General News

Islington Tribune, 14th March 2014.	Soil delivery for Angel canal garden unearths fresh interest from volunteers
Hackney Gazette, 12th February 2014.	Hackney residents blow the whistle on crime
Islington Tribune. 25th October 2013.	Walking tall in the City Basin. Circular towpath route finally opens
Islington Tribune. 30th August 2013.	Letter: Wonderful canal festival that's sure to float your boat
Islington Tribune. 23rd August 2013.	Barge-pole attack on swans condemned as 'a new low' - Canal trust urged to curb anti-social behaviour plaguing waterway
Islington Gazette. 17th August 2013.	Ice enthusiasts head for super-cool day at frozen pioneer's former factory
Waterways World, September 2013.	Warning on London Canal Locks
Islington Tribune. 16th August 2013.	Letter: Be a festival volunteer (Angel Canal Festival)
Camden New Journal, 15th August 2013.	Green river: Camden Town doesn't have to wait for St Patrick's Day
Narrowboat World, 9th August 2013.	Lock dangers: 'CaRT needs to shape up a lot'
Islington Gazette, 8th August 2013.	'Lawless' City Road canal basin could lead to teens being crushed to death
Islington Tribune, 2nd August 2013.	Don't swim in canal, warns waterways charity
Islington Tribune, 5th July 2013.	The wrong kind of canal locks - four gates still block basin towpath route
Islington Tribune, 5th July 2013.	Letters: Walkers not trespassers
Islington Tribune, 28th June 2013.	Another summer without a walk in park by the canal
Islington Tribune, 8th February 2013.	Let us walk by lakeside
Islington Tribune, 18th January 2013.	Mixed response to plans for café and studio on Regent's Canal
Islington Tribune, 12th October 2012.	Plea to open up towpath around City Road Basin
Islington Tribune, 14th September 2012.	Anger over canal furniture exhibition ‘stunt’.
Islington Tribune, 14th September 2012.	Islington Tribune, 14th September 2012. Float your ideas here.
Islington Tribune, 7th September 2012.	Floating homes plan fuels Regent’s Canal towpath war.
Islington Gazette, 30th August, 2012.	Horse tows historic canal boat to King’s Cross museum.
Islington Gazette, 16th August, 2012.	Restored narrow boat will be towed to King’s cross museum by horse.
Islington Gazette, 18th July, 2012.	Islington boat owners forced to move homes after Olympics take over Regent’s Canal.
Camden New Journal, 12th July 2012.	'The motorway of its day' celebrates its 200th anniversary with the Regent's Canal Festival
Tower Habitats, 9th February 2012.	Canal Club garden attracts people and wildlife.
Islington Gazette, 9th February 2012.	Olympic light display opened by silver medallist.
Islington Gazette, 18th August 2011.	Angel Canal Festival.
Various Letters. June/July 2011.	St Peter's Bi-Election
Islington Tribune, 1st April 2011	Speaking up for canals
Islington Tribune, 10th September 2010.	British Waterway scheme slammed by angry residents
Camden New Journal, 19th August 2010.	Muppets creator's flats in Camden Lock graffiti row
Islington Tribune, 2nd April 2010	Glasses raised as walkers win right to stroll in park by canal
Camden New Journal, 4th January 2007.	Canal-side refurbs are for the best
Camden New Journal, 28th January 2005.	Fears that lights will lure late-night life to towpath
Camden New Journal, 31st December 2004.	Canal light plan sparks danger alert

Mooring, Litter, Noise, etc

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Evening Standard. 20th February 2014.	Houseboats in London - how to get a foot on the alternative property ladder
Islington Tribune. 3rd January 2014.	Trolleys, car doors and about three motorbikes a month... it's amazing what's dumped in Islington's canal
Islington Tribune. 13th December 2013.	Letter: Bumper-to-bumper boats would make canal invisible
Islington Tribune. 6th December 2013.	Letter: Narrow boats make canal towpath safer
Islington Tribune. 29th November 2013.	FORUM: Turn a blind eye and canal could become a floating caravan park
Waterways World, November 2013, page 11.	Letter about mooring congestion in London.
Islington Tribune. 25th October 2013.	Letter: We could lose our historic working boats from canal
Islington Tribune, 18th October 2013.	Charity is urged to act over loud music, late-night drinking and boat smoke on the canal
Islington Gazette, 8th August 2013.	'Lawless' City Road canal basin could lead to teens being crushed to death
Camden New Journal, 1st August 2013.	Wildlife abandons mucky canal waters
Hackney Gazette, 1st August 2013.	Olympic legacy claims blasted, as 'sick stunt' turns 'toxic' River Lea fluorescent green
Islington Tribune, 21st June 2013.	Increase in anti-social behaviour on towpath fuels legal threat against Canal and River Trust
Islington Tribune, 7th June 2013.	Investigation launched into claims that excessive boat noise and fumes are making lives a misery for residents along Regent's Canal
Narrowboat World, Saturday, 8th June 2013.	More engine noise complaints
Hackney Gazette, 30th March 2013.	Arts centre set for canalside in Hackney despite boat dwellers' opposition
Islington Tribune, 8th February 2013.	Air pollution
Hackney Gazette, 28th January 2013.	Litter louts urged to stop dumping household waste on Regent's Canal
Evening Standard, 22nd January 2013.	'Barge rage' at canal as locals protest over smoke and noise
Islington Tribune, 11th January 2013.	Councillor says 'huge increase in dirty and noisy canal boats' close to homes could force residents to move away
Narrowboat World, 7th September 2012.	Continuous moorers ousted
Islington Gazette, 18th August 2011.	Regent's Canal sea of green.
Camden New Journal, 4th August 2011.	Invasion of Duckweed.

