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More appointments to advisory groups

THE Canal & River Trust has made six new appointments.

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Published: 30 June 2023

Making your boat safe

I RECENTLY read a blurb from River Canal Rescue about making your boat safe when left canalside, that I thought missed the point, writes T Lang.

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Published: 30 June 2023

Lift bridge repair closes Peak Forest 'for several weeks'

THE Peak Forest Lift Bridge (24) repair will not be a quick fix.

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Published: 29 June 2023

Equipment needed for welfare unit

THE Grantham Canal Society have just purchased a container for conversion to a welfare unit.

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Published: 29 June 2023

Review of restoration of the Montgomery Canal

SEVENTY people attended the Montgomery Canal Forum organised by the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust.

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Published: 29 June 2023

New organisation to persuade government to increase CaRT funding

THE recently formed Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) is calling on the government to stop inland waterways falling into disrepair by increasing its funding.

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Published: 28 June 2023

Boy stabbed on Grand Union towpath in London

A BOY has been stabbed and left for dead in the Grand Union Canal in Willesden.

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Published: 28 June 2023

Macclesfield and Peak Forest to be closed 'for several weeks'

THE  Canal & River Trust intend to close both the Macclesfield and Peak Forest canals in early June 'for several weeks' due to lack of water.

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Published: 28 June 2023

'Wait until in breaks' is not working

IT HAS been proven that the 'wait until in breaks then mend it' policy brought in by Canal & River Trust a few years ago is not working and certainly not saving money, explains Tom Crossley.

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Published: 26 June 2023

Three stoppages over the weekend

THERE were just three stoppages over the two days of the weekend.

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Published: 26 June 2023

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