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The Weaver closed

HOT on the heels of the closure of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, comes news that the Weaver too is closed by a problem at Saltersford Lock.

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Published: 04 July 2010

Birmingham & Fazeley Canal breached

THE Birmingham & Fazeley Canal was closed on Friday (2nd July) with the long pound above Minworth Flight very low and unnavigable, after being breached.

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Published: 02 July 2010

All change for the Broads

FROM this month the Broads are re-branded as Britain's Magical Waterland!
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Published: 02 July 2010

Bodge job was not for moorings

THE bodge job by the contractors at Marple where they left debrisĀ  in the canal was not to improve moorings but the towpath!

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Published: 02 July 2010

Sheffield clean-up

LOCAL MP Clive Betts will be visiting the waterway in Sheffield to see the start of the Adsetts Canal Project summer clean-up.

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Published: 02 July 2010

Questions on maintenance spending in Parliament

THE ongoing emails from boaters to their MP's on British Waterways' lackĀ  of expenditure on maintenance is causing questions to be raised in the House of Commons, Alan Tilbury tells us.

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Published: 02 July 2010

Using the Ship Canal

AROUND 30 narrowboats took to the Manchester Ship Canal on their return from the IWA Tom Rolt's Centenary Rally at Chester.

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Published: 02 July 2010

Major operation to save duckling

A DUCKLING caused a great deal of effort by many people after it had come foul of the debris in the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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Published: 01 July 2010

Still over a week before Caen Hill opens

CAEN Hill Flight that was closed over a week ago will not be re-opened until Friday 9th July.

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Published: 30 June 2010

Another plan for Marsworth

AFTER the complains concerning British Waterways' plan for Marsworth Yard, a revised plan has been submitted, including boater facilities.
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Published: 30 June 2010

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Latest

  • 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
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • 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
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly

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