Obstruction removed from Rochdale Nine
THE obstruction preventing a lock from being operated on the Rochdale Nine has been removed.
Cannot blame CaRT
I can understand Sheila Hawkins’ concern about the ‘pushers’ on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, writes Martin Howes.
Who is kidding who?
The picture [of the damaged lock gate at Watford Flight] shows clearly the failure of the timber around the collar of the gate in question, writes Roger Fox.
Deathly silence
WITH all the publicity surrounding those women being pushed into the Worcester & Birmingham Canal why not any response from Canal & River Trust asks Sheila Hawkins?
Another warning about the Soar
AND still they come—warnings about that sand bank on the Soar.
Yobs have time on their hands
I NOTICED that the gang indulging in the pastime of pushing young women into the canal are judged to be between 14 and 17 writes Jim Cracken.
More women pushed into canal
FOLLOWING on our report of two women pushed into a canal, the police are investigating a total of five in one evening.
Is it another body?
AN INQUEST into a drowning last year in the Rochdale Nine heard that it was the 28th in the waterway.
Victor: Not so much 'wellbeing'
THERE is certainly not so much of the often acclaimed 'wellbeing' on the towpaths these days.