Boat owners on UK's longest canal stuck amid record water shortage

A lack of recent rainfall forces part of the Leeds-Liverpool canal to shut while 5 million face a hosepipe banBoat owners on the UK's longest canal will not be able to move their boats next week, due to a water shortage, while 5 million people have been warned they may be soon facing a hosepipe ban.Stretches of the Leeds-Liverpool canal will be closed during periods next week after a lack of rainfall has led to low levels in some Yorkshire and Lancashire reservoirs, leaving canal locks unable to be filled. Continue reading...