A section of the UK's longest canal that has been closed since January for repair work will reopen on Friday. Locks 12 and 13 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, are having new handmade gates fitted.

The UK's deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust volunteers are removing debris and litter from Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby ...

The UK's deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust volunteers are removing debris and litter from Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal in ...

Staff and volunteers from the Canal and River Trust give Tuel Lane lock, the UK's deepest canal lock, it's annual drain and spring clean ...

The UK’s deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust volunteers are removing debris and litter from Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal ...

Tuel Lane Lock on the Rochdale Canal in West Yorkshire is the UK's deepest single canal lock The UK's deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust ...

Pete Barnett, from River and Canal Rescue, says it's rare for a narrowboat to sink like this A narrowboat that sank on a canal, blocking it for days, has been stripped of everything on board ...

The old lock gates have been removed with the help of a crane and a lorry [Jane Pollard/Whilton Marina] ...

The UK’s deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust volunteers are removing debris and litter from Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal, in Sowerby ...