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Boy jumped into lock to cure fear

A YOUNG boy jumped into a lock on the Rochdale Canal in Middleton during June with others in an attempt to cure his fear of water, but drowned.

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Published: 24 November 2016

Open Day at Elland Bridge

THE work being done on the re-building of Elland Bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation, can be inspected by the public this coming Saturday.

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Published: 24 November 2016

Erewash flasher caught

The man who has been exposing himself to women on the Erewash Canal towpath in Ilkeston has been arrested.

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Published: 24 November 2016

Dead man was a boater

THE Man whose body was found at Salterhebble on the Calder & Hebble Navigation was a boater.

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Published: 23 November 2016

No-go along the Old Bedford River

THE attempt to show that the Old Bedford River was navigable, proved to be unsuccessful when it was attempted in November.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Court confirms no long-term Thames mooring

THERE has been a landmark judgment at Kingston County Court confirming that the navigation licence fee payable by boat owners relates only to the right to pass along the Thames, and gives no right to long term or permanent mooring.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Swans attacked again

SWANS on the Thames are being attacked again by people with air guns, with Swan Support appealing to any boater who may have seen the shooting to come forward by ringing the police.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Stealing their fish

THE anglers of the Lee Navigation are upset because people are taking 'their' fish out of the waters to eat.

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Published: 23 November 2016

£50,000 for water voles

THE Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) have launched an urgent appeal for £50,000 to help save the water vole together with yellowhammers and red helleborines, a rare woodland orchid.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Five men jump into lock

BELIEVED to be under the influence of alcohol, five men jumped into a lock on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester, with two unable to climb the ladder to get out.

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Published: 21 November 2016

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