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Fourth stoppage for Rochdale Canal this month

THE failure of a pump supplying water to the Rochdale Canal has resulted in the canal's fourth stoppage this month.

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Published: 22 June 2022

Low water levels at Derwent Mouth

MAYBE the low water levels at the Shardlow end of the Trent & Mersey are due to inadequate maintenance, rather than the level of the Trent (which looks to be at a normal 'summer' level)? Writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 June 2022

Massive refurbishment over Tame Valley Canal

THERE is a £59m refurbishment planned for the A38(M) over the Tame Valley that looks likely to cause stoppages.

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Published: 20 June 2022

Protest Picnic on the Lee Navigation

THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has organised a Protest Picnic to futher its campaign to resist  Canal & River Trust's 'attacks on the capital’s liveaboard boating community.'

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Published: 20 June 2022

John Coxon on the Boaters' Update

CaRT really are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this weeks' self-congratulatory comic they like to call The Boaters Update writes John Coxon.

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Published: 19 June 2022

Two metre hole in Leeds & Liverpool Canal bed

A CULVERT has collapsed leaving a two metre hole in a canal bed that looks like being another long stoppage.

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Published: 18 June 2022

Fun and games on the Weaver

IT'S ALL fun and games down on the Weaver, writes David Collins.

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Published: 18 June 2022

Stuck at Keadby

ONCE again the rail draw bridge on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal is 'unable to operate'.

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Published: 17 June 2022

Cruise and dine on Electra

PASSENGERS on the all-electric community boat Electra can now cruise and dine in style!

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Published: 17 June 2022

An update on the Grand Union Summit water supply

FOLLOWING the article on the suggestions of a low water problem on the Grand Union Summit, here's an update showing the reservoirs are well up.

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Published: 17 June 2022

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Latest

  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • 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
  • Ripon takes the record
  • Canal town best place to live in the North
  • Quick repair to lock cill
  • Getting through Beeston Lock
  • Will Penkridge Lock be open for Easter?
  • At last—a way off the Weaver
  • Nottingham Trent Basin to be lost

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