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A little exaggeration?

THE stoppage at Lock 10E on the Huddersfield Narrow was caused by a 'blockage in the tail paddle'.

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Published: 26 May 2021

HRH Prince Charles transported by work boat

THE heritage work boat Scorpio had its ten minutes of glory when it carried HRH Prince Charles for a short journey on the Coventry Canal.

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Published: 26 May 2021

Rochdale Nine still closed

THE damaged tail gate on Lock 91 on the Rochdale Nine has not yet been repaired.

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Published: 26 May 2021

Will they ever learn?

TIME and time again a navigation is closed as a vehicle driver attempts to discover if it floats.

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Published: 24 May 2021

The 'Times' berates the Lycra Louts on the towpaths

THE Times writer Matthew Parris took the Lycra Louts to tasks in his Notebook column in the newspaper.

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Published: 24 May 2021

'The Boat' back in business at Catherine-de-Barnes

TAKING advantage of the coronavirus lockdown it's a new look Boat pub at Catherine-de-Barnes on the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 24 May 2021

Teenager caught on mobile kicking old man into the Mersey

A TEENAGER had little option but to plead guilty after being filmed kicking a 74 years old into the Mersey.

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Published: 24 May 2021

Victor shows the incompetence of CaRT's culvert repairs

IT WAS whilst cruising at Foxton we were told by a woman at a CaRT display stand that it had been brought in to rectify British Waterways incompetence.
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Published: 22 May 2021

Another Regent's Canal stoppage

FOLLOWING the stoppage by the failure of Kentish Town Lock on Monday there is another stoppage on the Regent's Canal.

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Published: 21 May 2021

New born baby found in Wyrley & Essington Canal

THE body of a two days old baby boy was yesterday, Thursday, found in Walsall Canal.

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Published: 21 May 2021

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