Charity needs more volunteers to help maintain Yorkshire’s canals

More volunteers are needed to protect the canal network which has been “battered” by storms and floods, a charity has said.

The Canal & River Trust has about 750 volunteers across the Yorkshire and North East region – but said it wanted more people to come forward in the new year.

The trust said more than one million people in Yorkshire lived within a 10-minute walk of its waterways.

However, it added that many did not realise the locks, bridges, aqueducts and towpaths were looked after by the charity.