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Canals and Narrowboats. I love them :-) I am Louise a liveaboard boater for 15 years & love to talk canals and narrowboats instagram canal_narrowboats

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Vandals have been blamed for emptying a section of #canal, leaving a narrowboat grounded and capsized.

The Canal and River Trust said it believed vandals struck on Sunday, forcing the closure of a "large section" of the Stourbridge Canal
https://t.co/0Dbw5mIQZQ

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Total of 150 abandoned boats removed from Thames
https://t.co/KVdFZGzAA0

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New Smoke Control Area (SCA) has come into place to include all properties in Birmingham, including waterways.

On Monday, residents & users of moored boat vessels, such as canal boats, will not be permitted to emit visible smoke from a chimney.

https://t.co/6lpb3tKhF5

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The Environment Agency (EA) has said it plans to remove more than 100 sunk and abandoned boats from the River Thames in what it has called its biggest clean-up operation in a decade.

https://t.co/qrUzkyeYot #thames #riverthames

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'Action needed as people dump human faeces in canal'
Residents living close to Bath's Kennet and Avon Canal have said they have witnessed boat owners emptying human excrement into the waterway.
https://t.co/5qOLZamP3Z #canal

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A major incident had been declared in Shropshire after a sinkhole breached a canal in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch.
Fire Control received reports at 4.22am that a canal bank had collapsed with large volumes of water escaping into the surrounding land.
https://t.co/Ip4xGPllR2

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Whitchurch Llangollen canal breach

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Just read breach on Llangollen near Whitchurch 😭

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The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers
A charity run by landlords.
https://t.co/IRHlefPbpU

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A 60ft (18m) drifting barge has been made safe by members of the public after it travelled, without a crew, for more than four miles (7km) down the River Witham in Lincolnshire. https://t.co/4LxQUq8wfY

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Lock 19, Seend Lock
Kennet & Avon Canal
https://t.co/unA5qbrELb

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Abandoned and sunken boats along a stretch of the River Thames are being removed.

The Environment Agency (EA) has cleared more than 20 boats near Sunbury as part of Operation Riverside https://t.co/lhMcNNxi6Q

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1970: Birmingham. The Venice of England
https://t.co/b8jWG5VJXz

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Canal dry dock 'facing closure' after 250 years
Tooley's Boatyard, on the Oxford Canal, in Banbury, which first opened in 1778, may be forced to shut after losing 80% of its business.
https://t.co/zwE6KyXv1B

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Repair works are being carried out at Foxton Locks while it is temporarily closed to boats due to a drought.
#CRT said it is bringing forward some "vital" planned repair works to "minimise future disruption for boaters and local businesses".
https://t.co/Brb6Tulmqc

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Ice cream boat on the River Ouse 🍦

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Two canal boats have been destroyed after a fire broke out at the marina in Boroughbridge
Firefighters called to Valuation Lane, with smoke seen from as far away as Ferrensby.
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said 4 boats were involved, 2 sank.
https://t.co/3wNebiGvn8

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Couple are stuck on their #narrowboat in a Lincolnshire #canal lock after high temperatures forced engineers to close a bridge.
https://t.co/UfgW29DHq7

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#Narrowboat owners have been disrupted, and some stranded, by low water levels after parts of the West Midlands #canal network were shut due to extended dry weather.
https://t.co/eipKRPOexC

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A cyclist was pushed into a #canal by a furious dog walker who argued she should have 'slowed down' as she approached. https://t.co/p10wz9Rn5I