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Money for Mon & Brec

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Cwmbran has passed the first stage of a funding award of £32,000.

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Published: 17 January 2011

Visitors invited to inspect lock works

British Waterways is holding an Open Day where people can go down into an empty lock to see how it works.

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Published: 17 January 2011

Drinkers blamed for canal eyesore

THOUGH supposed to be a beauty spot, the Springs Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was turned into an eyesore whilst it was frozen.

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Published: 15 January 2011

Pontcysyllte death was suicide

THE teenager who jumped off Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal committed suicide.

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Published: 15 January 2011

Shroppie closed as Woodseaves collapses


THE Shropshire Union Canal is closed as Woodseaves Cutting has collapsed closing the waterway today. (Friday)

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Published: 14 January 2011

Vandals dump kid's bus in canal

VANDALS stole a minibus from outside a Preston nursery, drove it to a canal and dumped it in the water.
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Published: 14 January 2011

Saved drunk from drowning

A WOMAN who helped drag a drowning man from the Erewash Canal is to be commended for her bravery.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Art sheep found in canal

THE long lost art sheep—Ewe Are Here—pushed into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Skipton last September, has resurfaced in the waterway.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Keep out of the river

THE rescue authorities at Bath are wasting so much time and resources searching and  pulling people out of the Avon that they have started a campaign they hope will reduce the number.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Check before you go

WITH the ice now gone, the hardy boaters are able to move once again after being frozen-in for weeks, but there's a warning from our Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 13 January 2011

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  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
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  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock

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