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Email: Alarmed at call

I am very alarmed by the call from Frank Hurst to banish pedal cycles from the towpaths.

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Published: 02 November 2011

Email: Little comparison

Just thought that I had to reply to Frank's email. How can you compare a motorbike or a 4x4 to a push bike? If you are hit by a motorbike or a 4x4, you are more likely to be seriously injured or even killed.

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Published: 02 November 2011

Email: Most cyclists responsible

As a resident of a village mentioned and shown in the television programme referred to, I can speak from the heart on the matter of trail bikers and 4 x 4 drivers on back roads

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Published: 02 November 2011

Councillors fund weed cutter

THREE county councillors are helping to keep the River Stort free of weed and litter by helping to fund a weed cutting vessel for a period of five years.

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Published: 02 November 2011

BW selling its workers tools

BRITISH Waterways intends selling over 1,000 of its workers tools and equipment at an online auction to be held this month.

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Published: 02 November 2011

Email: Cycles off towpaths

This weekend saw a serious report on the national news networks concerning the danger and harm posed by motorcycles and off road 4x4 vehicles using green lanes in the North of England.

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Published: 31 October 2011

APPWG recalled

THE All Party Parliamentary Waterways Group (APPWG) has been recalled by its chairman, Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, and will be meeting today, 31st October 2012, to review governance and funding issues relating to British Waterways move to the third sector as the Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 31 October 2011

Oldest dredger saved

AN APPLICATION to the Heritage Lottery FundĀ  by Friends of Gloucester Waterways Museum for money to repair the oldest steam dredger has proved successful.

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Published: 31 October 2011

'Low life out there'

AN INSURANCE company is warning boaters to look after their possessions on their boats as there is 'low life out there'.

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Published: 28 October 2011

Council pay for restoration

THE Three Rivers District Council is to donate half of the money required to restore a traditional narrowboat at present moored at Rickmansworth.

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Published: 28 October 2011

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