A charity is calling on volunteers to protect wildlife like otters, ducks and water voles by helping to maintain the canal ...

A man has died after a body was found in a West Yorkshire canal on Saturday. Police were called to Huddersfield Road in Brighouse at 13:36 BST on Saturday, following reports of a man in the water.

The charity which maintains Yorkshire's canal network has said that the historic waterways could "disappear" if more funding was not made available to repair them. Sean McGinley, the regional ...

Emergency services were called to the canal near Atlas Mill Road at just after 9am on Saturday (Jan 4) by a caller reporting seeing a body in water there. West Yorkshire Police, ambulance and fire ...

A group of people helped a PCSO save the life of a cyclist after he fell into a frozen South Yorkshire canal. The off-duty officer was in the Forge Island area of Rotherham when she heard shouts ...

A teenager who died after getting into trouble while swimming in a West Yorkshire canal has been named by police. Emergency services recovered the body of 16-year-old Alfie McCraw from the Aire ...

A West Yorkshire Police spokeman said: "Police are appealing for information after a woman’s body was found in water in Brighouse. "Emergency services were called to the canal near Atlas Mill ...

Aerial footage shows the devastating scenes as Bridgewater Canal burst for the first time in more than 50 years, flooding nearby fields. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...

A BARGE operating on South Yorkshire’s canal network has been nicknamed “The Fish Mincer” by local anglers following a spate ...