The Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency, Walsall and Sandwell Councils, UK Health and Safety Agency, emergency services, ...

The trust looking after the nation's rivers and canals has been celebrating as the final stretch of canal in Walsall left ...

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 ...

More than half of households in Walsall can get to open water within a short walk, new figures show. The Canal and Rivers Trust said regular access to water can improve "physical and mental health and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

People are being urged to take precautions and avoid parts of the canal network following a toxic chemical spillage in Walsall. Sodium cyanide, which can cause seizures and vomiting, was confirmed ...