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Folk on the Water

A FOLK festival will be cruising the waterways, and performing at venues along the way during June and July.

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Published: 21 June 2013

Towpath tractor for festival

A LITTLE-SEEN towpath tractor, that replaced horses on the London waterways will be seen at the Waterways Festival at Watford, thanks to the London Canal Museum.

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Published: 21 June 2013

Lock wall failure closes another canal

A VOID appearing in the wall of Lock 20 on the 'Wolverhampton 21' has caused the entire flight to be closed.

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Published: 21 June 2013

Not such a bad idea

LIKE Keith Gudgin, I too thought 'what a cheek' when I received the email from Waterscape [draining a pound to repair the CaRT trip boat] but after a few minutes thought I realised what a great idea it was, writes Pete Early.

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Published: 21 June 2013

Boat rape man will get jail

A MAN who assaulted a woman on the narrowboat she shared with her partner, has been found guilty, with the judge telling him he can expect a jail sentence of years not months.

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Published: 21 June 2013

De-watered to repair boat

A POUND of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal is being de-watered, and so closed, so that the trip boat can be repaired.

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Published: 20 June 2013

Fish killed by drained water

WATER draining into the Staffs & Worcs Canal from dousing a fire caused hundreds of fish to die.

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Published: 20 June 2013

Man died after resuscitation

THOUGH several people attempted CPR on a man who fell into the River Great Ouse at Bedford, it was in vain.

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Published: 20 June 2013

Middle Level boats

The recent article you published (Tolls have boaters' support) does not seem to match the reality that I see regularly, writes John Quinlan.

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Published: 20 June 2013

A different approach

WHEN I returned to our boat when moored on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in May, it was covered in grass cuttings which had been sprayed onto a wet boat and then baked in the sun, Peter Earley writes.

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Published: 19 June 2013

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