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Colour on the the Staffs & Worcs

BOATERS on the southern section of the Staffs & Worcs Canal cannot help but notice the mass of flowers by the side of the waterway near Kingswinford.

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Published: 27 October 2016

'Overkill' for narrowboat

WHEN a boater just could not resist the wide expanse of  Winsford Bottom Flash at the top end of the Weaver, he soon discovered is was not as deep as it looked, so became stuck in the mud.

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Published: 27 October 2016

Divers repair Torksey Lock

A TEAM of divers were necessary to brave the cold to carry out the repairs to Torksey Lock that connects the tidal Trent with the Fossdyke & Witham Navigations.

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Published: 26 October 2016

Votes needed for a Community Dig

ANDY Robinson from the Chesterfield Canal Trust has applied for a grant from the Aviva Community Fund for an archaeological dig in Staveley next August.

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Published: 26 October 2016

Boat used to transport patient

WHEN the owner of a narrowboat hurt his leg and was unable to stand he called an ambulance, but it could not park anywhere near Boggs Lock on the Staffs & Worcs Canal near Gailey, where his boat was moored.

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Published: 26 October 2016

Festival of Light

DUDLEY Canal Trust is inviting local community visitors to join it on a free 30 minute boat trip to celebrate its first ever Festival of Light, supported by the Celebrate programme of the Big Lottery Fund.

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Published: 26 October 2016

New method for complaining!

THE Canal & River Trust is making it easier for boaters to get their enquiries answered quickly by introducing a new web contact form, that went 'live' on Monday.
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Published: 26 October 2016

Cruise the Chesterfield Canal

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust is organising various trips along the Chesterfield Canal during the next few months.

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Published: 24 October 2016

Trial of new London moorings

SUCH  is the demand for moorings in London, that Canal & River Trust is introducing a trial stretch of new visitor moorings on the Regent's Canal in King's Cross.

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Published: 24 October 2016

Work starts on Cosgrove bridge

A MAJOR blockage to the restoration of the Buckingham Canal is the demolished bridge at Cosgrove, but work has now started in its restoration.

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Published: 24 October 2016

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