Cheshire Police have launched an investigation after two miles of a canal were drained last week.

Several locks on the canal, running along past Kidsgrove, were left open in an act of 'vandalism', police have said.

The Canal & River Trust reported the incident to police after they discovered the water had been lost between locks 44 and 54 on the Trent & Mersey canal last Saturday (August 2).

The charity believes the canal was destroyed deliberately by yobs in a bid for 'online attention', Cheshire Live reports .

A spokesperson for the charity said: “Our charity has been dealing with the after-effects of people purposefully draining water from the canal in Kidsgrove. This can cause massive problems for the boats that are moored in the area and the fish and other wildlife that lives in

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