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Body pulled from Ashton Canal

 A MAN'S body was pulled from the Ashton Canal by the Asda car park at Ashton-under-Lyne on Tuesday.

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Published: 22 June 2023

Helping the funding shortfall

IF YOU are boating in the Birmingham area and feel strongly about the funding shortfall, here's your chance to help.

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Published: 21 June 2023

Activists hand in energy grant petition to 10 Downing Street

A GROUP of boater activists, who led a flotilla of boats from Braunston to London on a 15 days journey south, have handed a petition with 5,490 signatures into 10 Downing Street.

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Published: 21 June 2023

More closures

THERE are three more closures Keith Gudgin reports.

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Published: 21 June 2023

Chesterfield Canal Festival

THIS weekend will see the Chesterfield Canal Festival at Staveley Town Basin.

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Published: 21 June 2023

Weekend closures

THERE have been four closures reported over the week-end.

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Published: 19 June 2023

Delicate negotiations

IT IS important for boaters that CRT’s delicate negotiations for the next grant period proceed well to maximise that grant, writes Paul Balmer.

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Published: 19 June 2023

Thought a canal and boating charity

I WOULD just like to point out one matter in this article which I strongly disagree with, writes Peter Foster.

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Published: 19 June 2023

Should eliminate cause of complaints

YET another complaint concerning those difficult broad locks up from Derwent Mouth Lock, with Bill Ridgeway telling:

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Published: 19 June 2023

At her 'wits end' boater throttled noisy cockerel

A BOATER was so fed up of being woken by a noisy cockerel that she throttled it in a  ‘fit of rage’ at its constant crowing.

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Published: 19 June 2023

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  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • 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

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