VULNERABLE 80 years old Neville Tyldesley was discharged from hospital in a taxi whose driver was given the wrong address, and being completely disorientated in strange surroundings stumbled into the Rochdale Canal at Miles Platting.
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NOTWITHSTANDING hiking mooring fees by a colossal 16% last year, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority is upping them another 4% at its Springfield Marina, and now told its moorers that it is to close their popular clubroom.
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THIS morning we included the story concerning boats going adrift on the Grand Union Canal owing to it overflowing it banks and washing away the towpath and of course loosening the pins.
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THE Tapton Lock Visitors Centre on the Chesterfield Canal in the town is an important part in the restoration of the waterway, but is is danger of being closed.
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HARECASTLE Tunnel was closed yesterday, and will be for the most of today as its rescue boat has failed again and is undergoing repair.
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WHITE Mills Marina on the Nene at Earls Barton is now officially open and will be hosting an Open Weekend this coming Saturday and Sunday.
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I WAS absolutely amazed when those at Canal & River Trust launched a national flood appeal to restore the waterways damaged in last year's Boxing Day floods.
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I have just read David Hymers excellent article about the Trust taking over the Environment Agency waters, and he has put his finger directly on the problem as far as we boaters are concerned.
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I have to admit I am not a regular reader of your site, but when I do log on I give it a good read!
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THERE have been a number of comments recently about the possibility of CaRT taking over responsibility for navigation from the EA and several people have opined that they would not trust CaRT on flood control, writes David Hymers.
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