Freight by Water

Islington Tribune, 22nd February 2013.	Our narrow streets are no place for hazardous lorries
Camden New Journal, 14th February 2013.	Railway developers are urged to use canals
Camden New Journal, 31st January 2013.	Go by canal and barge
Camden New Journal, 17th January 2013.	(Freight) On the water
Camden New Journal, 10th January 2013.	Canal vs lorries row may go to court
Islington Tribune, 10th June 2011	Gerald Heward: ‘The Regent’s Canal is a wasted freight-moving asset’

Property Development

Islington Tribune, 7th February 2014.	'Two-finger' towers are a growing problem as buildings block residents' views
Islington Tribune, 31st January 2014.	Is this Canal Basin's Lexicon tower the shape of things to come at hospital?
Waterways World, November 2013.	Camden Canal Information Centre reopens
Islington Gazette, 22nd August 2013.	Fears conservation in Islington is being hit by rise in developments
Evening Standard, 5th and 8th July 2013.	Letters about overseas investment in empty new London homes.
Islington Tribune, 15th January 2013.	Canalside café at City Road Basin is the planners' cup of tea
Evening Standard, 21st January 2013.	Shutters may come down on 'Abbey Road' photo studios
Hackney Gazette, 10th January 2013.	Iconic Holborn Studios in Hoxton under threat of demolition
Camden New Journal, 29th November 2012.	Campaign group calls for 'anti-tourist' towpath wall as decision on £300m Hawley Wharf development looms
Islington Tribune, 16th November 2012.	Park we were promised has become a gated community.
Camden New Journal, 15th November 2012.	Enforcement notice issued over lock-keeper's cottage information centre stand-off with coffee giants Starbucks
Hackney Gazette, 18th October 2012.	Eagle Wharf development: `Goodbye heritage, hello Silicon Canal?` asks Regent's Canal campaigner
Islington Gazette, 18th October 2012.	Building starts on Islington's tallest skyscraper
Islington Tribune, 28th September 2012.	Canal campaigners say towpath made narrow by developers building tower block is ‘a danger to walkers’.
Islington Gazette, 27th September 2012.	Regent’s Canal friends’ anger as walkway ‘vanishes’.
Ham and High, 14th September, 2012.	Controversial new plans for Hawley Wharf development next to Regent’s Canal unveiled.
Camden New Journal, 13th September 2012.	Radically revised plans for Hawley Wharf are 'a victory for people power', say campaigners
Ham and High, 16th August 2012.	Canal at risk of losing charm from shadow of development.
Islington Tribune, 27th July 2012.	This looks like a gated community, minus the gates.
Camden New Journal, 26th July 2012.	PROPERTY: After criticism from civic groups, King’s Cross project will see construction of new buildings, even before tenants are ready to move in.
Camden New Journal, 26th July 2012.	Recession blamed as King’s Cross developer shelves plan for ‘spectacularly lit’ glass bridge to Granary Square.
Guardian. 11th June 2012.	Privately owned public space: where are they and who owns them?.
Hackney Gazette, 18th May 2012.	Luxury flat owners' horror as Regents Canal boats moor up outside their homes.
Hackney Gazette, 19th October 2011.	Tory demands a lifeline for Hackney artists facing eviction.
Hackney Gazette, 28th July 2011.	Rosemary Works Demolition.
Hackney Gazette, 21st July 2011.	Rosemary Works Demolition.

Towpath Cycling

Camden New Journal, 15th August 2013.	Letter: safer routes (for cyclists).
Islington Tribune, 26th July 2013.	Cyclists must accept they are third priority when crowds throng canal towpath.
Islington Tribune, 19th July 2013.	Letter from Andrew Gilligan: "Towpaths".
Islington Tribune, 12th April 2013.	Designer believes elevated route along Regent's Canal would clear crowded towpath - but it is dismissed as `bonkers`.
Camden New Journal, 10th January 2013.	Cycling and the canal
Road cc (cycle website), 30th December 2012.	London's cycle commuter boom causes problems on Regents Canal towpath
Islington Gazette, 20th December 2012.	Regent's Canal cycling coordinator appointed
Evening Standard, 29th June 2012.	Cyclists sink drive for canalside harmony.
Islington Tribune, 29th June 2012.	Bell tolls for ‘two-tings’ towpath cycle scheme.
Islington Tribune, 29th June, 2012	It’s no joke, planners are guilty of canal vandalism.
Islington Tribune, 8th June 2012.	Yellow-jersey cyclists are forcing elderly off towpath.
Islington Tribune, 25th May 2012.	Fears of towpath conflict during Olympics.
Islington Tribune, 17th February 2012.	Wider towpath bid to end battle for space.
Islington Tribune, 25th November 2011.	Regent’s Canal towpath chicanes not the answer’.
Islington Tribune, 29th September 2011.	Calls to ban reckless riders on the Regent’s Canal.
Islington Tribune, 15th July 2011.	Menace on Regent's Canal towpaths.
Islington Tribune, 10th June 2011.	Speeding cyclists on Regent’s Canal towpath: ‘Someone will end up in canal’.
Islington Tribune, 10th June 2011	How walkers can reclaim the towpath’s tranquillity
Islington Tribune, 3rd June 2011	Travel expert Christian Wolmar steps into the Regent’s Canal towpath row
Islington Tribune, 29th April 2011.	Bid to outlaw reckless cycling under fire
Islington Tribune, 1st April 2011	Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones takes on Regent's Canal towpath cyclists

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