescued by a skilled digger driver who expertly plucked it out of a canal using...

Taxi driver “embarassed” after following sat nav into canal

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Joe Hutchison - April 14, 2021

POLICE had to rescue a taxi from a canal after the driver followed his sat nav straight into the water. Cops from Greater Manchester Police...

Number of Scots living on canals quadruples

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - May 20, 2015

THE NUMBER of Scots living and working on the country’s canals has quadrupled in three years. More than 100 people have now forgone traditional bricks...

Men face court after car falls through ice on canal

Deadline News Journalist - January 12, 2010

By Cara Sulieman TWO men face court after narrowly cheating death by allegedly driving along a frozen CANAL in a car. Police blasted them as “stupid”...