MICK Fitzgibbons writes that the overflowing sewage at Braunston has 'all the makings of a serious public health issue'—it does not have the makings of one, it is one. The sewage is next to a drinking water tap! Writes David Davis.
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WE ARE on our annual pilgrimage around the canals and have moored up in Braunston, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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IN ADDITION to the recent closures of three locks on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, another has now been closed.
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IT SEEMS that it is not only narrowboatworld that is concerned about Canal & River Trust's marina subsidiary, British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML makes a £877,642 loss!), writes Allan Richards.
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I'VE ONLY been living afloat for a short while, but the canals have been in my blood since I can remember. I used to think of them as a place where class, money, social mobility and all of the other 'trappings' of a capitalist system didn't reach' writes Gareth Haines.
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THE repair to Lock 8W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has now been completed and is open.
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THE first ever Leigh Canal Festival is to be held on the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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THERE are growing concerns about the perilous state of the waterways under Canal & River Trust, with stoppages reaching a number never even approached in past years, with not just single closures, but at the moment three stoppages on two separate canals.
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FROM all accounts it was chaotic at Buckby Locks on the Grand Union Canal when the broken lock was finally repaired enough to allow boats through after being closed for days.
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