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Fighting for the Weaver bridge

THAT 'volunteer painter', Tom Reynolds who only wants to smarten up the eyesore Sutton Swing Bridge over the Weaver is doing his utmost to make it happen, against so many objections, particularly from British Waterways.

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Published: 17 February 2012

Shock Cam increases

THE seven miles of the navigable Cam must be the most expensive to cruise in the country, with its licence for a 60ft narrowboat now £868, an increase of £170.66 from last year—24%.

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Published: 17 February 2012

Fewer facilities on the Nene

THIS week without warning, Fenland District Council closed the sanitation and rubbish facilities in March Town Centre, writes our Fens correspondent Kelvin Alexander-Duggan.

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Published: 17 February 2012

More barriers wanted

ONCE again the death of someone leaving a night club after heavy drinking and falling into a waterway has caused a demand for barriers.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Bikes, Boats 'n' Boots

VARIOUS groups are organising a triathlon on the towpath of the Montgomery Canal as an endurance challenge.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Opening up the tunnel

IT COST  a great deal of money to move all the machinery out of Sellers Engineering in Huddersfield, dig out the old canal, put a roof on it, and put the machinery back, but it's now all opened up again.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Another 'Narrow' Open Day

THERE is to be another chance for the public to see inside a drained lock on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal this month.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Don't want punts or canoes

THE rowers that use the River Great Ouse in Bedford do not want to share the river with punts and canoes.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Princess Anne visits Cotswold Canals

PRINCESS Anne visited a restored section of the Cotswold Canals on Friday 10th February, meeting the people involved and opened a new lock and bridge.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Hanged under canal bridge

EARLY morning towpath walkers were shocked to discover a man hanging by his neck under a canal bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan.

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Published: 15 February 2012

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  • Huddersfield Broad Lock 2 reopened
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  • No water for Erewash—again!
  • Another one week only navigation
  • Two wasted attempts to ride the boat lift
  • Culvert repair to take five months
  • Watford to Foxton open at last
  • Lock side toll office being sold
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  • New spectacular footbridge over Erewash Canal
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