THE Acton Swing Bridge that carries the busy A49 over the Weaver is to be repaired at a cost of £1.5 million.
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THE crash of an HGV carrying paint on the M606 near Bradford has released white paint into the Calder.
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THE Canal & River Trust produces implausible statistics of the number of visitors to its waterways about which there's no way of challenging, writes Bill Ridgeway.
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DAVE BERRY, famous for classic hits such as The Crying Game, has been appointed as Restoration Ambassador for the Chesterfield Canal Trust.
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THE current flood warnings affecting the East Coast also affect the Ouse and the eastern rivers, with boaters told to keep away.
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AS PROMISED by Canal & River Trust, the ground paddle at Wood End Lock has finally been 'repaired'.
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I REALLY must object to Colin Draper accusing me of conjuring up the figure of 951 visits to every mile of canal every day—not my figure I assure him, writes T. Lang.
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Last year Peel Holding unilaterally ended the long standing arrangement for mutual free access to the Bridgewater for CaRT registered boats and now they announce a long stoppage on the Leigh Branch, writes David Hymers.
THE Canal & River Trust's North Wales & Borders Waterway has launched a search for up to five new partnership members caring for waterways in Cheshire, Shropshire, Powys, Denbighshire and Staffordshire.
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I do like T Lang's reference to the '951 visits a day' regarding Wood End Lock, I've never seen a visitor there in all the years I was moored, since its opening, at Barton Marina.
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