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'Boat location not a factor' for post-Brexit insurance

Mooring your boat in Europe now that the UK is out of the European Union will not necessarily complicate your existing insurance policy, a leading…
15 February 2021
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Storm Christoph leaves further trouble in its wake

Aside from havoc on the River Weaver and Shropshire Union Canal, January's Storm Christoph caused assorted further damage, mostly in the North West.  Near the…
13 February 2021
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Improvements at Titford Pools will welcome boating festivals

The final phase of restoration work has begun at Titford Pools, the BCN's summit level in Oldbury, following the completion of dredging (WW January).  The…
12 February 2021
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Progress claimed on London Mooring Strategy

The Canal & River Trust has provided an update on the work done for its London Mooring Strategy, designed to alleviate the overcrowding on the…
11 February 2021
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Another grant for Tooley's

The Tooley's Boatyard Trust, set up last year to preserve and develop the historic site in Banbury with an initial grant of £50,000 from Historic…
11 February 2021
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HS2 withdraws objection to Chesterfield Canal restoration plans

When Chesterfield Canal Trust submitted proposals for the next stage of restoration from Staveley to Renishaw (WW Sept 2020), it quickly received an objection from…
09 February 2021
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Viking Marine creates new dry dock at Goole

A new floating dry dock will join the facilities available for narrow- and wide-beam boats at Goole, East Yorkshire.  Viking Marine, situated at the start…
08 February 2021
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Classic lock cottage at heart of plans to revive Avon through Evesham

The Avon Navigation Trust has begun a campaign aimed at restoring the striking A-framed keeper's cottage at Evesham Lock, and creating a new riverside Volunteer…
08 February 2021
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Future of Braunston Stop House still uncertain

The Canal & River Trust has issued a statement about the future of the Stop House at Braunston, nearly a year after it was temporarily…
05 February 2021
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Breach closes the Shropshire Union

Storm Christoph managed to claim another waterways scalp on 20th January, after a breach of the Shropshire Union Canal between Lock 10 (Wharton's Lock) and…
01 February 2021
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Weaver suffers second ‘100-year flood’ in 15 months

Storm Christoph, which struck on 21st January, caused widespread flooding and damage on the inland waterways, and particularly affected the Weaver Navigation.  Some of the…
27 January 2021
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