Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Wales. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

A major incident has been declared after a huge "sinkhole" appeared on a canal, swallowing boats, near the Welsh border. Emergency services including firefighters, paramedics, the Environment Agency ...

A charity has removed abandoned boats along a stretch of water in Derbyshire following concerns about the danger they posed to the public. Volunteers had raised concerns about five boats left along ...

Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has started the second phase of dredging on the Montgomery Canal as part of the effort to restore the 200-year-old canal so that boats can once again ...