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Stopping boats for canoeists to use tunnel

THE Canal & River Trust is going all out to welcome canoeists to the waterway tunnels, and have solved the problem of the danger of mixing canoeist with narrowboats by closing the tunnels for narrowboats whilst the canoeists are inside.

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Published: 07 June 2017

Bomb disposal unit closes canal

THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal was closed at Barnoldswick on Saturday evening after a military object was discovered by the towpath.

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Published: 07 June 2017

Scott and his dad take to the towpath

IT WAS last year that 47 years old Scott Eccles and his dad 71 years old Tom walked across Scotland to raise funds for charity, and this month they will be cycling the Leeds & Liverpool towpath for the same charity.

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Published: 07 June 2017

Danger of canoes in Foulridge

I WAS absolutely aghast that the decision had been made to officially allow canoeists in Foulridge Tunnel, a tunnel we use fairly often with our narrowboat, writes Pauline Wragg.

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Published: 06 June 2017

Danger on the Coventry towpath

MotorbikeTowpthNEVER mind Lycra louts on bicycles, if anyone comes across this idiot on a scooter, please call 101 and notify the Warwickshire Police, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 06 June 2017

David: Canoes in tunnels

THE latest proposal from CaRT to allow canoes in tunnels deserves all the opprobrium that has been heaped upon it.

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Published: 05 June 2017

Lock moorings closed for three years

THE mooring bollards have been fenced off with timber stakes and wire fencing as we passed through the Adderley Flight in 2016 and 2014 at Adderley bottom lock—Why? Asks Iain Jones.

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Published: 05 June 2017

Scottish Canals start canal college

SCOTLAND'S newest college is aiming to get more than 360 unemployed young people into employment through a new heritage conservation qualification.

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Published: 05 June 2017

New bridge nearing completion

IN THE the years after the Wey & Arun Canal closed in 1871, the brick-built locks in northern Sussex and Surrey became a valuable source of building materials.

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Published: 05 June 2017

Fifth body in Bristol Harbour in five months

THE search for Bristol woman Lily Fenton who went missing last Friday, was called-off on Saturday as her body was discovered in Bristol Harbour.

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Published: 05 June 2017

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