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Free cake celebrates birthday

THERE will be a slice of free cake at Anderton Boat Lift—to celebrate the first birthday of Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 24 June 2013

New CEO goes boating

THE new Canal & River Trust Chief Executive, Richard Parry, takes Gemma Joy into a Staffs & Worcs Canal lock.

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Published: 24 June 2013

Kennet & Avon closure again

FOR the second time this year the Kennet & Avon Canal is closed at Seend, 'until further notice'.

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Published: 24 June 2013

Raft race raised thousands

SOME passed the finishing line alongside rafts, some passed going sideways and a police car towed by a raft full of 'criminals' ended up on its roof, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 24 June 2013

Vandalism not the cause

I THINK Canal & River Trust needs to look further than ‘a drained lock through vandalism' to seek the cause of the movement in the lock wall. [Wolverhampton 21] writes the, Chairman of the Grantham Canal Society, Mike Stone.

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Published: 24 June 2013

CaRT blames vandals for lock failure

THE failure of the lock wall of Lock 20 on the Wolverhampton Flight was caused by vandals according to Canal & River Trust!

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Published: 23 June 2013

Excuse for lock failure

AT MIDDAY on the 20th June Canal & River Trust sent the following email, writes John Kelly.

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Published: 23 June 2013

Duckmarine goes bust

THE OWNERS of the Duckmarine, that sank in a Liverpool Dock leaving 27 people in the water, have gone into administration.

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Published: 23 June 2013

Wolverhampton 21 lock failure

THOUGH Canal & River Trust staff kept people away from the latest lock failure, this time on the Wolverhampton Flight, our Orph Mable was able to secure the first published pictures.

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Published: 22 June 2013

Not the way to do it

IN ANSWER to Pete Early, no I have not been through the Standedge Tunnel. The section of canal between Huddersfield and the tunnel is notorious for its low water levels, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 22 June 2013

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Latest

  • 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
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock

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