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Housing takes over canalside museum

A FAMOUS canalside glassworks museum is to give way to housing on the Stourbridge Canal.
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Published: 31 May 2012

Narrowboat fire arsonists arrested

TWO people have been arrested by Cheshire Police after starting a fire on a narrowboat moored on the the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm.

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Published: 30 May 2012

Picked a good weekend

THE Federation of Bridgewater Cruising Clubs picked a great weekend on the 26th & 27th May to hold their annual get-together.

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Published: 30 May 2012

Legal action against waterways authority

A LANDOWNER has started legal action against Waterways Ireland after it erected two concrete posts blocking access to his property.

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Published: 30 May 2012

CART delayed until July

THOUGH the Transfer Order that will transfer British Waterways' to the Canal & River Trust (CART) in England was planned to take place during June, it is now July when it is expected to come into force.

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Published: 30 May 2012

The secret is out!

BRITISH Waterways uses a little known branch of mathematics usually attributed to a Roman mathematician Bigus Numero, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 28 May 2012

Art competition repeated

THE art competition organised by Mercia Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal has proved so popular that it is to be repeated next year.

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Published: 28 May 2012

Badgers prevent reservoir filling

WITH most of the reservoirs now fairly full, it seems the continuing restrictions on the Oxford Canal can be blamed on badgers!

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Published: 28 May 2012

Thames hydro power

Permission has been granted for the installation of a hydro power installation at Abingdon Lock on the Thames

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Published: 28 May 2012

Boat burglar jailed

A MAN who broke into a narrowboat moored on the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for eight months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

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Published: 28 May 2012

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