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Dowley Gap sinking

IT NEEDED two fire crews from Bingley and Keighley to refloat a sunken narrowboat at Dowley Gap on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on Thursday.

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Published: 25 January 2013

Don't dump waste

THERE is a call from Canal & River Trust calling on people who 'use the Regent's Canal to take care of the environment and stop dumping their household rubbish on the towpath'.

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Published: 24 January 2013

Dowley Open Day postponed

THE Open Day planned at Dowley Gap Aqueduct on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal for this coming Sunday (27th) has been postponed following the excess snow fall in the area.

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Published: 24 January 2013

Start acting like one

CANAL & River Trust should get the same protection as the National Trust if they are now the same. The trouble is they not the same (they should be, but they are not), writes Mick Poyser.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Investment for Scottish canals

A FLOATING village could be constructed in Grangemouth on the Forth & Clyde Canal as part of a multi-millions pound investment in Scotland's canals.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Man robbed and drowns

A MAN who was robbed was subsequently found drowned in the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in Gloucester.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Email: Value for money

In response to Mr Ponting, I am afraid I do not know enough about the economics of running a hire boat company to be able to comment on their weekly charges or indeed their value for money.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Body found in canal

THE body of one of the men who we reported went missing in Manchester on New Year's Eve has been found in the Bridgewater Canal.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Press takes-up Regents issue

THE Press has taken up the story that appeared in narrowboatworld recently, of the complaints against the huge number of residential boats crammed on the Regents Canal that are causing problems.

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Published: 22 January 2013

No ban on CaRT

I WAS aghast at the suggestion that there should perhaps be a ban on any mention of CaRT in narrowboatworld, writes James Henry.

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Published: 22 January 2013

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