THE police have launched a murder investigation after a the body of a man was discovered in Sankey Valley Park on the Sankey Canal near Warrington.
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LATER this month another four police forces will begin using the Single Non-Emergency phone Number (SNEN) '101', bringing the total to nine.
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THE Grantham Canal Partnership supported by the Grantham Canal Society has submitted an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore locks 14 and 15 on the waterway.
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BOATERS were at last able to move to and from Glasson Dock over the week-end after the broken down lock had been temporarily repaired.
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DESPITE the efforts to protect the Purton Hulks on the Severn, a meeting to decide their fate brought no progress.
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THE section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal that goes under Sellers Works in Huddersfield looks set to be opened up with the news that a development has been awarded.
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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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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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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 the Trent.
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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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