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Wigan Flight failure closes Leeds & Liverpool

WE HAVE really lost count of the number of times the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been closed this year.

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Published: 06 August 2020

'Listing' boat closes Trent & Mersey lock

NOT now naming sunken boats—it might scare the natives—they are called 'listing' boats!

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Published: 06 August 2020

Does C&RT now stand for Cycling & Running Track?

AN EXCELLENT suggestions form 'our Man at the Summit' who suggests the new interpretation of the Trust's initials.

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Published: 06 August 2020

Busted cill repaired in four hours

THE busted cill of a lock on the Shropshire Union Canal took four hours to repair.

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Published: 06 August 2020

To attempt three and a half marathons in 24 hours

A LIFE member of the Chesterfield Canal Trust is to attempt three and a half marathons in 24 hours along its towpath and back.

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Published: 06 August 2020

Massive Trent development at Nottingham

A MASSIVE development on the Trent in Nottingham is now taking shape.

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Published: 06 August 2020

Oxford lift bridge inoperable until today

THE automated Mill Lift Bridge (205) on the Oxford Canal failed yesterday, Tuesday.

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Published: 05 August 2020

Overseas visitors returning to the waterways

BOAT hirers from across the world are returning to the waterways for their holidays now that the coronavirus pandemic has eased.

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Published: 05 August 2020

Another car in a canal

THE latest car to end up in a waterway was in the Lancaster Canal.

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Published: 05 August 2020

Middlewich reopens

THE two broken paddles on Wardle Lock have been repaired.

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Published: 05 August 2020

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  • Whitworth breach progress
  • Concern about lithium-ion batteries
  • Damaged tunnel to have shield inserted
  • Storms cause major disruption to the waterways
  • Lichfield & Hatherton canal restoration problems
  • Our site was not compromised
  • A back-of-a-fag-packet calculation
  • And still they come
  • Christmas days out and events on the canals
  • Victor tells we now have a 'high level leak'
  • Problems repairing Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation lock
  • Ellesmere Canal Yard secures National Lottery funding
  • New tools for volunteers
  • WaterNav improves journey planning and weather data
  • At last—Atherstone Flight open
  • Whitchurch Breach progress report
  • Canal & River Trust help boatyard to survive
  • Grantham Canal Society to start on restoration of another lock
  • Workers break into roof of tunnel closing navigation
  • Chesterfield Canal Trust at Staveley:

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