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Promised to check for pollution

I AM WRITING as I am involved with the site in Hereford referred to in the above referenced [Promised canal restoration is toxic waste dump] article in narrowboatworld, tells Tony Higgins.

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Published: 01 September 2024

Erewash Canal entirely closed

IT WAS announced yesterday, Thursday, by Canal & River Trust that the Erewash Canal is entirely closed to navigation.

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Published: 30 August 2024

Promised canal restoration is toxic waste dump

DEVELOPERS, Stonewater, promised restoration of a section of the filled-in Hereford & Gloucester Canal after getting permission for a £23m housing project.

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Published: 30 August 2024

Another fallen tree requires specialist lifting equipment to remove

ANOTHER fallen  tree requires specialist equipment to remove it from a canal.

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Published: 30 August 2024

Fencing to be removed from 'asylum seekers' lock

THE authorities had little choice but to evict over 100 asylum seekers from a Grand Union Canal lock in Dublin.

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Published: 30 August 2024

Floating Pennywort a problem this year

THE invasive plant, Floating Pennywort is causing problems with its rapid growth this year.

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Published: 29 August 2024

Ouse blocked until heavy equipment available

A LARGE tree is blocking the Ouse preventing navigation.

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Published: 29 August 2024

Fish affected by drugs in the water

AN AUSTRALIAN study of guppies has shown that pharmaceutical pollution could threaten species’ long-term survival.

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Published: 29 August 2024

Erewash Canal closed again through lack of water

FOR the third time in as many weeks the Erewash Canal is closed through lack of water.

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Published: 29 August 2024

Heritage Open Day on the Grantham

SEPTEMBER sees an Heritage Open Day organised by the Grantham Canal Society.

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Published: 29 August 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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