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Water woes on Pennine and Coventry
A briefing from the Canal & River Trust in late June outlined severe difficulties in water supply on the Leeds & Liverpool, The Peak Forest…
14 July 2022
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Rebuilding starts on £2m Caldon bridge
Work has begun on rebuilding Hazelhurst Bridge, the accommodation bridge on the mainline of the Caldon Canal, near Endon in Staffordshire.
The bridge almost collapsed…
14 July 2022
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Grant for final clearance of Wendover obstruction
The Wendover Canal Trust has received the funding to finally clear the main blockage on its restoration.
Dacorum Borough Council has given £135,000 towards the…
14 July 2022
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Beefy Botham swaps cricketing for canals
One of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham, took to the waterways on 4th July on ABC hire-boat Leaf Warbler alongside guests…
14 July 2022
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Inflation catches up with RCR members
Faced with fast-rising fuel costs for travelling engineers, boat breakdown service River Canal Rescue has instituted a £15 fuel surcharge on callouts from 15th July. …
14 July 2022
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Wigan volunteer is 2022 Locky of the Year
Peter Baxter has been awarded Lock Keeper of the Year for his volunteering work with the Canal & River Trust on the Leeds & Liverpool…
08 July 2022
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Wonderfuel! Another marina moves to HVO
The availability of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), the eco-friendly alternative to traditional red diesel, is slowly increasing. The latest marina to offer the new ‘wonderfuel’…
06 July 2022
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‘Hundreds’ gather for London boaters' picnic protest
The National Bargee Travellers Association says hundreds of London boaters, local residents and land-based supporters attended its protest picnic on the Lee Navigation at Walthamstow…
04 July 2022
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Emergency lock closures isolate Macclesfield and Upper Peak Forest canals
On 24th June the Canal & River Trust temporarily closed the Bosley and Marple lock flights, isolating the Macclesfield and Upper Peak Forest Canals.
The…
27 June 2022
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ABC buys two more marinas
Two prominent north-western inland boating operations, Nantwich Canal Centre and related Uplands Marina, have been sold to the ABC Leisure Group.
The deal cements ABC…
23 June 2022
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Brave New Marina
Waterways stalwart (and Royal Shakespeare Company member) Timothy West came down the River Avon on an Edwardian launch on 27th May to formally open the…
16 June 2022
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