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Man drowned in canal named

THE man whose body was discovered in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn last Saturday has been named.

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Published: 26 January 2017

Canal-side Graffiti keeps appearing

RESIDENTS living by the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath are upset by the graffiti that keeps appearing on a wall by the canal towpath.

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Published: 26 January 2017

Free drink and chat

THE Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust is inviting everyone to its Chit Chat Club at the Gongoozler Restaurant to enjoy a free hot drink and a friendly chat.

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Published: 26 January 2017

All places snapped up on woman-only engine course

WITH so many women enquiring about its engine maintenance course, River Canal Rescue (RCR) decided to run such a course, and were amazed that demand outstripped supply.

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Published: 25 January 2017

Object to Edgbaston Tunnel towpath widening

JIMMY Lockwood is spot-on in his piece about the impending towpath widening through the [Edgbaston] tunnel, writes Dave Carden.

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Published: 25 January 2017

Sunken boat closes Oxford Canal

A SUNKEN narrowboat in the Oxford Canal at Somerton Deep Lock has caused the Oxford Canal to be closed.

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Published: 25 January 2017

St Pancras Lock event

THE Canal & River Trust is making its Open Day at St Pancras Lock on the Regent's Canal something more than a tour of the drained lock.

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Published: 25 January 2017

RCR is top 100 Apprenticeship Employer

THE very well  known boaters' breakdown and emergency assistance firm, River Canal Rescue (RCR), has been named a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer in the annual list compiled by the National Apprenticeship Service.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Golf carts stop navigation

IT WOULD seem that there is a new trend of dumping golf carts—or whatever they call them—being dumped in bridge holes, succeeding in stopping navigation.

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Published: 24 January 2017

Heritage and Edgbaston Tunnel

ONE matter has been ‘conveniently' overlooked by those proposing, or commenting, on the widening of the towpath in Edgbaston Tunnel, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 24 January 2017

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