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Good news at last for Leeds & Liverpool

AFTER the worst summer on record for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and particularly its moorers, good news at last.

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Published: 28 October 2022

Preparing for freight on the Aire & Calder

WITH discussions on Port Leeds comes the possibility of freight once again on the Aire & Calder Navigation.

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Published: 27 October 2022

Licence fees squandered

AS AN avid reader of your site and so conversant with your policy, I am surprised that nothing has been stated concerning the boat licence increases, writes Duncan Peters.

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Published: 27 October 2022

Really?

THE Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal is closed at Pillings above Loughborough.

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Published: 27 October 2022

The 'winter works' fiasco

I READ with interest your article 'Fiasco of the winter stoppage programme' and would agree with NABO's Anne Husar that it is, indeed, a fiasco, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 26 October 2022

What's stopping the lock gate closing?

IT WAS early on Monday that it was discovered the down-stream gate of Sawley Flood Lock on the Trent would not close.

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Published: 26 October 2022

Peak Forest Canal reopens at last

IT TOOK just over two weeks, but at last the Peak Forest Canal has reopened.

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Published: 26 October 2022

Lock keepers cottage to be retained

A MASSIVE proposed development in the Digbeth area of Birmingham will see a Grand Union Canal lock keepers' cottage retained.

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Published: 26 October 2022

Lock repaired—then failed again the following day!

IT WAS on Sunday that Lemonroyd Lock (7) was closed with a failure.

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Published: 26 October 2022

What to make of it?

AS WE usually have a couple of cruises late in the year I have been perusing the list of winter stoppages, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 24 October 2022

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