News article created on 12 July 2012

Pick of the media coverage from the Canal & River Trust launch July 2012

Here's a pick of the press coverage we've had on the day the Canal & River Trust launched

Radio 4's Today Programme (scroll forward to 2.42 on iplayer) talks transformation and community involvement with Chief Executive Robin Evans
Radio 5 Live Breakfast (scroll forward to 53mins on iplayer) talks about this 'historic day' in canal and river history with Marketing Director Simon Salem
BBC online quotes our Chairman Tony Hales saying that canals and rivers have been "transformed from a national disgrace into a national treasure.”
Channel 4 News reports on the launch online
The Guardian talks to a team of volunteers on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
ITV Central News talks to our very own and very excited Waterway Manager Dean Davis.
Sky News shows a clip of our Patron H.R.H. the Prince of Wales
Wales Online focuses on the launch at the World Heritage Site, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
ITV Wales also focuses on the launch at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct