BOATER Gary Liddle tells he was panic-stricken by motorcyclists who terrorised his wife and himself whilst moored on the Fens Branch at Brierley Hill.
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A WOMAN'S wheelchair brakes failed whilst whilst heading towards the Lee Navigation at Waltham Abbey, and she and the wheelchair ended up in the water.
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MY UNDERSTANDING is that Canal & River Trust is to 'take over' from British Waterway with many of the same people and 'values' remaining in a controlling position with only the funding and labour focus changing, writes Orph Mable.
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BRITISH Waterways is planting 100 elm trees by its canals, starting this week, it says as 'lock gates of the future'.
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THOUGH search teams were unable to locate the car reported hitting the water of the Caledonian Canal at Muirtown Locks, eventually specialist equipment was brought in and the car was found—with a body inside.
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BOAT Builder Sagar Marine is the latest to go out of business, its owners having taken the decision to go into voluntary liquidation.
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IT MAY seem unbelievable, but the attempt to move the Gloucester Waterways Museum's steam dredger failed because the area needed dredging!
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A PLAN has been put forward by the local canal trust to include a further channel on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in Gloucester to include a hydro-electric water turbine.
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THE trustees who will be responsible for taking British Waterways to the third sector as Canal and River Trust asked the question, with narrowboatworld's editor grasping the opportunity—ran a snap poll—and gave a landslide answer, writes Allan Richards.
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THOUGH we all know of British Waterways' weird and wonderful ways of calculating its visitors and presenting them, we have no problems.
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