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Doesn't anybody check?

IT REALLY takes some believing that CaRT can on its website say the broad Hatton Locks were built in the 30s using modern methods yet one of them also say they were built by pick axes and shovels, writes James Henry.

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Published: 16 January 2017

Fight on Thames boat

SUCH was the ferocity of a fight on a boat on the Thames near Westminster Pier that three people had to be rushed to hospital.

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Published: 16 January 2017

Read with total disbelief

I READ the report on the clearance of the top end paddle at Woodend Lock with total disbelief, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 16 January 2017

Boats moved from Gloucester Museum

THE boat displays at Gloucester Docks are to be removed, Canal & River Trust state to enable refurbishment of the waterway museum.
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Published: 16 January 2017

Acton Swing Bridge repair

THE  Acton Swing Bridge that carries the busy A49 over the Weaver is to be repaired at a cost of £1.5 million.

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Published: 16 January 2017

Paint in the Calder

THE crash of an HGV carrying paint on the M606 near Bradford has released white paint into the Calder.

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Published: 16 January 2017

See the trend?

THE Canal & River Trust produces implausible statistics of the number of visitors to its waterways about which there's no way of challenging, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 16 January 2017

Rock legend backs canal restoration

DAVE BERRY, famous for classic hits such as The Crying Game, has been appointed as Restoration Ambassador for the Chesterfield Canal Trust.

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Published: 16 January 2017

East Coast flood warnings

THE current flood warnings affecting the East Coast also affect the Ouse and the eastern rivers, with boaters told to keep away.

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Published: 13 January 2017

Wood End Lock paddle finally 'repaired'

AS PROMISED by Canal & River Trust, the ground paddle at Wood End Lock has finally been 'repaired'.

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Published: 13 January 2017

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  • 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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