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Environmental Agency has narrowed down cause of pollution

THE Worcester & Birmingham Canal has been polluted since March of last year, but the Environment Agency believes it is near finding the culprits.

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Published: 12 January 2022

Contractor clears silt then dumps it back in canal!

WITNESSED a practice yesterday from contractors on the Shroppie, writes Anne Husar.

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Published: 10 January 2022

Emergency dams installed at site of Leeds & Liverpool breach

THE contractors have at last installed the emergency dams on the breach at Rishton on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal with its repair expected to begin.

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Published: 10 January 2022

Cyclist's body discovered in Birmingham canal

A CCTV has been released of Paul Morris whose body was discovered in the Birmingham Level Main Line Canal.

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Published: 10 January 2022

It all depends on use

AS TO the best method of heating a narrowboat it all depends on its use, writes Martin Fox.

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Published: 10 January 2022

Victor asks if the two are really aware?

REFERRING to the two who want to know the best method of heating a narrowboat, I wonder if the pair changing from caravanning to narrowboating realise what they are letting themselves in for?

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Published: 09 January 2022

Four out of 10 sunken boat claims rejected by insurers

RIVER Canal Rescue (RCR) is warning boat owners about the perils of buying third-party insurance on price alone after finding some insurers will not pay out if a boat sinks. (This is an update of the previous such published warning—Editor.)

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Published: 08 January 2022

From caravan to narrowboat

THE very busy roads of today, notwithstanding the virus, has given Sheila and myself enough of caravanning, writes Tom Turner.

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Published: 07 January 2022

Not much left for repairs

I'M NOT in the least surprised to read of more winter stoppages being cancelled, writes James Henry.

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Published: 06 January 2022

The problem of the failed lock gate

I WAS surprised to see the state of the rotten beam left by contractor when replacing a Sawley No 2 Lock gate, writes George Lee.

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Published: 05 January 2022

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Latest

  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • 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

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