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Remarkable nobody drowned

READING about the algae on the canal in Walsall it is remarkable that nobody drowned, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 16 October 2019

Publicity gets CaRT responding to Walsall danger

AFTER the bad publicity resulting from four people falling into its canal in one evening, Canal & River Trust have responded.

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Published: 16 October 2019

Virgin enjoy an awayday

DURING September, a group of seven keen volunteers from the Virgin Media Business Project Delivery team came to do some vegetation clearance along the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 16 October 2019

No further boats through Macclesfield stoppage

THOUGH Canal & River Trust stated that there will be a 'window' for boats through its Macclesfield Canal stoppage, the limit has been reach.

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Published: 16 October 2019

FOUR fall into canal as CaRT ignores dangerous algae

THERE have now been a total of four people falling into the Walsall Canal in a single evening as it is covered in green algae that looks like grass.

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Published: 14 October 2019

Wants to volunteer

AFTER hiring a narrowboat on the Trent & Mersey Canal it awakened my interest in the work on disused canals, writes Paul Harding.

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Published: 14 October 2019

Dawn Rose maintenance volunteers needed

THE narrowboat Dawn Rose is the only Chesterfield Canal boat in existence and was rebuilt over four years by a group of volunteers at Shireoaks Marina, where it is moored.

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Published: 14 October 2019

Victor: Toddbrook type dams need urgent attention

AT 200 odd years old, with one failed and at least one other failing, those dams I reckon have reached their 'sell-by' date and need urgent attention.

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Published: 13 October 2019

Another eight reservoirs at risk?

ARE eight reservoirs with concrete spillways similar to that at Toddbrook at risk? asks Allan Richards.

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Published: 11 October 2019

Macclesfield closed until March

THE further 'leak' on the Macclesfield Canal at Bollington has closed the navigation until March next year.

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Published: 10 October 2019

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