Canal boat rescued following the Whitchurch sinkhole

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A major operation has been carried out to refloat one of the canal boats caught up in the Llangollen Canal breach. The vessel, Pacemaker, was left teetering on the edge of a giant hole when a section of the canal near Whitchurch collapsed on 22 December. Two boats were pulled into the hole that opened up in the canal bed as water gushed away. Adam Green spoke to Henriette Breukelaar, West Midlands Director for the Canal & River Trust, to find out more...