A FORMERLY derelict lock on the Grantham Canal has received its first lock gates for nearly 60 years after hard-working volunteers spent three years painstakingly
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Exploring the net… at Foxton Locks
Visitors to the famous Foxton Locks in Leicestershire can now take part in a spot of pond dipping and discover what bugs and beasties are
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Celebrity boaters find museum is worth its salt
Cheshire’s multi award-winning Lion Salt Works Museum in Northwich, Cheshire, has been filmed for Channel 4’s highly successful ‘Great Canal Journeys’ starring Timothy West and
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Live-aboards ‘should not be disadvantaged’ by red diesel rules
The Residential Boat Owners’ Association (RBOA) has responded to a joint call for evidence recently published by Defra and the Treasury on Non-road Mobile Machinery
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Thousands of fish rescued after culvert collapse
The Canal & River Trust has rescued more than 7000 fish following the collapse of a culvert beneath the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Melling.
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Going green…. but not in a good way
There’s something strange on London’s waterways… a green invasion that is now being tackled in the capital. A peculiar phenomenon is appearing on London’s canals,
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Culvert collapse causes breach of Leeds and Liverpool canal near Melling
By Colin Wareing A culvert collapse resulted in Canal & River Trust teams having to work through the night to stem the flow of water.
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Marple flight of locks isn’t coping well
By Colin Wareing Inward-moving coping stones at a lock on the Marple flight have forced the Canal & River Trust to take action to keep
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RCR rescues sunken boat before Middlewich festival
RIVER Canal Rescue reports on June 11 it successfully raised and disposed of a 20ft cruiser that was vandalised, burnt out and sunk in the
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BEM for puffer champion
NICK Walker, Puffer Preservation Trust director and skipper of Puffer VIC 32, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday
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Spartan’s hold to host puffer saga
THE history of the Clyde puffers is to be told in the hold of MV Spartan. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s puffer has had doors cut
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A timely warning after coal boat blaze
THE boating community has rallied round to help Liam Hewlett and Kerry Dainty of Longford Canal Services after their coal and fuel boat Ariel was
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Volunteer boat crew rescue dog walker from canal
COTSWOLD Canals Trust trip boat Perseverance, crewed by volunteers Bob Mulkerrin and Keith Jones, was engaged in the short trips service from Ebley Wharf on Saturday
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Stars back national nature challenge 30 Days Wild
NATURALISTS, TV presenters and authors are backing The Wildlife Trusts’ national nature challenge to do something ‘wild’ every day during June. Sign-ups are rising and
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