Large parts of the canal are now just mud, after the water drained away More than 20 canal boats have been left stranded after a stretch of waterway in West Yorkshire ran dry due to a faulty lock ...

As we glide silently up Amsterdam's busy waterways on an unseasonably warm autumn morning, boat company owner Rik Kooij, 38, admits that "canal water runs in my veins". Ever since his mechanically ...