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Wey & Arun progresses

SLOWLY but very surely the restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal is still progressing, with a major step towards completion of a new waterway crossing.

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Published: 01 February 2016

More boats for Liverpool Link

THE restriction on boats entering the Liverpool Link at the western end of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been lifted to allow up to six a day each way.
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Published: 29 January 2016

Beware in Manchester

I REALISE that those killings in the Manchester waterways tend to be laid at the door of the gay community that operate along the Rochdale Nine, but the drownings are not all in that area, as the one this week shows, writes James Henry.

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Published: 29 January 2016

Another body in a Manchester canal

TODAY, Thursday, the body of a man was pulled from the Portland Basin in Manchester.

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Published: 28 January 2016

CaRT's disorganised licensing team

OF THE many complaints we received about the Canal & River Trust licensing team, the most prominent is its laxity in issuing the licences, with many boaters wondering if payment had been received or not.

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Published: 28 January 2016

Lock 'Open Day'

FREEMAN'S Lock on the Grand Union Canal in Leicester that is having new gates, will have an 'Open Day' this Saturday and Sunday.

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Published: 28 January 2016

New bridge over Regent's Canal

A NEW bridge for walkers and cyclists has been designed to span the Regent's Canal by St Pancras Lock.

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Published: 28 January 2016

NABO victory on lock ladders

THE Environment Agency (AE) has scrapped controversial plans that would put Thames boaters lives at risk.

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Published: 27 January 2016

Cromwell reopens

CROMWELL Lock on the Trent is open again to navigation, with the damaged boom across the weir now repaired.

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Published: 27 January 2016

Two drowned in Avon car crash

A CAR that is stated as being driven too fast around a bend crashed into the canal that skirts the weir on the Avon in Bristol, with the car sinking and the two men inside drowning.

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Published: 25 January 2016

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  • 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
  • CafĂ© 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
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters

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