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Many cyclists pushed into Regent's Canal

THE cyclist who was pushed off his bike and into the Regent's Canal, (Cycling boater flung into canal) was one of many, the police have revealed.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Sunken boat moved at last

THE boat that sank in the Ashby Canal on the 3rd February, partly blocking the waterway, (Left abandoned in Ashby Canal) has now been removed.

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Published: 07 March 2016

The Candy Boat cometh

WITH the start of the boating season approaching and more people around, the Candy Boat is back in business after its winter sojourn.
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Published: 07 March 2016

Boat Safety Scheme should be adopted

THE All Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group have expressed concern at the Lake District National Park's decision not to adopt the Boat Safety Scheme following the Windermere carbon monoxide (CO) tragedy. (No boat safety scheme.)

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Published: 07 March 2016

Caen Hill hole being repaired

IT WAS five months ago, last October, when vandals opened lock gates causing damage to the towpath of the Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal, and repair is at last underway.

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Published: 07 March 2016

Finds it incomprehensible

HAVING read with interest the views of Maffi Oxford and Keith Gudgeon 'The ice and Wind problem', I do find it incomprehensible what Maffi Oxford tells, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 07 March 2016

Harecastle closed

HARECASTLE Tunnel on the Trent & Mersey Canal was closed on Friday owing to problems with its rescue boat, that would not start.

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Published: 07 March 2016

The ice and wind problem

IT SEEMS to me some will read and decide what they think I said rather than understand what I actually wrote, writes Maffi Oxford.

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Published: 04 March 2016

Development 'worst cock-up in years'

THE Old Oak Common regeneration scheme by the Grand Union Canal has been described as being 'London's worst cock-up in 50 years'!

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Published: 04 March 2016

Body closes St Pancras Lock

ST. PANCRAS Lock, on the Grand Union Canal was closed yesterday and the area cordoned off after the discovery of a body in the waterway.

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Published: 04 March 2016

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