Bob Sheppard, who lived on board his narrowboat Freebird in Horninglow Basin, died last week, Ralph Freeman writes.
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THOUGH part of Halsall Warehouse Bridge (2) on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was damaged over a year ago, British Waterways tell that it has no money to repair it.
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A PROMINENT university lecturer, Dr Julia Swindells, has been found in the Cam at Cambridge, with an inquest confirming she died from drowning.
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THE people behind the proposed marina at Trevor by the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct are still trying to get support for the plans.
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THE aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal over a road in Nantwich could at last be repaired.
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AFTER a search for a missing woman, her body was discovered in Abingdon Lock on the Thames.
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IF YOU have registered with narrowboatworld, and though it appears your registration has been approved, but you are unable to log on, please contact us.
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STROUD Town Council has launched a forum to decide what to do with the land by the side of the Stroudwater Navigation when it is finally restored.
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OWING to pressure from various organisations Bath Council are being forced to repair the corroded structure of Victoria Bridge over the Avon at Bath.
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On a cynical note, as British Waterways is now in its death knell before 'charitable status'' all it needs to do is to get a road sign manufacturer to manufacture some suitable signs simply stating 'Bridge Closed due to unsafe structure'.
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