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Slough Bridge removed

THE collapsed Reeds Bridge on the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal that closed the Arm has now been removed.

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Published: 17 July 2013

Work on Woolsthorpe Lock

WORK is still being carried out on Woolsthorpe Lock on the Grantham Canal, that when complete will further extend the restoration.

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Published: 17 July 2013

CaRT boat numbers down 4.2%

THE  number of boats on Canal & River Trust (CaRT) waterways has declined by 4.2% since last year, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 17 July 2013

Boaters stop new appointment

BOATERS, together with an alliance of boating associations have used their clout to stop the Broads Authority creating the new post of Marketing and Promotion Officer.

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Published: 17 July 2013

History comes to life

SOLDIERS and Civilians—covering over 1,000 years of Cheshire history will be bringing the National Waterways Museum to life at the Warriors and Washerwomen Living History Fair.

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Published: 15 July 2013

Blisworth Canal Festival

THERE is to be another Blisworth Canal Festival this year on the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 15 July 2013

Silencing the boaters

LOCAL residents near a moorings on the Kennet & Avon Canal were so fed up with noise from the boaters that they contacted the local council, with a unique solution being found.

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Published: 15 July 2013

No concern for the disabled

THE recent problems highlighted in narrowboatworld concerning the plight of the disabled access gates on the towpaths (Little care for the disabled) shows that Canal & River Trust has little concern for the disabled, but it goes much further in CaRT actually allowing the banning of the disabled from its waters, as Mick Fitzgibbons writes:

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Published: 15 July 2013

Work on Lady Capel's Bridge

THE IWA Waterway Recovery Group carried out restoration work on the iconic Grade II listed Lady Capel's Bridge that spans the Grand Union Canal in Watford in the run up to and during the Waterways Festival.

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Published: 15 July 2013

"Where is the Grand Union Canal?"

LAST Tuesday (9th July), I was working alongside the canal in Digbeth, Birmingham and noticed, along with others, that the level had dropped by at least five inches in under three hours. writes Ken Griffiths.

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Published: 15 July 2013

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