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Chesterfield restoration safe from HS2

THE campaign by the Chesterfield Canal Trust against the original line of the HS2 that blighted its restoration has paid-off, with the route being moved away from the line of the canal.

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Published: 19 July 2017

No sense in hiring-out your boat

WE HAVE to feel sorry for Dawn Samples who has lost her home as it sunk in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, writes, T. Lang.

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Published: 19 July 2017

Sunk L&L boat removed by CaRT

THE Canal & River Trust has stepped in and removed the sunken narrowboat from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, as it was considered to be a navigation hazard.

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Published: 19 July 2017

Huddersfield Narrow closed again

COME the dry weather and the short pounds cannot cope on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal so it is closed again.

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Published: 19 July 2017

It's the 'blame game' yet again

YET another instance where Canal & River Trust are blaming others for its inadequacies—this time at the lock at Sutton Stop.

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Published: 18 July 2017

Boat jammed in Hurleston Lock

A NARROWBOAT is at present jammed in Lock 4 of Hurleston Locks at the junction of the Llangollen Canal with the Shropshire Union Canal, preventing navigation.

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Published: 18 July 2017

Hirer sank her narrowboat

A NARROWBOAT owner took pity on a man who advertised on the internet that he wanted to try the lifestyle of boating, but he sank the boat by leaving the weed hatch off.

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Published: 17 July 2017

No lottery grant for Wappenshall Wharf project

THOUGH the Telford Support Group, part of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust, was awarded £95,000 towards its Wappenshall Wharf project in January of this year, the funders have now put the award on hold.

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Published: 17 July 2017

Canal body 'suspicious'

A MAN'S body discovered at Woodham Lock at West Byfleet in the Basingstoke Canal is being treated as 'suspicious' by the police.

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Published: 17 July 2017

Weaver swing bridge reopens

ACTON Swing Bridge that carries the busy A59 over the Weaver is to reopen after a £1.5 million repair project.

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Published: 17 July 2017

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