In the past 20 years, the country has transformed its decrepit coal-transport infrastructure into a thriving recreational wonderland Corey Buhay The author and a friend paddled the 200-year-old ...

The Union Canal was back in business ... This was where the kings and queens of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries came to play. Mary, Queen of Scots was born at the palace in 1542, and ...

the Union Canal has been in use for over two centuries. The Avon Aqueduct near Linlithgow is the longest and tallest in Scotland – an impressive structure that remains popular with canal-goers ...

The Union Canal, originally constructed to bring coal and other minerals to Scotland’s capital, fell into decline as a commercial waterway with the advent of the railways and was closed in 1965.

The breach has flooded Scotland's busiest railway line ... and washing away part of the embankment. The Union is a contour canal with no lock gates so engineers had to install sandbags at ...

The man was attacked at the Union Canal path near Murrayburn and Wester ... Sgt Alex Dickson, of Police Scotland, said: "Fortunately the cyclist was uninjured and did not fall into the canal.

The Leamington Lift Bridge across the Union Canal has been closed since the summer, cutting off access to the Lochrin Basin, and there were fears it could lead to the closure of Scotland’s ...

A man's body has been found in the Union Canal near Falkirk ... a spokesperson for Police Scotland said. A report has been sent to the procurator fiscal. Lyndsay Lawrence, 29, from Camelon ...