FIRE fighters suspect that its stove caused a narrowboat to go up in flames early yesterday (Wednesday) morning, destroying everything.
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THE Queen will lead a flotilla of an estimated 1,000 boats along the Thames to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee in June next year.
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IF YOU have ever wondered what happens to old discarded lock gates, the answer is they end up as part of Glastonbury Festival.
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A HISTORIC lock gate workshop in Bilston is giving the public a rare opportunity to see first-hand the work that goes into making and repairing canal lock gates.
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BOATERS on the extremely popular Llangollen Canal would be well advised to keep a look-out when using the towpath near Trevor in the near future.
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THE moorings at Hebden Bridge on the Rochdale Canal have been repaired, and are now much safer.
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TWO more Local Waterway Partnerships chairmen have been appointed by British Waterways, for the West and North Midlands.
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ONCE again fish have been removed from Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes as they are eating damsel flies and aquatic plants.
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I would like to see if there is support by your readers for a campaign to include in the forthcoming legislation re-structuring British Waterways a requirement on adjacent landowners to keep the navigation and towpath clear of vegetation—or indeed anything else, writes Mike Todd.
THE Waterways Trust has given a grant—its second—to a Thames rowing club.
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