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By Neil Atkinson Engineers carried out emergency repairs after a stretch of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was hit by severe flooding. Water poured over the towpath and fields after Autumn leaves and other vegetation blocked a weir at Linthwaite. The debris meant that...
Shortly after 12.10pm on Thursday 9 August 2012, Greater Manchester Police were called to recover a body of from the canal near the Brownhill Countryside Centre in Dobcross, Saddleworth. Officers attending the scene recovered the body of a 77-year-old man. Inquiries...
On Saturday 24 March the longest canal tunnel in the UK reopens its doors again after its winter sleep, as Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre welcomes its first visitors for the 2012 season – with arts and crafts at the hub of the new calendar. Around 30 special...
