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Burgled narrowboat sinks

A cruiser style narrowboat left unattended at the top of the Coventry Canal near Fradley has been burgled and has now sunk.

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Published: 28 April 2017

Keep clear of 15 miles of the Shroppie

THE part of the Shropshire Union Canal around Market Drayton will be a definite no-no for boaters during a day in August, as the national angling championships will be taking place.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Two more people drown in the Avon

A MAN and a woman drowned when their car plunged into the Avon at Bristol in the same location that two men died in another car that went into the river last year.

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Published: 27 April 2017

They are a menace

AS A single-hander, the one thing that gets me more than anything else when cruising is the people that Amy Dickerson wrote about this morning, leaving gates open and paddles up, writes Tom Redway.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Lazy boaters just don't care

I MOORED below Gothersley Lock on the Staffs & Worcs this afternoon. Only two boats have passed me this afternoon, both
passing at tick-over, writes Amy Dickerson.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Ellesmere Port Museum exhibition

AN EXHIBITION of the work of Eric Gaskell is to take place at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port during the next few months.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Cavalcade ready for this week-end

WITH just two days to go, all is ready for this week-end's Inland Waterways Association's annual Canalway Cavalcade, with nearly all the participants ready to put on its colourful show.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Coombeswood Canal Trust Open Weekend

THE Coombeswood Canal Trust will be holding its Bi-annual Open Weekend during May and commemorating the 50th anniversary of when Stewart and Lloyds shut down at Coombeswood in 1964.

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Published: 27 April 2017

Another lock closed to 'reduce water loss'

THE closure situation is the worst it ever has been at the beginning of a boating season, with already four lock closures announced within a week.

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Published: 26 April 2017

Be safe on the tidal Thames

WITH the start of the boating season, and boaters interested in cruising the tidal Thames, the Port of London Authority (PLA) is helping narrowboaters prepare to make the challenging journey between canals and waterways along the river.

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Published: 26 April 2017

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