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Crane out at last

AFTER four weeks, and a completely closed waterway, Canal & River Trust has at last managed to remove the crane that toppled into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Apperley Bridge.

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Published: 08 March 2013

Driven out by ever increasing costs

AFTER the end of this month there will be no Jerome and Chris serving meals at the Chandlery Restaurant at Sawley Marina.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Volunteers keep museum open

THOUGH there have been doubts about the viability of the small canal museum at Brentford Lock, people have volunteered to open it every Friday.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Society pulls out of festival

THE organisers of Ellesmere Boat Festival admit that it will not be the attraction it has been in previous years, as the Shropshire Union Canal Society has pulled out of the event.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Opportunity for Chesterfield restoration

I can understand the worry and frustration expressed by those who have put so much into opening the Chesterfield Canal to navigation, with more to follow, that the HS2 proposed development might prevent, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 06 March 2013

Another lock sinking

A NARROWBOAT sank in Batchworth Lock on the Grand Union Canal on Monday afternoon, when its tiller became caught on the lock gate, Roger Fox tells us.

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Published: 06 March 2013

End of Chesterfield restoration?

THE North East Derbyshire MP Natascha Engel, believes the proposed building of the High Speed Rail link (HS2) could stop the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 06 March 2013

Not boaters' rubbish

THE rubbish that is causing concern along the Aylesbury Arm by Tesco in the town, has not been deposited by boaters at the nearby moorings.

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Published: 06 March 2013

Big Lock pub opens again

THE Big Lock pub, so named as being beside the Big Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Middlewich, is open for business again in time for the boating season.

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Published: 06 March 2013

Oh so sad

STUNG by criticism from Waterways World readers in its January edition (Interview rebounded—18th December), Canal & River Trust Chairman Tony Hales has corrected what he said at the Trust's first annual meeting, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 06 March 2013

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