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

A MAN has been charged with the death of an angler whose body was recovered from the Sankey Canal on Saturday.

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Published: 22 June 2011

Maybe that I am wrong and there might be reasons other than poor maintenance and lack of money, staff etc...

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Published: 22 June 2011

THE police have launched a murder investigation after a the body of a man was discovered in Sankey Valley Park on the Sankey Canal near Warrington.

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Published: 20 June 2011

LATER this month another four police forces will begin using the Single Non-Emergency phone Number (SNEN) '101', bringing the total to nine.

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Published: 20 June 2011

THE Grantham Canal Partnership supported by the Grantham Canal Society has submitted an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore locks 14 and 15 on the waterway.

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Published: 20 June 2011

BOATERS were at last able to move to and from Glasson Dock over the week-end after the broken down lock had been temporarily repaired.

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Published: 20 June 2011

DESPITE the efforts to protect the Purton Hulks on the Severn, a meeting to decide their fate brought no progress.

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Published: 20 June 2011

THE section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal that goes under Sellers Works in Huddersfield looks set to be opened up with the news that a development has been awarded.

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Published: 20 June 2011

NO MATTER how tough the Environment Agency is on boaters that flaunt its rules, there is still the problem of unlicensed boats on the Thames.

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Published: 20 June 2011