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Drowned driver was drunk

THE driver of the car that crashed through  railings into the Avon feeder canal in Bristol (Two drowned in Avon car crash) was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit and had been taking cannabis an inquest heard.

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Published: 29 April 2016

Elderly lady could have drowned

THE stoppage notice in which Canal & River Trust described a lock closure as caused by 'boat damage', was in fact caused by a sunk boat where a disabled elderly lady nearly lost her life.

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Published: 29 April 2016

Changing lawyers?

IT WAS not employees from Canal & River Trust's law firm, Shoosmith's cleaning up the canals, but those from Burges Salmon who descended on Cain Hill Flight to spend a day cleaning.

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Published: 29 April 2016

Youth jumped in canal to escape

A YOUTH refused to clean up his vomit in the back of a taxi in Walsall, instead smashing its windows and a mirror and escaping by jumping in the Walsall Canal.

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Published: 28 April 2016

Jail for raping woman on towpath

THE canal towpaths are proving very unsafe places these days with the ever increasing number of attacks now being recorded.

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Published: 28 April 2016

Many boats sunk in locks

It must be obvious to most that Canal & River Trust does all it can to make out that the canals and particularly the locks are safe for boating, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 28 April 2016

Had enough!

I AM on the cold Trent & Mersey Canal at the moment, moored by two hire boats, with both of the hirers new to the game, but who have had enough, writes James Henry.

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Published: 28 April 2016

Another stoppage in the making?

CLIMBING up Adderley Locks yesterday (April 26th) Lock 3 (pictured below) leaks so badly that we had to use the boat to push open the top gate, as level water could not be reached, writes Ralph Thomason.

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Published: 27 April 2016

Another K&A lock closure

HARD on the heels on the news of the closure of Wooton Top Lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal, a further lock is now closed to navigation on the waterway.

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Published: 27 April 2016

And another sunk?

OWING to the new descriptions regarding stoppages, is there another boat sunk in a lock?

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Published: 27 April 2016

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