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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ted Hennessey

Stretch of canal dammed off after ‘sinkhole’ leaves 10 needing rescue

Emergency services declared a major incident (Andy Kelvin/PA) - (PA Wire)

Part of a canal in Shropshire has been dammed off after a large “sinkhole” left more than 10 people needing rescue.

A major incident was declared after reports at 4.22am on Monday of a hole emerging along the waterway causing large volumes of water to escape onto land in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch.

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