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Regent's Canal closed

The Regent's Canal in the capital is currently closed due to the failure of the lock at its junction with the Hertford Union Canal.

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Published: 22 July 2016

Usless coir rolls

I can but agree with T Lang about the uselessness of coir rolls fastened to canal banks, and concur that not only do they not stable banks, but do the opposite, and are pointless is providing habitats for insects as is claimed.

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Published: 21 July 2016

What's the point of coir rolls?

I HAVE just finished a three weeks cruise on my narrowboat that included the Oxford Canal, and just cannot understand the need for all those coir rolls that are being installed on the towpath side of the canal, writes T Lang.

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Published: 21 July 2016

More 'cool-off' drownings

FIVE men, jumping into rivers and a lake to cool-off, have now lost their lives.

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Published: 21 July 2016

News from the Fens—Midsummer

THE wintry wet and windy weather continued throughout Spring into Summer, the constant rain lashing the Fens with the odd dry day. So much for global warming, the Fens just had the wettest June on record with more than double the monthly rainfall.

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Published: 21 July 2016

Barmby Tidal Barrage to be closed

THE Environmental Agency has decided to close the Barmby Tidal Barrage on the Ouse for four months for 'maintenance'.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Not very sensible

A MAN wanting to 'cool-off' jumped into the Trent in Burton-on-Trent, but it was not a sensible thing to do.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Boaters stuck on Liverpool Link

LACK of water on the Liverpool Link is preventing boaters navigating through Stanley Dock.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Hope to reverse angling decline

ACCORDING to Canal & River Trust the sales of junior rod licences has dropped by over a half during the past six years, so it has launched a campaign to attempt to reverse the decline.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Won year's free boating

IT WAS boater Mike Schofield from Lytham St Anne's who has won the competition open to British Waterway Marina Ltd (BWML) moorers of a free year's boating that included his moorings, boat licence, insurance and even a £300 chandlery voucher.

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Published: 20 July 2016

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