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BEING replaced by a new boat, the Chesterfield Canal Trust's trip Boat John Varley is being offered for sale.

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Published: 04 April 2016

Race to finish Staveley Town Lock

THERE is a race to complete the restoration of Staveley Town Lock on the Chesterfield Canal in time for its Festival at the end of May.

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Published: 04 April 2016

Save Our Elsans

BEING a self-confessed newby to the narrowboat game, Mr Fellowes has probably yet to experience the trials and tribulations of winter living aboard a narrowboat, yet he believes we should all be compelled to do things 'his way' based upon nothing more than his seasonally limited experience,writes Dave Stead.

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Published: 04 April 2016

Rochdale repairs progressing well

THE work to repair the Rochdale Canal where it suffered damage in the Boxing Day floods is progressing well, with the section between Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge re-opened over Easter as planned.

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Published: 04 April 2016

Elsans and holding tanks

BEING somewhat of a newby to the narrowboat game, I thought that narrowboats were the same as caravans as far as toilet facilities were concerned, and that they all had the Elsan toilet that needed emptying periodically, writes Adrian Fellows.

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Published: 03 April 2016

Teenager charged over canal death

A TEENAGER has been charged with manslaughter after the death of a teenager who was pulled from the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

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Published: 02 April 2016

Man found dead on boat

THE body of a man has been discovered in a narrowboat at Barton Turns Marina after a fellow boater noticed his absence.

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Published: 01 April 2016

Boat wedged in Eckington Bridge

ECKINGTON Bridge on the Avon claimed another victim when a narrowboat attempted to navigate it whilst in flood, so was wedged tight in the bridge.

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Published: 01 April 2016

Is there a Yorkshire DIPPER?

THERE have been five bodies dragged out of the Yorkshire canals in the past four weeks, it being believed that someone is pushing people into the waterways.

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Published: 01 April 2016

Family aghast at Neville's treatment

THE family of blind Neville Tyldesley who fell into the Rochdale Canal after being sent to the wrong address from hospital (Blind pensioner rescued from canal) is aghast at his treatment and is demanding answers.

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Published: 31 March 2016

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