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Canal 'Wedding' row

IT IS the wedding of course, and the celebrations that are to be held at the canal basin on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Skipton is upsetting local landlords.

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Published: 18 April 2011

Calder & Hebble Navigation searched

THE Calder & Hebble Navigation is being searched for body parts, that the police believe have been dumped in the waterway.

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Published: 18 April 2011

Kennet & Avon Canal chimney repair

BRITISH Waterways is to lead a project to repair and restore a unique chimney by Bath Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal thanks to an award of £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Published: 18 April 2011

More money for wildlife

THE Waterways Trust has announce that people can now apply for money for wildlife habitats along the Thames with its grants scheme now open for applications.

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Published: 18 April 2011

Land's End to John O'Groats

THERE'S a British Waterways man peddling from Land's End to John O'Goats to raise cash for charity.

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Published: 16 April 2011

Rescue boats for Avon and Severn

BOTH a volunteer river rescue group and the fire service will share £122,000 in government cash for new boats for use on the Avon and Severn.

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Published: 14 April 2011

Stoke Bruerne brightened-up

THREE days and lots of paint has resulted in a rather nondescript wall at Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum getting a new lease of life.

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Published: 14 April 2011

'Olympics' mooring sites

INFORMATION has been released that some of the visitor mooring locations for the Olympics next year  will be on the London waterways, Lee Navigation and Docklands.

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Published: 14 April 2011

Brand new at Sawley

VERY soon Sawley Marina will be able to boast of a brand new chandlery—not a re-vamp but a complete transformation.

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Published: 13 April 2011

Well earned?

THE hotel boat section of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators has awarded their Lock Keeper of the Year award for 2009/10 to the Liverpool Link Team.

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Published: 13 April 2011

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