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St Pancras Lock event

THE Canal & River Trust is making its Open Day at St Pancras Lock on the Regent's Canal something more than a tour of the drained lock.

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Published: 25 January 2017

RCR is top 100 Apprenticeship Employer

THE very well  known boaters' breakdown and emergency assistance firm, River Canal Rescue (RCR), has been named a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer in the annual list compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Golf carts stop navigation

IT WOULD seem that there is a new trend of dumping golf carts—or whatever they call them—being dumped in bridge holes, succeeding in stopping navigation.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Heritage and Edgbaston Tunnel

ONE matter has been ‘conveniently' overlooked by those proposing, or commenting, on the widening of the towpath in Edgbaston Tunnel, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Aston Marina Farm Shop to close

THE Farm Shop at Aston Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal is to close, the owners believing that using the premises to extend the restaurant will be more successful.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Police called to step up towpath patrols

THE robberies on the towpath in Hackney Wick on the Lee Navigation are getting so bad that the police have been called to step up patrols.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Victor: More exaggerated statistics

THE urge to turn towpaths into cycle tracks as we all know is now well up on the agenda, with the latest being to widen the towpath through Edgbaston Tunnel on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

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Published: 22 January 2017

Shorter Bridgewater closure

PEEL Holdings, that operate the Bridgewater Canal have told us that it is shortening the length of the stoppage to replace a bridge over the waterway.

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Published: 20 January 2017

Cruised over an unexploded bomb

IT IS perhaps a worrying thought that many boaters have cruised over an unexploded bomb in the Thames—us included!

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Published: 20 January 2017

Takes issue

I must take issue with James Henry. No doubt the withdrawal of lengthsmen is part of the problem.
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Published: 20 January 2017

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Latest

  • Deeply regret but illness causes lack of publication
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • 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

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