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Doubts over new marina

THE plan to construct a new marina on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal could be another that never sees the light of day.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Where is the money coming from?

DESPITE this being a season of goodwill, I cannot relate the British Waterways management's apparently relaxed attitude to the future funding of our waterways, writes Mike Stone.

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Published: 30 December 2010

Woman dies rescuing her dog

A WOMAN was found with her dog under the ice of the frozen Cherwell—part of the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 29 December 2010

Kennet & Avon 200 years old today

THE Kennet & Avon Canal is 200 years old today (28th December) and is still in being solely through the efforts of the Kennet & Avon Trust.

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Published: 28 December 2010

Shiplake best kept lock

SHIPLAKE Lock won the award as the 'Best Kept Lock' on the Thames, the result of the vote in the Environment Agency's 2010 Thames Waterways Awards.

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Published: 28 December 2010

Dog found his masters' body

MORE details have been released of the boater who drowned in the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes earlier this week.

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Published: 24 December 2010

Keep off the ice

IN ADDITION to warnings for people to stay off the frozen canals, they are even venturing onto the riskier Broads waters.

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Published: 23 December 2010

Boater dies in canal

THE body of a boater was dragged from the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes earlier this week.

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Published: 23 December 2010

Dogs left to starve in narrowboat

IT WAS the police that had to rescue two dogs and a puppy left to starve in a freezing narrowboat at Mill Stream at the bottom of the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 22 December 2010

More canalside railings

HERTFORDSHIRE Highways is installing a long length of railings by the towpath of the Grand Union Canal at Croxley Green to prevent people falling into the waterway.

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Published: 22 December 2010

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