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You could be dead in minutes

WITH the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal seeing seven deaths from drowning during the last ten years, Gloucester Live points out that 'you could be dead in minutes'.

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Published: 15 February 2017

Canal closed to end of May

WORK by Network Rail at Pratts Mill Aqueduct on the Wyrley & Essington Canal is going to be further extended, and will most likely not be completed until the end of May.

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Published: 15 February 2017

Huddersfield Narrow closed again

ONCE again the Huddersfield Narrow Canal is closed for repairs, this time to enable repairs to  a collapsed wall.

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Published: 15 February 2017

Boat trips not longer

IT IS regretted but we inadvertently stated that the boat trips would be longer after work on the Grantham Canal, but this is not so!

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Published: 15 February 2017

Too close for comfort

A MASSIVE explosion and a fire in a block of flats by boat moorings at Oxford on the Thames scorched boats that had been lifted out onto the nearby bank and caused consternation to owners of those moored nearby.

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Published: 15 February 2017

No long stoppage for Aire & Calder

THE original planned work on the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme that was to close the Aire & Calder Navigation from today (15th February) to 19th June, has been scrapped.

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Published: 15 February 2017

Lack of plant keeps locks closed

THOUGH the work on the broad Weston and Aston locks was due to be completed shortly, the removal of plant has meant neither will now be complete on time, and the Trent & Mersey Canal will remain closed.

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Published: 15 February 2017

Narrowboat purposely fired

THE owner of a narrowboat was seen purposely setting what is assumed is his boat alight whilst moored East of Chester on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 13 February 2017

Duck killer caught

A MAN seems to have an obsession about ducks, as they have been found in a bin by the Thames in Richmond, with their necks having been broken.

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Published: 13 February 2017

Body caught in boat's propeller

THE skipper of a boat on the Bridgewater Canal had a terrible shock when his boat's engine suddenly stopped, and looking down saw a body tangled in the propeller.

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Published: 13 February 2017

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