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Elsan used for oil

THE Elsan disposal unit on the Lee Navigation at Stonebridge Lock is out of action as it has been used to deposit used oil.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Rochdale partly opened in six weeks

WORK has now started on the clear-up of the debris dumped into the Rochdale Canal by last year's Boxing Day floods (Floods cause significant damage) but it will take six weeks to complete one section.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Can we or can't we?

CAN we or can't we travel along the Nottingham Canal? That is the question, but not one easily understood from Canal & River Trust's stoppages notices.
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Published: 09 March 2016

Many cyclists pushed into Regent's Canal

THE cyclist who was pushed off his bike and into the Regent's Canal, (Cycling boater flung into canal) was one of many, the police have revealed.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Sunken boat moved at last

THE boat that sank in the Ashby Canal on the 3rd February, partly blocking the waterway, (Left abandoned in Ashby Canal) has now been removed.

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Published: 07 March 2016

The Candy Boat cometh

WITH the start of the boating season approaching and more people around, the Candy Boat is back in business after its winter sojourn.
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Published: 07 March 2016

Boat Safety Scheme should be adopted

THE All Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group have expressed concern at the Lake District National Park's decision not to adopt the Boat Safety Scheme following the Windermere carbon monoxide (CO) tragedy. (No boat safety scheme.)

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Published: 07 March 2016

Caen Hill hole being repaired

IT WAS five months ago, last October, when vandals opened lock gates causing damage to the towpath of the Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal, and repair is at last underway.

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Published: 07 March 2016

Finds it incomprehensible

HAVING read with interest the views of Maffi Oxford and Keith Gudgeon 'The ice and Wind problem', I do find it incomprehensible what Maffi Oxford tells, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 07 March 2016

Harecastle closed

HARECASTLE Tunnel on the Trent & Mersey Canal was closed on Friday owing to problems with its rescue boat, that would not start.

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Published: 07 March 2016

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