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Long closure likely for Trent & Mersey Canal landslip

THE landslip on the Trent & Mersey Canal looks like causing a long closure.

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Published: 27 January 2021

No Stratford River Festival this year

THE popular Stratford River Festival is an early 2021 boating event to be cancelled as a result of coronavirus, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 27 January 2021

No water or pump-out services on the Weaver

BOTH the water point and pump-out services on the Weaver are out of use for boaters.

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Published: 27 January 2021

One team does but one team doesn't

WHILST one Canal & River Trust team rushed out to clear channels in the recent flood another team had more important work to do.

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Published: 27 January 2021

All quiet on the Coventry

ALL quiet indeed on the Coventry Canal at a snow-bound Hopwas this morning.  Picture by Keith Gudgin.

Keith 25Jan21

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Published: 25 January 2021

Victor believes we should not overlook the work of the teams

ALL too often there are complaints about the work of contractors that are now let loose on our waterways.

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Published: 25 January 2021

Canal & River Trust to the rescue

CRITICAL situation at Wychnor, but two CaRT employees I met were on the case—good to see, and I told them so, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 23 January 2021

Not a lot of good news for those on the Shroppie

WITH breaches, landslides and now trees blocking the Shropshire Union Canal, it's not very good for boaters.

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Published: 23 January 2021

Worries over river marina with solid berths

THOUGH most river marinas have floating pontoons that rise in floods keeping boats safe, there is one notable exception, writes the editor, Tom Crossley.

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Published: 22 January 2021

They were a menace

JOE Pullen's article about vandals in the past brought back a few memories, writes James Henry.

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Published: 21 January 2021

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