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Schoolgirl rape and armed attacks on towpaths

FOLLOWING hard on the heels of the news of a man severely beaten and thrown in a canal and two teenagers found drowned in another, is the news of a young schoolgirl raped on a canal towpath and a armed gang attacking a man on another towpath.

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Published: 28 October 2011

Two teenagers drown in canal

TWO teenagers have been found drowned in the Birmingham Level Main Line Canal near Brasshouse Bridge at Smethwick.
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Published: 27 October 2011

Mug Tug goes pink

THE Mug Tug is a paint-a-pot studio in a narrowboat moored at Barton Marina, and its owner is encouraging people to wear pink to support its fund-raising programme for a breast cancer charity.

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Published: 27 October 2011

Prince Charles takes to the towpath

ON A visit to Burnley this week Prince Charles took to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath in the town when he visited the Weavers Triangle.

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Published: 27 October 2011

Hope for Lapal Canal

IT SEEMS all is not lost over the Lapal Canal as Sainsbury's agreed a meeting with members of the Lapal Canal Trust.

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Published: 27 October 2011

More money wasted

A GREAT amount of money has been wasted on erecting booms across the small weirs on the Soar.

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Published: 26 October 2011

Boat fires were arson

THE boat fires on the Coventry Canal reported in narrowboatworld this morning have been discovered to be arson.
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Published: 26 October 2011

Serious assault on canal towpath

TWO men were arrested after a 'sustained, serious assault' on a man on the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 26 October 2011

Two boats burned

TWO narrowboats were burnt out on Monday (24th October) on the Coventry Canal.

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Published: 26 October 2011

Fight for Lapal Canal

As many of you may know there are now diminished prospects for the Lapal Canal (Dudley No 2) in the recently published Regeneration Plan for Selly Oak from Sainsbury's and their partners, Land Securities, writes Brian Holmes.

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Published: 26 October 2011

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