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The tone was set at his inauguration, when he asserted that China controlled the Panama Canal and said the U.S. would take control of the waterway.

The Wye in particular has become symbolic of widespread concerns over the worsening state of the UK's waterways in recent years.

Announcing the proposed dates for what it called Bluebird K7 - The Festival, organisers said they had applied for an exemption to the waterway's 10mph speed limit.

The trail eventually took me into the waterways of Makoko, one of the city's poorest districts, where wooden houses balanced on stilts rise on the edge of Lagos Lagoon.

London and Valley Water said on Thursday that its plan was the "fastest and most reliable route" to turn around Thames, clean up waterways and rebuild public trust.