IT SEEMS everyone is seeking volunteers, with now the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust appealing for volunteers to help crew and maintain its narrowboat, Kenavon Venture.
A ROAD and car park were flooded yesterday (Wednesday) after suspected vandals opened all the paddles on a lock gate on the Rochdale Canal.
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THE Police have reported that five boats have been ransacked at their moorings on the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm.
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BRITISH Waterways may be in the middle of a redundancy programme which will see about 60 office based staff and up to 100 bank side staff made redundant but it appears that it is also recruiting.
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THE trade unions UNISON and UNITE are both calling on British Waterways to get back into talks over plans to cut its pension scheme for its workers.
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VOLUNTEER awards are now coming thick and fast as British Waterways move towards its new charity status, with its dependence on volunteers.
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A TOWPATH attack, not by a canal but the River Great Ouse at Bedford, when three Asian youths attacked two men walking by the river.
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AN APPEAL for sponsorship has been launched across the Bedford & Milton Keynes Trust membership, community groups, schools, colleges and local businesses seeking support for the Trust's latest venture—the Bedford Community Boat.
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BRITISH Waterways has stated it welcomes the start of the three months Government consultation into the future of inland waterways in England and Wales.
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THE news that Assembly Member Jenny Jones of the Green Party will stand against Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone in next year's Mayoral election in London should please all who use the city's waterways.
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