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Didn't last long

THE all-day opening of the Newark Office of the Canal & River Trust didn't last very long—it now closes at 12 noon on working days.

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Published: 31 March 2016

CaRT leaves boats grounded

THE Canal & River Trust workers have left boaters aground at Bosley Locks on the Macclesfield Canal after repairing a paddle but then leaving failing to refill the pound, with boats grounded.

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Published: 31 March 2016

Drunk man leaps into canal

A MAN, whom it is told drank numerous jaggerbombs at a pub by the Mailbox on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal in the city, jumped into the waterway.

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Published: 31 March 2016

Blind pensioner rescued from canal

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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Published: 31 March 2016

Hiked fees but less facilities at Springfield

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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Published: 31 March 2016

Flooding for over four years!

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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Published: 30 March 2016

Blow to Chesterfield Canal restoration

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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Published: 30 March 2016

Harecastle rescue boat fails again

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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Published: 30 March 2016

New marina opens for business!

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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Published: 30 March 2016

Comment—did anyone think?

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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Published: 26 March 2016

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