Well that really sucks. How much do you want to bet that this will be used as a reason to ban narrowboats entirely claiming they caused the sinkhole to exist rather than just poor maintenance since you are spending all of the $$$ on criminal illegal aliens? Also, narrowboat people have more "freedom" than most so you can't have that... Archive: https://archive.today/Cp7pc From the post: >>A major incident has been declared as a huge sinkhole has swallowed a canal. Emergency services have rushed to the scene in the Chemistry areas of Whitchurch in Shropshire. Three boats became caught in a terrifying sinkhole which began developing at around 4.22am. Firefighters were called to rescue the passengers of the three vessels, as the sinkhole opened up to approximately 50 metres by 50 metres in size, firefighters said. Six fire crews helped rescue more than 10 members in the public. The crews battled through 'unstable ground and rapidly moving water' as they began the rescue.