A public hearing was being held Thursday to address the growing safety issues in Boston’s Mass. and Cass area, as city leaders reveal there’s a new plan to crackdown on crime in the troubled area. ...

A woman who lives on a canal boat has revealed the downsides of her lifestyle. Jen has been living on a self-built 65ft-long boat on the Grand Union Canal for over three years with her children.

She added that it’s a challenge to heat a boat during the winter. Most boats use what’s known as “reverse-cycle air conditioning” — technology that uses water to cool and heat the boat.

A man given two years to live with terminal cancer says he has outlived the diagnosis by selling his house and living on a narrow boat. Tom Smith, 40, was "mortified" when the doctors told him he ...