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How the boat rescue was undertaken

IT WAS COMMERCIAL BOAT SERVICES (CBS) who were engaged to remove the boats caught in the Whitchurch canal breach.

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Published: 29 January 2026

Rain, rain and more rain

FROM BEING UNABLE TO CRUISE due to no rain, we now have too much as storm after storm comes from across the Atlantic.

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Published: 29 January 2026

Two problems at Keadby Lock

THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS AT KEADBY LOCK that joins the Stainforth & Keadby Canal with the tidal Trent.

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Published: 29 January 2026

Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal

THERE HAS BEEN A DEMAND for powers to enforce boaters to stop emptying cassette toilets into the canals.

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Published: 28 January 2026

Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk

PASSING THROUGH STOKE-ON-TRENT on the Trent & Mersey Canal many boaters visit the canalside museums of the potteries.

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Published: 28 January 2026

Seven months closure ends

AFTER SEVEN MONTHS CLOSURE the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal reopens.

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Published: 28 January 2026

Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly

FURTHER TO OUR ARTICLE concerning Dogs Behaving Very Badly, Mercia Marina tells of the two dogs and their owners from the marina that took part.

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Published: 28 January 2026

Another quickie

THE CANAL & RIVER TRUST can certainly show that stoppages can quickly be sorted these days.

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Published: 28 January 2026

Illegal floating encampment activity removed

AN UNAUTHORISED FLOATING ENCAMPMENT has been removed from the Lee Navigation.

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Published: 26 January 2026

Newbury crane to be refurbished

THE CRANE BY THE SIDE OF the Kennet & Avon Canal in Newbury is to be refurbished.

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Published: 26 January 2026

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