The final section of a canal that was closed after a toxic chemical spill last summer is due to reopen next week, the charity ...

A charity has urged visitors of Walsall Canal to report any suspected wildlife crime after several geese were found dead along a towpath. The Canal & River Trust said it's working with police to ...

An area of Walsall Canal was affected when 4,000 litres of contaminant, including highly toxic sodium cyanide and zinc cyanide, leaked into the water in August 2024. Ever since, a one-mile section ...

More than 11 miles of a canal network which was closed after a major chemical spill has reopened after testing showed water quality is within safety guidelines. A stretch of the Walsall Canal ...

More than 100 juvenile and dozens of adult fish carcasses have been taken out of Walsall Canal after around 4,000 gallons of toxic chemicals were leaked into the water system at Pleck last week ...

Walsall Council said the Environment Agency told it about a spillage that went directly into the canal in Pleck, West Midlands, on Monday. A major incident was declared, involving police ...

The Rushall lock flight in Walsall has remained closed since Monday, following a toxic chemical spillage People are being urged to take precautions and avoid parts of the canal network following a ...

People are being urged to stay away from a 12-mile stretch of canal network in Walsall following the discovery of sodium cyanide in the water. The spillage is believed to have taken place on a ...

A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "The Environment Agency (EA) is working with other agencies across the West Midlands to treat a chemical spillage into a canal in Walsall. "The EA is ...

A 12-mile (19km) stretch of the Walsall Canal was initially closed after the spill in August, when about 4,000 litres (879 gallons) of sodium cyanide and other chemicals leaked into the water.

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