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What about the real reason?

A WATERWAYS publication tells us it has been a tough year for hire businesses, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 25 November 2024

What a mess

WHAT a mess indeed as such an amount of debris including large piles of driftwood are piled-up against Worcester's Severn bridge.

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Published: 23 November 2024

It wasn't the motor that stopped the lift working

THOUGH it was understood it was the motor driving the Loco Lift Bridge on the Huddersfield Broad Canal that had failed it was not.

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Published: 23 November 2024

New electric boat wins top award

FAROBOATS have created an all-electric boat that has won the trophy for the Innovative Design Solution award at the Boat Builders' awards 2024.

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Published: 23 November 2024

Winter works still being cancelled...

WINTER works are still being cancelled by Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 23 November 2024

Can't understand it.

I JUST cannot understand the insistence of those Canal & River Trust people insisting it is leaving lock gates open that cause low water levels, writes Julian Warne.

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Published: 22 November 2024

Canal road bridge at ‘serious risk of failure’

A CANAL road bridge is at a serious risk of failure that is due to lack of maintenance.

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Published: 22 November 2024

At last—the end of the Erewash saga!

The Erewash Canal saga has come to an end, with the navigation open.

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Published: 22 November 2024

Supporter leaves £160,000 to repair Braunston bridge

A WATERWAYS enthusiast has left £160,000 in his will to be used to restore a Braunston canal bridge.

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Published: 21 November 2024

It doesn't matter the weather...

IT CERTAINLY doesn't matter the weather if you are a continuous cruiser and your time is up, writes Tom Crossley.

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Published: 21 November 2024

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  • 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
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock

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