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Towpath 'grabber' charged with 12 sex attacks

THE man who has been terrorising women on Manchester area towpaths has been apprehended and charged with 12 sex attacks.

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Published: 15 March 2021

Child drowns in Kennet & Avon Canal

WHAT must surely be a mothers worst nightmare occurred at Newbury on the Kennet & Avon Canal when her child drowned just before Mothers' Day.

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Published: 15 March 2021

Trent & Mersey still closed at Anderton

IT WAS a January storm that caused the landslide that closed the Trent & Mersey Canal near Anderton.

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Published: 15 March 2021

Skipton Swing Bridge to be replaced in May

THE DAMAGED Gawflat Swing Bridge (175) in Skipton is to finally be replaced, but not until May.

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Published: 12 March 2021

Canal & River Trust launch campaign for volunteers

THERE is little doubt that the incidence of coronavirus has decimated the trust's number of volunteers.

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Published: 12 March 2021

Pondering method of bridge repair

ENGINEERS have now been on site at the damaged Lancaster Canal bridge.

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Published: 12 March 2021

'Open stretches of water can kill'

I SHOULD imagine that the phrase 'Open stretches of water can kill' by a senior coroner went down like a lead balloon at Canal & River Trust, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 11 March 2021

No navigation at Weaver swing bridge

THE repairs to Winnington Swing Bridge have hit an 'issue' that is preventing its operation.

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Published: 11 March 2021

Mercia Marina bucks the trend

EVEN in lockdown Mercia Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal continue apace with its development and improvements with the upgrading of pontoons to non-slip fibre grid.

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Published: 10 March 2021

More dithering over silt removal

ON THE heels of Canal & River Trust's dithering about the removal of silt at Radcliffe Lock on the Soar, comes more of same.

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Published: 10 March 2021

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  • Foxton and Watford flights to close
  • No increase in water levels on Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • 50 closures plus 59 restrictions decimating the waterways
  • Leaves a lot to be desired
  • Doing it the hard way
  • Four stoppages caused by need for repairs
  • At last a bit of sense tells Victor
  • Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks
  • Swing Bridges now operational
  • Another leak yesterday
  • Floating market this weekend
  • Another leak on the Llangollen
  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure

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