ANYONE who uses the Middlewich Arm of the Shropshire Union Canal will be pleased to hear that the new bottom gates at Minshull Lock now hold water, and the new paddle gear is much easier to work, writes Linda Andrews.
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With reference to your article on 23rd December regarding new arrangements for the Environment Agency (EA) Thames visitor moorings, perhaps there are several points visiting boaters might like to take into account before swallowing this latest piece of idiotic abrogation of responsibility by the EA, writes David Mercer.
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A TEENAGER who was part of a gang that attacked a young man who was sheltering under a canal bridge has been jailed for three years.
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THE chutzpah of the self-styled National Bargees Travellers Association never ceases to amaze me. Its latest semi-literate outpouring really takes the biscuit and I feel that some rebuttal is called for.
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A RARE photograph taken from the drone of Richard Triggs showing the extent of Mercia Marina from 150 feet.
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THE Environment Agency has done away with regulating its moorings on the Thames and passed it on to a private company that will run them on the car park system.
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A MASSIVE development is planned by the side of the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes, that will include a new marina.
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A LARGE branch of a tree has become wedged under the radial gate of Pulteney Weir on the Avon in Bath, stopping water flowing over the weir.
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THE days of a gang of workers building a bridge the old fashioned way is a thing of the past as far as the new bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal is concerned.
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MARSH Lock, one of the largest locks on the Weaver in Runcorn, is undergoing important repairs as part of the winter maintenance.
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