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Boat on weir

A NARROWBOAT was swept onto the weir at Ratcliffe-on-Soar yesterday (Thursday) when the owner pulled over to allow a broad beam to pass, and was swept by the current at Cedar Isle on the river.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Trent in flood again

THE Trent is in flood yet again, with CART issuing warning notices that Cranfleet Flood Lock is closed.

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Published: 06 July 2012

£13.5m for canal extension

A SHORT extension from the existing Forth & Clyde Canal to a new sea lock on the Carron and a lift bridge at Falkirk will cost £13.5m.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Collapsed culvert causes flooding

FOR the second time in just over a week Wigan streets have been flooded due to a blocked culvert under the Leeds & Liverpool Canal causing water to back up and flood.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Boat stolen then trashed

A NARROWBOAT was stolen from its moorings at Tonbridge on the Medway, then later found having been trashed.

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Published: 06 July 2012

42,000 canal-side trees to be felled

IT IS not our canal-side trees, but those mature Plane trees that line the 330 years old Canal Du Midi in France.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Huddersfield Narrow closed again

THE Huddersfield Narrow Canal is closed yet again, we are  informed, with two locks now impassable.
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Published: 05 July 2012

Speeding boats

YES, it is the owners responsibility to ensure his boat is moored as securely as possible, however that is a relative term, writes Maffi.

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Published: 05 July 2012

Pontcysyllte to be Floodlit

WREXHAM Borough Council are to floodlight the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal, to give it publicity after it was used to carry the Olympic Torch.

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Published: 05 July 2012

A step at a time for the Grantham

THE Grantham Canal—33 miles of rural landscape and with a 20 miles pound to boot, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 05 July 2012

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