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Unlicenced boats on the Thames

NO MATTER how tough the Environment Agency is on boaters that flaunt its rules, there is still the problem of unlicensed boats on the Thames.

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Published: 20 June 2011

Email: Contributing to restoration

The comments of Mike Chase and Mike Friend show how much Shropshire Union Canal Society and Waterway Recovery Group are contributing to the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 20 June 2011

Paddled entire Chesterfield Canal

INTREPID canoeists, Andy Robinson, James Woods and Chris Capon have just taken their canoe the full 46 miles of the Chesterfield Canal from Chesterfield to West Stockwith on theĀ  Trent.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Boater's final cruise

IT WAS the final cruise for boater Bob Wakely this week as he was carried in his coffin down the Thames in the working boat he had restored.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Crick success

Over 21,000 visitors and a sell-out of floating exhibitor space helped make the 2011 Crick Boat Show the best for years, British Waterways reveal.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Two arrested over drowning

A MAN and a woman have been arrested after the discovery of a man's body in the Lee & Stort Navigation at Ware.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Reduce drownings

TO COMBAT the increasing number of drowning in the Leeds waterways, police officers have been given rescue training to help cut the number.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Email: Montgomery restoration

I would like to respond to the personal thoughts of Dave Hancock, regarding the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Dangerous and difficult

NOT only can Lock 1W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal be dangerous (as you say in yesterday's article), but extremely difficult, as I'm sure Victor would agree, writes boater Peter Gregory.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Boaters stranded by faulty lock

THE sea lock at Glasson Dock Marina, off the Lancaster Canal has been out of action for a week, with boaters telling narrowboatworld that 'no one seems bothered'.

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Published: 16 June 2011

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