THE replacement of the lock gates at Dobson Locks at Apperley Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal certainly did not go according to plan—the crane fell into the canal.
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THE official unveiling of the ‘Maureen Shaw Panel' commemorating the help and assistance to boaters by Maureen at Wardle Lock, will take place on Saturday 23rd March at 2.00 pm at the lock at Middlewich.
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THERE has been much speculation on the towpath as to why the finger pontoons, adjacent to the water point below Junction Lock at Fradley Junction, have been removed, writes Ralph Freeman.
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TO CELEBRATE the release of the Royal Yachting European Waterways Regulations—2nd Edition; the RYA is offering a lucky winner the chance to win an Inland Waterways Helmsman's course courtesy of Willow Wren Training in Rugby.
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A Marina company that leases from Canal & River Trust has gone into receivership, writes Allan Richards.
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DESPITE assurances and promises by Canal & River Trust to work with George's Pork and Poultry to find an acceptable way forward for all parties and allow the shop at the bottom of Audlem Locks to continue trading, the Trust has reneged on its promise.
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TWO directors of the defunct M&D Boat Builders & Engineering, that first went into liquidation in 2011, then again in 2012, having changed its name, now face criminal charges.
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BOATERS have rejected mooring proposals made by the Canal & River Trust following refusal by Head of Boating, Sally Ash, to provide any data justifying them, writes Allan Richards.
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FOLLOWING the revelation that Canal & River Trust has removed a £1.5m breach appeal from the main donation page of its website (Breach appeal scrapped—28/1/2013), the estimated cost of fixing the breach has risen from £1.5m to £2.1m, writes Allan Richards.
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My sincere thanks to all of you who have expressed your concern over my state of health, it is greatly appreciated, but please, I don't think I could manage to reply to every single email, which I hope you will appreciate.
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