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Burnley Canal Festival

THOUGH only going for two years, the Burnley Canal Festival has proved so popular that once again it is being staged over the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Published: 24 August 2015

Drowned in Albert Dock

THREE men on a night out at Liverpool Dock decided to have a swim in the water, but it ended tragically as one drowned.

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Published: 24 August 2015

Beware giant pink dog

IF YOU are boating on the Thames at present, beware of a giant inflatable pink dog that is accompanying a team that are swimming the length of the Thames from Lechlade to Putney.

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Published: 24 August 2015

Let the rats do the racing!

ANOTHER busy summer and I have noticed a marked increase, year on year, in the speed that some boaters travel at. What is more annoying is the speed that some deem appropriate for passing moored boats, writes Gareth Haines.

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Published: 24 August 2015

Caught on the cill

I AMAZES me how so many boats can be caught on the cill in locks and thus sunk, writes James Henry.

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Published: 21 August 2015

Email: Faffing about

In the time that CaRT have faffed about with this culvert which has collapsed, [Lancaster Canal] they could have engaged a gang of ground workers and hand-dug the old culvert out.

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Published: 21 August 2015

Boater attacked at Haywood

A COUPLE had a terrible experience at Haywood Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal on Tuesday. Two thugs were speeding in an inflatable at an estimated speed of 15 to 20mph when a boater took a picture of them.

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Published: 21 August 2015

Festival this week-end

A FESTIVAL is scheduled on the Calder & Hebble Navigation this week-end, at Brighouse, in the form of a Canal, Beer and Music Festival.

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Published: 21 August 2015

12,000 more defects!

OUR Allan Richards has discovered that in addition to the 52,000 defects that Canal & River Trust admits on the waterways, there were 12,000 more, that had to take priority so were missed off the calculation, and tells us:

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Published: 21 August 2015

How low can CART sink?

THE Canal & River Trust has now engaged a telemarketing company that will con you into becoming a regular Friends donor, should you fall for applying for 'free information' that is nothing more than a ruse, as Allan Richards explains:

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Published: 20 August 2015

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