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12 boats burgled in night raid

THIEVES swooped on the moorings by the Ash Tree pub at Rugeley on the Trent & Mersey Canal in the middle of the night breaking into 12 boats.

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Published: 27 August 2010

Chaos as police close Oxford Canal

WITH the discovery of a woman's body in the Oxford Canal on Tuesday, the police cordoned off  the waterway, resulting in chaos for boaters.

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Published: 26 August 2010

Saved a bad experience

THE boater who can't cruise to the Liverpool Link, having been refused booking by BW, should actually think himself lucky. He has been saved a bad experience in my opinion, writes Janet Gunningham.

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Published: 26 August 2010

Given itself permission

WEST Northamptonshire Development Corporation has given itself permission to build facilities at its new marina  on the Nene in Northampton.

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Published: 26 August 2010

New canal books

TWO new publications about the Wey & Arun Canal restoration project have been launched by W&A Enterprises Ltd , the trading arm of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust.

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Published: 26 August 2010

No clean-up at Harecastle

A COUNCILLOR is complaining of British Waterways attitude towards the state of the waterway around Harecastle Tunnel.

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Published: 26 August 2010

More development for the Caldon

A MASSIVE £3 millions canalside development is planned for the Caldon Canal in Hanley.

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Published: 26 August 2010

What a mess

KIRKLEES Council have just spent an undisclosed sum on producing and distributing 7,000 leaflets to promote cycling, particularly on the canal towpaths.

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Published: 25 August 2010

United Utilities figures disagree with BW's

THE weekly figures issued by the water utility United Utilities of its reservoir levels do not agree with those of British Waterways.

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Published: 25 August 2010

New bridge for farmer

IT WAS a hire boat that damaged Belchers Lift Bridge on the Oxford Canal, with British Waterways concluding it was then unsafe for a farmer to use, and dismantled it where it laid on the ground for two years.

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Published: 25 August 2010

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