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Email: Those spires

Regarding  the art installation on the Oxford, the canal at that point is probably wide enough to accommodate the spires.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Man shot on towpath

IT SEEMS our towpaths are becoming even more dangerous, for though muggings are now common-place with the occasional person pushed in the water we now risk getting shot!

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Published: 12 August 2011

Confusing spending with costs

The point is the National Association of Boat Owners is confusing spending with costs [Little increase in boating costs—NABO] writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Narrowboat refloated

IT WAS on Wednesday that a narrowboat sank whilst on the Coventry Canal at Mancetter, Brian Holmes tells us.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Whilst it leaks away...

IT TAKES some believing but whilst the Oxford Canal is leaking away through lack of money, cash is to be found for a ridiculous project on the waterway.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Email: Way out

I think the figures in this article [reservoirs and lock fulls] are way out.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Anglers are exempt!

BRITISH Waterways have confirmed that anglers will be exempt from the new law banning tents on the towpath.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Email: Little increase

Kevin Mc Niff seems to have missed the point of the National Association of Boat Owners  survey.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Caught setting fire to boat

A MAN has been caught setting fire to a narrowboat on the Thames and has been arrested.

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Published: 11 August 2011

Paddington Arm closed

THE riots in the cities have taken toll of the wooden footbridge over the Paddington Arm at Northolt.
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Published: 11 August 2011

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Latest

  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters

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