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Boats broken into and 'wrecked'

THERE are reports of a number of narrowboats being broken into along the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, though the exact area is not stated.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Another Ouse drowning in York

ANOTHER young man lost his life after falling into the Ouse at York from a bridge in the early hours of Sunday morning, it is believed after a night out.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Yes—the Calder & Hebble is open

THE Canal & River Trust tell us that the Calder & Hebble Navigation was opened last week after its damage in the Boxing Day floods.

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Published: 11 July 2016

New basin for London

THE proposed 'new town' to be built by the Grand Union at Old Oak Common is to include a new basin, according to the plans.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Calder & Hebble fully open on Monday

WITH the opening of navigation through two bridges damaged by the Boxing Day floods, the entire length of the Calder & Hebble Navigation will again be available to boaters.

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Published: 01 July 2016

The terror towpath

IT WAS during 2015 that the American company Strava introduced its cyclist time trials to our towpaths, with the one by the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath now becoming extremely dangerous to both pedestrians and animals by this activity.

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Published: 01 July 2016

Email: Illegal Thames boats

I was most pleased to read that the Environment Agency had managed to get rid of all those boats that were illegally moored on the Thames at Richmond.

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Published: 30 June 2016

More facilities at Wigrams

THERE are now more facilities for the moorers at Wigrams Turn Marina at Napton at the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union canals.

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Published: 30 June 2016

More legislation to stop illegal Thames mooring

THREE MP's have been brought in by the Environment Agency to consider legislation to prevent boats illegally mooring on the Thames between Kingston and Richmond.

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Published: 29 June 2016

Blame the overstayers

WITH reference to your article by Graham Peers. This is exactly what CaRT do and have done in the 22 years that I have held a Bridgewater Licence, writes Mark Dawson.

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Published: 29 June 2016

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