London’s meandering canals look like an oasis on a sunny spring afternoon, but increasingly they’re a last resort for many who say the city has left them nowhere else to go. Andy Winter is among ...

A Teesside woman who swapped London renting for narrowboat life with her dog said she has found "freedom'', despite trials such as the engine exploding and the boat catching on fire. Kyrie Morris, a ...

A 33-year-old writer from Middlesbrough found "freedom" after trading London rent for life on a narrowboat, despite facing challenges like an exploding engine and a boat fire. Kyrie Morris purchased a ...

Shannon Lane, 29, was sick of paying £900-a-month for a room in a three-bedroom apartment in Clapton, London, so did something about it - and hasn't regretted her decision once The 29-year-old and pug ...

ON THE RIVER STORT, England — It takes only minutes for Jenny Poulton to get her house underway. On an August afternoon, she pulled up steel stakes, locked the cats inside and was off, moving her ...

“People may think we are hippies but we’re not. This is our home.” This is the view of Elizabeth who lives on a narrowboat in Salthouse Dock. Like everyone else, she stays there for just a few months ...

More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...