Volunteers begin repairs on historic local bridge at risk of losing its protected status
The event, organised by Volunteer Centre Hackney to mark this year’s Volunteers’ Week, also featured a floating litter pick
Canal and River Trust
Local rowing club issues apology after man caught removing canalside safety bars
Canal and River Trust investigating after man in Lea Rowing Club kit was spotted cutting away grab bars
Boaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Troubled water: Boaters and rowers clash over River Lea traffic plans
Canal and River Trust proposals to help rowers ‘only serve to evict boat dwellers’, says bargee group
Fewer bins…less litter? Canal & River Trust plan to remove receptacles from towpaths meets concern
40 per-cent of litter bins could be removed from along the River Lea in a bid to prevent fly-tipping and “mistreatment”
Battles over ‘racetrack’ and superhighway pitch cyclists against walkers
With transport a major issue in the forthcoming Hackney mayoral election, Josh Loeb asks whether new cycleways can coexist peacefully with pedestrians
‘Continuous cruiser’ wins battle against canal eviction
But the new six-month licence is far too short, he says
Argy-bargey: rowers claim canal boat moorings will block River Lea
Hackney Boating Families want to set up a ‘community moorings’ but rowers say the river is too narrow
Eel passes help endangered fish complete final leg of 3,000 km odyssey
Tunnels helping eels on their upstream battle are being refurbished by the Canal and River Trust
Boat-dwellers unite in Hackney against ‘draconian’ clampdown on cruisers
Boaters who do not move could lose their licences as Canal and River Trust tightens up enforcement of 14-day rule
No moor room: canal boat families fight for their own stretch of water on River Lea
Hackney Boating Families seek to create ‘community moorings’ in Lower Clapton
Oh no, not again! ‘Environmental destruction’ warning over Canalival 2014
Revellers who trashed waterway could return, Canal and River Trust warns
Boaters go to court to fight seizure notices
Canal and River Trust says regulation is needed owing to ‘congested waterways’
River of death: storms and road pollution kill thousands of fish
Canal and River Trust highlights scandal of creatures choked dead by depleted oxygen in Lea
Rat urine bug threat to canal revellers
As messy fallout from chaotic party continues to attract scorn, new warning of potentially fatal Weil’s Disease
‘My home is not a toilet’: fury after floating festival sinks into anarchy
Recriminations fly after event as residents allege debauched anti-social behaviour by hordes of revellers