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HS2 and the Chesterfield Canal

THERE is a consultation about the Government's preferred route through South Yorkshire for the proposed new High Speed Railway line, HS2, which closes on 9th March 2017, and affects the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 05 January 2017

Coroner stops inquest into drowning

THE coroner holding the inquest into the drowning of a young boy in the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, stopped it after hearing the boy had been pushed into the waterway.

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Published: 05 January 2017

Boaters in fear at four knife attacks

RESIDENT boaters at Hackney Wick on the Lea Navigation are in fear after a spate of knife-point muggings around the towpath.
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Published: 04 January 2017

Sir Ken's work with canal charity

IT IS not all that well known, but Sir Ken Dodd, knighted in the New Year, has long been associated with a children's canal boat charity.

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Published: 04 January 2017

Vandals strike Woverhampton 21

NOTWITHSTANDING anti vandal locks, vandals have drained various pounds of the Wolverhampton 21 Flight, leaving it completely unnavigable.

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Published: 04 January 2017

Warnings of Avon safety

THE Bath safety group, the Bath & North East Somerset River Safety Group, is warning about the dangers of the Avon through the city.

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Published: 04 January 2017

Smartphone bridge operation

FOLLOWING on from the successful trial of operating the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal bridge by smartphone, Scottish Canals are pursuing a similar scheme.

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Published: 04 January 2017

Chesterfield Canal Trust Restoration Appeal

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust spent over £85,000 during 2016 on the restoration of the canal, done by its volunteer Work Party.
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Published: 02 January 2017

'Dancing Duck' back home

IT WAS ten years ago that the narrowboat the Dancing Duck was built as a hire boat at Tooley's Boatyard on the Oxford Canal in Banbury, but lack of space meant it had to be moored elsewhere.

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Published: 02 January 2017

Problem for Bulbourne development

THOUGH the minutes of Marsworth Parish Council meetings show that planning is progressing well for the redevelopment of Bulbourne Yard on the summit with Aylesbury Vale DC and Bucks CC, there is a problem.

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Published: 02 January 2017

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