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Stockwith Lock opens to the public

WEST Stockwith Lock that connects the Trent to the Chesterfield Canal is being opened to the public when it is drained for repair.

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Published: 31 October 2014

Newts stop Montgomery restoration

AS WITH the Ashby Canal before it, newts have stopped an important part of the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 30 October 2014

It can be done

I REMEMBER when John Telford, a member of the then British Waterways Enforcement team, mounted a campaign on the stretch of the Trent & Mersey Canal from Etruria to Willington, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 30 October 2014

Lancaster Canal development

The Canal & River Trust, together with Bloc are undertaking waterside development by the Lancaster Canal in the city.

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Published: 30 October 2014

No one to clear debris

I must say, it was no surprise whatsoever that the Huddersfield Narrow Canal flooded through debris in a weir or whatever it was, writes Ian Gittins.

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Published: 30 October 2014

CaRT ignoring petition

THE Canal and River Trust (CaRT) Trustees are ignoring a petition calling on it to withdraw the current ‘Mooring Sales Consultation' and reissue it only when it includes an option to measure support for scrapping the policy of allocating vacant moorings to the highest bidder, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 30 October 2014

Huddersfield Narrow floods

IT SEEMS that lack of regular maintenance has caused severe flooding on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, with the canal unnavigable and towpaths covered in water.

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Published: 29 October 2014

Safer on the Avon

THE Avon Navigation Trust (ANT) has dramatically increased its high-tech protection for boaters, and it's proving to be a big hit with nature lovers and fretful riverside dwellers too, writes Juliette Kemp.

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Published: 29 October 2014

Boat fire in marina

A NARROWBOAT caught fire very early on Monday morning at a new luxury holiday marina on the Stort, with the boat burnt-out.

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Published: 29 October 2014

Boaters rescue man

A MAN was pulled from the canal by boaters at 7:30am on Sunday morning from the Visitor Moorings by Fenny Stratford Lock on the Grand Union Canal writes John Howard.

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Published: 29 October 2014

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