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Broken lock closes S&W

THE broken Rodbaston Lock (35)  has closed the Staffs & Worcs Canal below Gaily.
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Published: 31 July 2016

Boat thefts

THE recent theft of a boat from Mercia Marina has many features in common with another boat theft a month or so earlier from Kings Bromley Marina, writes David Hymers.

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Published: 29 July 2016

Safest place when locking

IT IS ALWAYS sad to read of the death of anyone and my sympathies go out to all those affected by the death of Alan Green with the sinking of nb Sonskit. Especially so to his mother who witnessed it and to whom it must have been a terrifying experience, writes Derek Willetts.

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Published: 29 July 2016

Over double visits as National Parks!

THE Canal & River Trust claims to have double the visits per year to the waterways compared to all of the National Parks of the whole country put together!

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Published: 29 July 2016

Alan Campbell on the loose again

THE former boat burglar Allan Campbell is back in business again breaking into boats, and is wanted by the police for a series of thefts from boats in South Oxfordshire.

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Published: 29 July 2016

T&M closed at Shardlow

IT WAS five weeks ago that the editor of narrowboatworld reported that the bottom gates were out of alignment on Shardlow Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, with nothing done we discovered last Tuesday.

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Published: 29 July 2016

Enforcement officers find stolen boat

A BENEFIT of Canal & River Trust's enforcement team was shown when two of them were able to discover a stolen boat and re-unite it with its owner.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Vandalism closes Montgomery Canal

THE Montgomery Canal was closed yesterday, Wednesday, at Belan Locks above Welshpool 'until further notice'.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Rudder caught in gates caused sinking

THE woman that was on the boat with the man who died in Lock 5 on the Droitwich Canal tells that the boat's rudder had caught in the lock allowing water to pour onto the boat and sink it.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Set his boat on fire

A MAN who was converting a former lifeboat into living accommodation on the Thames accidentally set in on fire, needing the fire brigade to attend.
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Published: 28 July 2016

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