canal

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People affected by Monday's major canal collapse have been taking stock of the events during a Boxing Day lunch together - with one view being that some boaters were "lucky to be alive".

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The collapse also meant that boaters moored further up the stretch of canal were stranded too.

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A narrowboat that was left teetering on the edge of a giant hole after part of a canal in Shropshire collapsed has been pulled to safety.

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The owner of a narrowboat hire company near the site of a collapsed canal embankment has said it will have a "massively negative effect" on business.

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Two boats were left at the bottom of a deep trench and several others lay on the dry canal bed.

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