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How fast was it going?

WHAT Canal & River Trust describe as a 'boat strike' has closed the Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal until Saturday.

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Published: 13 July 2016

Body found in Ouse

THE search for the man who was seen falling from the bridge over the Ouse in York has ended with a body having been discovered.

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Published: 13 July 2016

Police commendation for saving toddler

A MAN has received a Police commendation for saving the life of a toddler in the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 13 July 2016

Boats broken into and 'wrecked'

THERE are reports of a number of narrowboats being broken into along the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, though the exact area is not stated.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Another Ouse drowning in York

ANOTHER young man lost his life after falling into the Ouse at York from a bridge in the early hours of Sunday morning, it is believed after a night out.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Yes—the Calder & Hebble is open

THE Canal & River Trust tell us that the Calder & Hebble Navigation was opened last week after its damage in the Boxing Day floods.

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Published: 11 July 2016

New basin for London

THE proposed 'new town' to be built by the Grand Union at Old Oak Common is to include a new basin, according to the plans.

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Published: 11 July 2016

Calder & Hebble fully open on Monday

WITH the opening of navigation through two bridges damaged by the Boxing Day floods, the entire length of the Calder & Hebble Navigation will again be available to boaters.

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Published: 01 July 2016

The terror towpath

IT WAS during 2015 that the American company Strava introduced its cyclist time trials to our towpaths, with the one by the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath now becoming extremely dangerous to both pedestrians and animals by this activity.

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Published: 01 July 2016

Email: Illegal Thames boats

I was most pleased to read that the Environment Agency had managed to get rid of all those boats that were illegally moored on the Thames at Richmond.

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Published: 30 June 2016

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  • Trial measures to support safe navigation at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
  • Another consultation
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  • Closures through low water getting most serious
  • Gate 'structural integrity' closes Froghall Basin Lock
  • Increase in length of stoppage on Kennet & Avon due to low water
  • Man jailed for setting cruiser alight
  • Keadby Rail Draw Bridge stoppage fiasco and Keadby Lock open just four days this month
  • Already been decided
  • Canal & River Trust launches new Restoration Delivery Plan
  • No notice from Canal & River Trust concerning Keadby Rail Bridge closures
  • Good couple of days for the trust
  • Victor tells the trust could have saved millions of gallons of water every day

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