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Possible action over rusty bridge

WITH all the pressure on Cheshire West and Chester Council and British Waterways to do something about the rusty Sutton Swing Bridge over the Weaver, it seems action might at last be taken.

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Published: 04 April 2012

CART trustees frustrated

IN A report from the  Canal & River Trust (CART) its trustees relate that they are frustrated by its continuing delay.

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Published: 04 April 2012

Entire Kennet & Avon Canal restricted

ANOTHER waterway that will face severe restrictions after Easter is the Kennet & Avon Canal, due to 'limited water availability'.

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Published: 04 April 2012

Restrictions stop Boxmoor Festival

THE restrictions on the Grand Union Canal have been blamed for the cancellation of Boxmoor Festival, that is expected to be the first of many.

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Published: 04 April 2012

Hales to go

THE combined British Waterways and Canal & River Trust (CART) Chairman, Tony Hales has intimated that he will leave—but not yet.

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Published: 02 April 2012

Rubbish not emptied

THE rubbish bins at Wolvercote Lock on the Oxford Canal have not been emptied since January, and this is causing complaints from boaters.

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Published: 02 April 2012

Another car driven into waterway

IT SEEMS to be the season for drivers driving their cars into waterways, with two reported last week, and another now reported.

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Published: 02 April 2012

Manslaughter charge over canal death

THE man who was rescued from a Caen Hill Lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal has since died, and a woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

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Published: 02 April 2012

Worries about new predator

THERE are worries about a new waterways predator, that has already closed part of the Grand Canal in Ireland—the invasive New Zealand Pygmyweed.

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Published: 02 April 2012

Tunnel opened-up

THE tunnel that was constructed under Sellers Engineering when the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was restored, has been opened-up with the closure of the factory.

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Published: 02 April 2012

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