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Memories of Bingley Five Rise wanted

BRITISH Waterways is asking for people with old photographs of Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, that they may have stored away, to share them.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Massive load by water

THE Ribble was used on Sunday to deliver a 270 tonnes transformer section to an electricity sub station.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Human leg in lock

A HUMAN leg has been discovered in Tetney Lock on the Louth Canal, near to where it meets the Humber Estuary.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Further Wilts & Berks Canal opens

ANOTHER stretch of the Wilts and Berks Canal has been completed, with a trip boat planned.

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Published: 04 March 2011

Man dies after boat leap

IT WAS all good fun for the men, leaping off the wall onto a narrowboat in the Albert Dock in Liverpool, but one missed, and is now dead.

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Published: 04 March 2011

Barn owls for Huddersfield Narrow Canal

NEW barn owl nest boxes have been installed today (Thursday) at Tunnel End Reservoir next to Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in a bid to help the plight of this threatened bird and help them flourish in some canal side homes.

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Published: 03 March 2011

Moorings for shopping

IN THE past it was impossible to get a mooring outside the Tesco store in  Aylesbury on the branch of the Grand Union Canal as all the towpath was taken up by the resident continuous moorers.

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Published: 03 March 2011

British Waterways gives reprieve

A COUPLE facing eviction from their home have been given a six months reprieve by British Waterways, Alan Tilbury reveals.

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Published: 03 March 2011

Narrow Dog Tales

BOATER Terry Darlington, author of the two books Narrow Dog to Carcassonne and Narrow Dog to Indian River, will be recounting his tales as a narrowboater this week-end.

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Published: 02 March 2011

Reversed too far

A DRIVER reversed too far down a slip-way with his boat on a trailer, with the towing vehicle hanging over the edge.

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Published: 02 March 2011

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Latest

  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • 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

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