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The 'Wink' blinked again

THE Winkwell Swing Bridge on the Grand Union Canal has failed again.

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Published: 19 November 2022

The Fabric Bug for Mercia

THE Fabric Bug, a family run business specializing in embroidered personalised fabric gifts for children, is to open at Mercia Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal.

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Published: 18 November 2022

Body discovered in the Avon

A BODY has been discovered in the Avon, concluding the search for a missing man.

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Published: 18 November 2022

The 'proper attention' to the swing bridge did not last

IN MARCH of this year after many failures, Selby Swing Bridge received 'proper attention' to solve its recurring problem.

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Published: 18 November 2022

Those protruding bolts

I WAS most pleased to read about the protruding bolts on the side of the cut at that lift bridge [Bridge 2 Prees Branch], writes Julie Warne.

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Published: 17 November 2022

Stop gate 'gone missing'!

WHEN Canal & River Trust people arrived at Shebdon Embankment on the Shroppie for a proposed short stoppage to replace a stop gate it had 'gone missing'!

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Published: 17 November 2022

Be aware of the protruding bolts

BOATERS should be aware of about six to eight bolts protruding into the canal at Lift Bridge 2 on the Prees Branch on the Llangollen Canal, Amy Dickerson writes.

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Published: 16 November 2022

Adding more winter works

MORE winter works are being added to the list of those already scheduled.

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Published: 16 November 2022

Car removed from Factory Lock

THE car in Factory Lock 3 on the New Main Line has now been removed and the navigation reopened.

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Published: 16 November 2022

The yella fella called at the marina

THIS yella fella called into the boathouse at White Mills Marina in Earls Barton today.

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Published: 16 November 2022

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  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
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  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
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  • Getting through Beeston Lock
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  • Nottingham Trent Basin to be lost
  • New waterside bridge in position
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