The scene in Whitchurch, Shropshire, where emergency services declared a major incident after the huge hole causes the canal to collapse. (Photo by Andy Kelvin/PA Images via Getty Images) Narrowboat ...

More than 10 people have been rescued after a huge sinkhole opened in a canal in Shropshire, leaving several narrow boats stranded in the hole or teetering on the edge of a drop. Shropshire Fire and ...

Two local companies have been praised for their support of boaters left stranded after a catastrophic breach of a canal in ...

We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal boat – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’ - Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up ...

New aerial pictures show narrowboats still stranded in a collapsed canal one week after its 200-year-old embankment caved in. Emergency workers could be seen positioning boat turners yesterday morning ...

Police have declared a major incident after a huge sinkhole caused the banks of the Shropshire Union Canal to collapse in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Around ten people were rescued after boats were caught ...

SHROPSHIRE, England -- A massive sinkhole has developed in a canal in the English county of Shropshire, trapping two boats in deep mud and prompting emergency services to declare a "major incident." ...