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Couple found dead after rescue

THE couple that were saved from drowning when their car plunged into the Bridgewater Canal have been found dead at home.

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Published: 09 July 2012

Volunteer help is important

THE Grand Union is (slightly) quieter than some other areas in the south east, though our volunteers at Foxton for example have a constant flow of boats, writes Edward Moss, National Volunteering Manager, Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 07 July 2012

The free loaders

THERE is nothing that annoys genuine boaters more than the free loaders on the system, and not just in London, write Jan and Malcolm Gunningham.

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Published: 07 July 2012

Will Staveley bank hold?

LATE this afternoon (Friday) the  Chesterfield Canal is in flood and overflowing its new bank at Staveley just before the new basin.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Boat on weir

A NARROWBOAT was swept onto the weir at Ratcliffe-on-Soar yesterday (Thursday) when the owner pulled over to allow a broad beam to pass, and was swept by the current at Cedar Isle on the river.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Trent in flood again

THE Trent is in flood yet again, with CART issuing warning notices that Cranfleet Flood Lock is closed.

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Published: 06 July 2012

£13.5m for canal extension

A SHORT extension from the existing Forth & Clyde Canal to a new sea lock on the Carron and a lift bridge at Falkirk will cost £13.5m.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Collapsed culvert causes flooding

FOR the second time in just over a week Wigan streets have been flooded due to a blocked culvert under the Leeds & Liverpool Canal causing water to back up and flood.

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Published: 06 July 2012

Boat stolen then trashed

A NARROWBOAT was stolen from its moorings at Tonbridge on the Medway, then later found having been trashed.

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Published: 06 July 2012

42,000 canal-side trees to be felled

IT IS not our canal-side trees, but those mature Plane trees that line the 330 years old Canal Du Midi in France.

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Published: 06 July 2012

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