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Lock gates on strike!

THE Canal & River Trust tell us that 'due to a gate strike' at a lock on the Wigan Flight, boaters are locked out.

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Published: 23 August 2017

Another unlicenced boat removed

LAST year Canal & River Trust removed a total of 20 boats from its waters whose owners had no licence or were not abiding by the terms when they had a licence, with the latest this year being one at Devizes.

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Published: 21 August 2017

River Canal Rescue to speak at Flood Expo 2017

A 'SPOKESMAN' for River Canal Rescue (RCR) is speaking at this year’s Flood Expo—the world’s biggest flood prevention exhibition and conference—explaining how boat salvage and recovery keeps the UK inland waterways clear, manages flood risks and supports the environment.

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Published: 21 August 2017

Canal Society gets a boat from Tesco

ONE of the problems for the volunteers working to restore the Buckingham Canal, was getting around the canal that is in water, which has been solved by Tesco.

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Published: 21 August 2017

What goes around comes around.

Victor Swift asks in his article 'What have we now' which is all doom, gloom and despondency.

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Published: 21 August 2017

Boat explodes in Bristol Harbour

A BOAT with two people on board exploded yesterday, Sunday, in Bristol Harbour.

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Published: 21 August 2017

CaRT backs down over Leicester Line stoppages

THE furore over the 'emergency stoppages' of four locks on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal has caused Canal & River Trust to put the stoppages back to late October.

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Published: 20 August 2017

Victor: Cart nobbles us again

WE ARE very quickly realising how frustrating it is for all you boaters who are held up by the now never ending emergency stoppages these days, for once again our cruise is to be curtailed by yet another 'emergency stoppage'.

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Published: 19 August 2017

Canals have never been in such poor condition

THE canals these days have never been in such poor condition, no matter what Canal & River Trust lie to us, the continuing emergency stoppages obviously belie its claim that it is 'in better condition than ever before', writes T. Lang.

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Published: 18 August 2017

Leicester Line closed 20 days out of 54

THE Canal & River Trust has revealed that there are to be four 'emergency navigation closures' on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal during September and October, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 18 August 2017

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