THE Canal & River Trust has managed to persuade the Bridgewater Canal Company to allow free passage both ways for its (CaRT's) customers to travel the Bridgewater Canal to visit events.
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THE man who ran the Canal Shop Online and the chandlery at Hillmorton, Richard Saillet, has been jailed for eight years convicted of sexually assaulting elderly women in their homes.
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A MISSING milepost from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been rescued from a railway memorabilia auction and restored to its rightful place on the towpath in Church.
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THE installation of massive double radial lock gates at Carpenters Road Lock in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park makes way for the eventual restoration of the Bow Back Rivers.
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THE Grill & Grain that was destroyed by fire (Canalside pub destroyed) at Riley Green on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to be re-built.
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IT REQUIRED two fire crews to rescue an elderly couple from a hire boat that caught on the cill of a Grindley Brook lock on the Llangollen Canal.
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THERE is one thing in Canal & River Trust's favour that it does tell us of its stoppages in time, but not so it appears the Environment Agency, as it has just issued one 11 years late!
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PERSHORE on the Avon is a favourite staying place for boaters on the Avon, with nearby facilities and attractive walks, and now there is more handy moorings.
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WHITE Mills Marina has started work on its brand new purpose built facilities building, with work now well underway.
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IS IT a narrowboat or is it a submarine? Howard Clarke's picture of the latest addition of peculiar boats, this time on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal. Our Keith Gudgin tells us it is a lifeboat that is usually painted orange.
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