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Car knocks bridge wall into canal

A MAN arrested on suspicion of drink driving crashed his car and knocked a section of a bridge wall into the Stourbridge Canal.

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Published: 06 August 2018

Historians have too much power

WHEN I cruised the tidal Thames I was somewhat taken by that great engineering project of the new sewage tunnel that is being built under it, writes Jamie Hawkins.

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Published: 06 August 2018

Bad news for boaters at Stone

IT IS bad news for boaters that the Co-op store which was conveniently situated for the canal at Stone has closed, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 06 August 2018

Someone is taking notice lately

JUST read David Hymers comments regarding grass cutting on the North Oxford., writes Jackie Vowles.

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Published: 06 August 2018

Victor: Not a murmur

I RECKON that all you boaters will agree with me that our waterways are in the worst condition ever.

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Published: 05 August 2018

Lancaster Canal Towpath Trail Project gets £1.3 million

THE Canal & River Trust and Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership have been awarded a £1.3million grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Published: 03 August 2018

David: Conditions in London

WE WERE thinking of making the trip to London next year, having not been since 2013, but a conversation with a boater I met on the Weaver is giving us second thoughts.

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Published: 03 August 2018

Ultimately the owner's responsibility

IT'S ALL too easy to jump up and down criticising CaRT for not emphasising the danger of locks, gates and cills, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 03 August 2018

Overnight closures on the Trent & Mersey

THE Trent & Mersey Canal now has closures around the locks in Middlewich 'seven days a week until further notice'.

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Published: 03 August 2018

Locks need proper cill warnings

WE CAN really feel for the people who lost their first time narrowboat in one of Bosley Locks, but cannot help but blaming Canal & River Trust for not making the dangers of the cills more prominent, writes James Henry.

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Published: 02 August 2018

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