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Victor: Going around in circles

THE latest whizz from Canal & River Trust is a Maelstrom Art Installation.

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Published: 15 March 2020

The reason the Figure of Three Locks will take a year to repair

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THERE has been controversy why the repair to the Figure of Three Locks on the Calder & Hebble Navigation should take a year to repair.

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Published: 13 March 2020

Thieves attempted to steal solar panels from sunken boat

TWO men were seen on the roof on the sunken boat on the Soar at County Road Bridge attempting to remove its solar panels.

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Published: 13 March 2020

Soar boat an obstruction to navigation and the flow of water

THERE are lots of comments about the boat [at Barrow-on-Soar] obstructing the navigation of other boats through the bridge but more importantly the boat was an obstruction to the flow of water, writes John Coxon.

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Published: 13 March 2020

British Marine 'disappointed' at removal of red diesel subsidy

FOLLOWING on the comment of the Royal Yachting Association yesterrday, British Marine too is concerned at the removal of the subsidy on red diesel for recreational boating, explaining:

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Published: 13 March 2020

Red diesel tax entitlement to be removed

IN ALL the goodies given out by the chancellor in his Spring Budget there was one not so good—for boaters.

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Published: 12 March 2020

'Boat' owners lose their boat as not warned of river rise

More victims of the flooding Soar, as couple lose their 'boat' at Pillings Lock Marina.

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Published: 12 March 2020

Leicester Section landslip worse than feared

THE landslip into the waterway on the Leicester Section has proved worse than feared, so the stoppage has to be extended.

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Published: 12 March 2020

Why wasn't it moved?

I AM somewhat confused by your photograph of the boat stuck on the bridge at Barrow-on-Soar, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 12 March 2020

Stricken Soar boat swept over

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THE narrowboat that was stuck on County Road Bridge on the Soar at Barrow has now been swept over and sunk, as the photograph shows .

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Published: 11 March 2020

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