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No brakes

IT WAS quite an interesting cruise for those on the Grantham Canal Society trip boat, when its gearbox locked in forward gear.

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Published: 24 June 2011

Boater's stupidity caused mayhem

A HIRE boater grounded his cruiser at Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, and caused mayhem, by having emergency services attend, and then nearly drowned two crew members.

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Published: 24 June 2011

Massive Leeds & Liverpool Canal development

BOATERS who have cruised the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in recent years will be well aware of the sprawling housing development along its banks, with more on the way.

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Published: 24 June 2011

Email: Is boating over?

I cannot help thinking that the best days of boating are over. British Waterways as a charity will be even more cash hungry.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Burnley towpath rape trial

THE trial of a Bangladeshi man accused of carrying out sex attacks on two women on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath at Burnley has started.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Boatyard becomes art gallery

MANY boatyards are having hard times at the moment, but Tooley's at Banbury on the Oxford Canal has branched out as an art gallery.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Russell Newbery sold

THE company that makes the much sought after Russell Newbery boat engines has been sold, but it is not the end for the engine.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Cam body—teenagers arrested

TWO teenagers have been arrested over the death of a man found in the Cam at Cambridge on Wednesday.

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Published: 23 June 2011

No frogs for Devizes

THOUGH British Waterways, against public objections to cash wasted on sculptures, still erected them on the Kennet & Avon Canal, it objects to anyone else having a sculpture by the waterway.

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Published: 22 June 2011

Email: On snagging ropes

In addition to the point raised in his email by Andrew Saffrey, there is a further problem with the rope snagging under the corners of the top plate of lock ladders.
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Published: 22 June 2011

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