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Leicester Section closed at Zouch Cut

THE Zouch Cut on the Leicester Section of the Grand Union is at present closed.

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Published: 26 October 2021

The elusive and impractical dream of electric boats

Further to your article regarding electric boats, I thought I’d share a nougat of a conversation I had with the skipper of the electric trip boat Electra recently, writes John Howard.

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Published: 25 October 2021

It's a bit low Victor

IT IS pleasing that narrowboatworld has reminded everyone of the Toddbrook incident which CRT, Defra (as CRT's major funder) and EA (as reservoir regulator) have all tried to sweep under the carpet, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 October 2021

Woman left paralysed after thrown from canal bridge

A YOUNG woman was left paralysed from the chest down after being thrown off a bridge by a jealous 'friend'.

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Published: 25 October 2021

Victor asks why the Toddbrook repair was not put out to tender

SO THE repair to the spillway on Toddbrook Reservoir is going to cost between £12 and £16 millions!

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Published: 23 October 2021

'Bank Failure' closes the Kennet & Avon

PERHAPS again it's a breach by any other name.

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Published: 23 October 2021

Leeds & Liverpool Canal sink hole repaired

THE sink hole on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Lock 50 has been repaired.

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Published: 22 October 2021

Toddbrook Reservoir to be repaired

THE Toddbrook Reservoir bank that collapsed back in 2019 is to be repaired.

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Published: 22 October 2021

The trust gets £1.4 million from the government

THE Canal & River Trust is to get £1.4 million from the government to maintain locks.

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Published: 22 October 2021

Not such a welcome anymore

MY WIFE and I often visited Teddington, which was her home town, writes Richard Attwood.

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Published: 20 October 2021

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