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Well tested

THE floating pontoons installed at the new White Mills Marina on the Nene were well tested over the recent weeks.

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Published: 15 January 2016

CaRT launches flood appeal

THE Canal & River Trust has launched an appeal to help restore the damage to the waterways in the North that have been affected by the recent floods.

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Published: 15 January 2016

Mass exodus from Calder & Hebble

OUR boat was one of those that had to be rescued by River Canal Rescue after the floods on the Calder & Hebble, and we must congratulate the rescue people on a good job once they got around to our boat, being of course in a queue, writes Pauline Grimes.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Open Weekends at new marina

WHITE MILLS marina on the Nene is hosting a series of Open Weekends to allow prospective moorers to inspect the facilities at the new marina.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Lancaster closed again

STAINTON Aqueduct on the Lancaster Canal has suffered structural damage and is safeguarded by a dam, closing off the waterway.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Not fit for purpose

YET again, Canal & river Trust report that  the sanitary station at Braunston is out of action.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Broads Authority to evict 41 boating families

THE Broads Authority has issued 41 eviction notices to houseboat moorers at the western end of Thorpe Island in Norwich, that has been a recognised mooring site for nearly 100 years—since at least 1922.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Shroppie lock ladders safer

IT WAS many years ago that our then contributor, Richard Swann, pointed out the unsafe lock ladders on some of the locks on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Grantham ignores its canal

The Grantham Economic Development Draft Plan that has been published completely ignores its canal, making no reference to it whatsoever.

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Published: 11 January 2016

Springs Branch closed

A ROCK fall into the Springs Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool  Canal at Skipton has completely closed the waterway.

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Published: 11 January 2016

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  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly
  • Another quickie
  • Illegal floating encampment activity removed

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