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'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

Wildlife is the priority

WE NOW know where that reduction in funding for British Waterways is going—for otters and other wildlife—£110 millions of it!

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Published: 13 April 2011

Mercia branches out

Mercia Marina has announced plans to develop a boutique retail and office complex named The Boardwalk, that has been submitted for planning permission.

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Published: 11 April 2011

At risk of neglect and decay

English Heritage has confirmed that it is to launch a new project to explore how much of the country's historic industrial sites are at risk of neglect, decay or demolition.

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Published: 11 April 2011

Save or let him drown?

TWO friends walking by Bristol harbour after a night out saw a man struggling in the water and dialled 999, but were told not to rescue him as it would breach health and safety rules.

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Published: 11 April 2011

Lowland canals reclassified

FOLLOWING a public consultation, the Scottish Government has reclassified the Forth & Clyde and Union canals as 'cruising' waterways.

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Published: 11 April 2011

War on unlicenced boaters

IT REALLY was war on the Thames as the Environmental Agency together with police officers on two enforcement boats combed the banks of the river for unlicenced boats.

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Published: 09 April 2011

Census can't cope

THERE has been a new development concerning the census and boaters without a post code, who rely on a friend's or relative's  address for administration purposes.

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Published: 08 April 2011

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