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Body in car in canal

THOUGH search teams were unable to locate the car reported hitting the water of the Caledonian Canal at Muirtown Locks, eventually specialist equipment was brought in and the car was found—with a body inside.

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Published: 15 December 2011

Another boat builder goes

BOAT Builder Sagar Marine is the latest to go out of business, its owners having taken the decision to go into voluntary liquidation.

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Published: 15 December 2011

Lack of dredging stops dredger

IT MAY seem unbelievable, but the attempt to move the Gloucester Waterways Museum's steam dredger failed because the area needed dredging!

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Published: 14 December 2011

Plan for Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

A PLAN has been put forward by the local canal trust to include a further channel on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in Gloucester to include a hydro-electric water turbine.

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Published: 14 December 2011

3742 reasons

THE trustees who will be responsible for taking British Waterways to the third sector as Canal and River Trust asked the question, with narrowboatworld's editor grasping the opportunity—ran a snap poll—and gave a landslide answer, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 14 December 2011

Our visitors

THOUGH we all know of British Waterways' weird and wonderful ways of calculating its visitors and presenting them, we have no problems.

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Published: 14 December 2011

Youth dies trying to jump lock

A TEENAGER attempting to jump across a lock on the Red Bull Flight on the Trent & Mersey Canal, failed to reach the other side, hitting his head on the lock side and drowning.

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Published: 12 December 2011

Boat trip as 'thank you'

THE Volunteers who have worked on the Kennet & Avon doing unpaid work have been rewarded with a free boat trip on the canal.

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Published: 12 December 2011

Dredging on Louth Canal

THOUGH dredging these days is somewhat lax, the Environment Agency are to dredge the little used Louth Canal.

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Published: 12 December 2011

Volunteers' first outing

THIS Saturday, was the first outing of my local volunteer group based on the Tarleton Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, writes John Hall.

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Published: 12 December 2011

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