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No charity for the Broads

THE government has decided that the Broads Authority will retain current governance arrangements, and will not be turned into a charity like British Waterways.

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Published: 24 September 2011

Marina opposition continuous

SUCH is the force against a marina being built at Swindon on the Staffs & Worcs Canal that the opposition has requested the local MEP to present its case to the European Union.

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Published: 24 September 2011

Downturn hits boatyard

THERE are plans to sell off part of the property belonging to Hapton Boatyard on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal due to the downturn in orders.

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Published: 23 September 2011

Autumn report from the Fens

SINCE late June,  Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk were declared to be areas of East Anglia that are in drought, with parts of the Midlands, South West and South East in a 'near-drought' state, writes Kelvin Alexander.

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Published: 23 September 2011

No water for new marina

OWING to the water shortage on the Kennet & Avon Canal there was none to spare to fill the new Caen Hill Marina.

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Published: 23 September 2011

BW forgot mobility users

THE speeding cyclists on the Regents Canal towpath has reach such proportions that British Waterways were forced to do something about them.

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Published: 23 September 2011

Poetic justice

IT WAS far from a peaceful night recently for the occupants of the Cheese Boat, when it was shattered with yobs charging up and down the towpath on a motorbike, which carried on for about an hour.

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Published: 23 September 2011

BW gets the Olympic message

AT LONG last British Waterways has realised that it cannot overrule the decisions of the police and moor boats just where it wants during the Olympics.

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Published: 23 September 2011

'Fence it in'

PEOPLE are calling for a length of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation to be fenced in, with a petition launched by relatives of a boy who fell in.
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Published: 22 September 2011

Email: Too fast

Whilst we were staying on our narrowboat (moored on the Shroppie), I noticed the speed when other boats were passing, even though there are letters going around saying that it is hirers that do the speeding.

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Published: 22 September 2011

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