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Making it last?

I THINK it was Victor who pointed out how contractors were doing jobs yet having to go back and do the same again a little later, writes Julie Warne.

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Published: 04 December 2023

Victor notices the contractors are dragging out their jobs again

I RECKON that most of you realise that the contractors working on the waterways like to drag their jobs out.

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Published: 03 December 2023

Boats caught-out in storms and sink

AS STORMS battered the country before this cold spell River Canal Rescue (RCR) reported an increase in the number of call-outs to recover submerged vessels.

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Published: 01 December 2023

Lock unworkable three times this month

FOR the third time this month Whitley Lock (12) on the Aire & Calder is closed to navigation.

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Published: 01 December 2023

Sunken boats on the Grand Union summit pound

TWO photographs taken this morning (Thursday) by Howard Clarke of sunken boats on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 30 November 2023

Canal tragedy takes two lives

THIS freezing weather and the resulting dangerous towpaths have taken two lives.

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Published: 30 November 2023

Overloaded boat stuck in Lincoln's Glory Hole

IT WAS a very embarrassed boater who attempted to get his overload boat though Lincoln's Glory Hole getting stuck in the process.

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Published: 30 November 2023

Work progressing well at collapsed culvert

WORK is progressing well at the collapsed culvert on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Canal & River Trust reates.

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Published: 30 November 2023

Third party closes Swansea Canal for a month

THE Swansea Canal is to be closed for the entire month of January 2024.

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Published: 30 November 2023

Boat licences up 6% and more

THE Canal & River Trust is confirming an increase of 6% in boat licence fees from 1st April 2024 for both private boat owners and boating businesses.

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Published: 29 November 2023

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