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Desperate to sell winter moorings

BRITISH WATERWAYS must be desperate to sell their winter moorings writes Gillie Rhodes.

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Published: 17 November 2011

Boats stopped using Avon in Bath

A HEALTH and Safety scare has prompted British Waterways, under advice from Bath Council to stop boats using the Avon in the City under the corroded Victoria Bridge.

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Published: 17 November 2011

Exhibition to promote canal restoration

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust held an exhibition at Winn Hall in Dunsfold recently to give local residents the chance to learn more about the Trust,  and be consulted about its proposed work in the Dunsfold and Alfold area.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Canal centre fired

ARSONISTS have fired the Fourteen Locks Canal Centre on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Parliamentary meeting 'on' again

The All Party Parliamentary Waterways Group (APPWG) is having another attempt to meet with the Waterways Minister, Richard Benyon on Thursday 8th December, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Email: A sustainable future

I am volunteering as a Trustee of the Canal & River Trust to try to create a sustainable future for the waterways network I've loved and fought for for over 40 years.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Who is behind sell-off?

IT WOULD be interesting to know who is behind this sell-off of British Waterways equipment, writes Mike Stone.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Wasting the money

IT WAS Chancellor George Osborne who told the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to slash its budget by 29% 2015.

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Published: 16 November 2011

Water Freight—but not in our back yard!

IT SEEMS that the urge to get lorries off the roads and freight on the water is fine providing it is 'not in our back yard'!

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Published: 14 November 2011

Hope for Basingstoke

THE future for Basingstoke Canal looks very much brighter, with work under way and further work planned.

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Published: 14 November 2011

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