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Wood End paddle to be repaired!

ROGER FOX tells us he could hardly believe his eyes when he read yesterday's Stoppage Notice from CaRT.

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Published: 06 January 2017

Bridgewater Canal closed for four months

IF YOU are planning a trip to the northern canals this year, or vice versa, via the Bridgewater Canal—forget it!

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Published: 06 January 2017

Safety on the Water event

THE Leicestershire Fire and Rescue in partnership with British Waterways Marinas Ltd have organised a Safety on the Water event.

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Published: 05 January 2017

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

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