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David: Good news

AT LAST the Liverpool Link is to be opened up to more or less unrestricted access, with the conversion of bridges 6 and 9 to boater operation and the provision of pontoons to allow the same at all the locks.

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Published: 14 April 2018

Licence evasion at all time low

THE Canal & River Trust today tells us that boat licence evasion on its waterways is at an all time low.

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Published: 13 April 2018

The blame game

HAVE you noticed that these days stoppages are rarely put down to actual breakages?

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Published: 13 April 2018

Aire & Calder plastic clean-up

THE area between River Lock and Hunslet on the Aire & Calder Navigation had become an eyesore for plastic in the water, but volunteers have now cleaned it up.

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Published: 13 April 2018

The breach from the air

Middlewich breach from above

A Drone photograph by John Bancroft showing the massive damage caused by the breach in the Middlewich Branch.

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Published: 12 April 2018

Thugs attack man in wheelchair on towpath with knife

TWO men saw a man in a wheelchair on the Shropshire Union Canal towpath as a very easy target to rob.

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Published: 12 April 2018

Powerboat for wheelchair users

A NEW wheelchair accessible powerboat has been launched by not-for-profit charity Local Solutions at its Liverpool Watersports Centre.

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Published: 12 April 2018

Boats trips on the Grantham Canal

THOUGH the Grantham Canal is not yet restored there is still the opportunity to experience a cruise on the waterway.

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Published: 12 April 2018

Seal swims the Ouse

 A SEAL has been discovered some 50 miles from the sea in the Ure in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Published: 12 April 2018

Getting rid of more staff

CRUISING into Liverpool on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has always been a bit of a challenge, but it is now going to be worse.

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Published: 11 April 2018

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